Yotes Defeat Evergreen 66-63
OLYMPIA, Wash. - In a game that saw eight ties and 11 lead changes, The Evergreen State College women’s basketball team fell to College of Idaho 66-63 Saturday night.
The game was tied for the final time with 4:24 left in the game and the Yotes used a 5-1 run to take the a five-point lead. Trinity Betoney hit a two and Evergreen came within three, but Emma Anthony of CI made a layup to keep the five-point lead.
Evergreen would come as close as one but the Yotes made its free throws and claimed the win.
Evergreen was led by Trinity Betoney, who had 19 points and eight rebounds. Jerri Maluyo recorded 10 points.
College of Idaho was led by Emma Anthony, who had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds and Mackenzie Royce-Radford had 12 points.
The Yotes recorded 23 turnovers for the game and shot 43.1 percent from the floor to the Geoducks 36.8 percent.
After the first quarter, Evergreen was down 18-15. The Geoducks started to chip away at that lead and tied the game at 24 with 7:47 left in the quarter. The Yotes then went on a 7-1 run to take the six-point lead at 31-25 with 5:26 left. Evergreen ended the quarter on a 7-0 run to take the 32-31 lead into the half.