GAME NOTES

CHENEY, Wash. – An early challenge awaits the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team this week, as the Eagles officially open the 2019-20 campaign at No. 3 Stanford on Tuesday (Nov. 5). Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. inside Maple Pavilion in Stanford, Calif.
 
HOW TO WATCH: The game will be streamed HERE via the Pac-12 Stanford Live Stream. A login is needed to view the stream.
 
Live stats are available HERE and the game can be listened to via TuneIn radio HERE.
 
In-game score updates can also be found by following @EWUWBB on Twitter.
 
A LOOK AT THE EAGLES: The Eagles unofficially opened the 2019-20 season with a 78-44 exhibition victory over Northwest University on Oct. 30 at Reese Court. Eastern had three players in double figures, led by freshman Kennedy Dickie with 24 points. Bella Cravens and Leya DePriest finished with 13 each as the Eagles shot 47.8 percent (32-67) from the floor with 44 rebounds, seven blocks and 22 assists.
 
The 2019-20 edition of Eastern Washington basketball is youthful with 11 underclassmen. The Eagles return three starters from last year in Grace Kirscher, Cravens and Brittany Klaman.
 
Kirscher and Cravens had 65 starts between the two as freshmen. Kirscher was second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.4 points per game on 39.7 percent accuracy from the field while Cravens is the top-returning rebounder with 4.4 boards per game and 1.5 blocks.
 
Sophomore Jessica McDowell-White was a spark for the Eagles off of the bench last season as she averaged 8.5 points per game along with 2.8 assists and 25 steals.
 
Senior Leya DePriest and junior Cailyn Francis round out the returning core.
 
After playing in eight games before succumbing to a foot injury, Milly Knowles received a medical redshirt but is healed and is back and ready to produce for the Eagles.
 
Tatiana Reese, Tessa Burke and Trinity Golder are all back for their redshirt-freshmen seasons.
 
Joining the Eagles is Jenna Dick (Langley, B.C. / Brookswood Secondary), Kennedy Dickie (Kelowna, B.C. / Kelowna Secondary), Gabby Jung (Dickinson, N.D. / Dickinson HS) and Alexyss Newman (Goodyear, Ariz. / Millennium HS).
 
The Eagles are coached by 19^th-year head coach, Wendy Schuller.
 
Last season, the Eagles finished 13-20 overall with a 9-11 mark in conference action. After earning a No. 6 seed for the tournament, the Eagles knocked off three opponents during a magical tournament and faced Portland State in its first Big Sky Conference title game since 1988 where they unfortunately fell to the Vikings on a last-second shot.
 
A LOOK AT THE CARDINAL: Stanford received a pre-season No. 3 ranking in the most recent Associated Press Top-25 poll. The Cardinal are coming off of a 31-5 season that saw them win their 13th Pac-12 Tournament title and advance all the way to the Elite Eight.
 
They return four starters and 11 letterwinners from that group and welcome the nation's second-ranked recruiting class, which includes the No. 1, 15, 19 and 50 recruits in the nation.
 
The Cardinal played in two exhibitions to unofficially open the season. They routed Beijing Normal, 100-58, before being edged by the USA Basketball team, 95-80.
 
SERIES HISTORY: Stanford and Eastern Washington have only met once in program history. On Nov. 23, 2004, the Eagles took on No. 7 Stanford in Anchorage, Alaska, and lost 91-50.
 
Eastern Washington is 8-54 all-time against Pac-12 opponents. The Eagles have one more Pac-12 foe remaining on the schedule, as they play at Utah on Nov. 18.
 
UP NEXT: Eastern Washington continues its stay in California to take on San Jose State on Friday, Nov. 8. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in San Jose, Calif.