CHENEY, Wash. – The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team continues its longest home stand of the season this week, hosting Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. The Eagles take on the Thunderbirds on Thursday (Feb. 21) at 6:05 p.m. before hosting the Lumberjacks on Saturday (Feb. 23) at 2:05 p.m.
 
HOW TO WATCH: Both games will be streamed for free on Pluto TV Channel 234 and on WatchBigSky.com. Live stats will be available on EWUStats.com and in-game updates with video highlights can be found by following @EWUWBB on Twitter.
 
AROUND THE BIG SKY: The Eagles are currently in seventh place in the conference standings with a 6-8 record and sit at 7-16 overall. The top-five teams at the end of the regular season receive a bye at the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Boise on March 11-16.
 
Portland State and Idaho are in a tie for first with an 11-3 record, followed by Idaho State and Northern Colorado who are tied for second at 11-4. Montana State is the fifth team (8-7). The Eagles are right behind Montana who sits in sixth with a record 7-7, EWU holds the tiebreaker over the Grizzlies after sweeping the season meetings.
 
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A LOOK AT THE EAGLES: Eastern Washington will play four of their final six regular season games at home. However, the Eagles are hoping the confines of Reese Court get a little friendlier as they are just 2-8 at home this season. The Eagles have been heating up and have won three out of their last five games.  
 
Last week, the Eagles upset Northern Colorado on the road on Feb. 14 in a 76-72 victory. On Feb. 18, Eastern returned home to Reese Court and endured a heartbreaking, 75-74, loss to the Idaho Vandals on a buzzer-beating three.
 
Violet Kapri Morrow continues to lead the Eagles with 19.4 points per contest while shooting 44.7 percent from the field, which is the third-best in the Big Sky and 29^th nationally. She also is the most active Eagle on the boards with 6.3 rebounds per contest while also leading the team in steals with 1.5 per game.
 
In the midst of a double-digit scoring streak that has spanned for 24-straight games dating back to last season, Morrow has turned in three double-doubles and has scored 20 or more points in eight games. She also has 1,207 career points and ranks eighth on Eastern's all-time scoring list.
 
Grace Kirscher is the other Eagle to average double figures with 10.7 per contest. She has the second-best field goal percentage behind Morrow, draining 40.0 percent of her shots. The freshman has made 16 starts and averages 28.9 minutes per game.
 
Alissa Sealby averages 9.0 points per game and is a perfect 25-for-25 at the free throw line during conference play. She leads the team in three-point percentage with 37.5 percent, draining 36 of her 96 attempts from range this season.
 
Brittany Klaman dishes out a team-best 3.0 assists per game, totaling at least one assist in every game this year. Freshman Bella Cravens has blocked at least one shot in nine-straight games and leads the way with 1.2 per game which is sixth in the conference.
 
As a team, the Eagles rank in the top-100 nationally with 8.1 made three-pointers per game. They've made at least nine three-pointers in nine out of their last 10 games. Eastern averages 61.5 points and 33.9 rebounds per game while shooting 38.0 percent from the field.
 
LAST TIME OUT: In a heartbreaking finish at Reese Court on Monday afternoon (Feb. 18), the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team fell to Idaho by a final score of 75-74.
 
The Eagles trailed 72-69 with 18 seconds remaining when Uriah Howard drained a three-pointer to tie the game, 72-72. With two seconds left, Brittany Klaman fed Grace Kirscher an inbound pass and she made the layup, giving Eastern a 74-72 lead with 1.6 seconds to go.
 
As time expired following the inbound pass, Idaho's Lizzy Klinker found teammate Mikayla Ferenz down court and she turned and made the three-pointer in transition as the backboard lit up and the clock hit zero. Upon official review by the referees, Idaho was rewarded the three-pointer and the game was finished, giving the Vandals a 75-74 victory.
 
The Eagles had three in double figures, led by Kirscher who had 19 points. Violet Kapri Morrow turned in her third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Uriah Howard was the third Eagle in double digits with 13 points and was a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range.
 
Eastern shot over 42% in each quarter, making 27 of its 59 shot attempts with nine three-pointers. They were also an unblemished 11-for-11 at the free throw line.
 
A LOOK AT SOUTHERN UTAH: The Thunderbirds, who are in 10^th in the standings, are 6-18 overall with a 3-12 record in Big Sky play. Currently on a five-game losing streak, Southern Utah has not won since Jan. 31 when they defeated Eastern Washington at home by a score of 73-63. On the road this season, SUU is just 1-11.
 
Southern Utah is led offensively by a duo of double-digit scorers in Harley Hansen (12.0) and Rebecca Cardenas (10.6). As a team, they average 62.3 points per game on 36.6 percent shooting. The Thunderbirds only make 29.8 percent of their three-point attempts, but hold opponents to just 28.7 percent from deep.

SERIES HISTORY: Eastern Washington leads the all-time series over Southern Utah, 11-8. Prior to Eastern's loss to the Thunderbirds this season on Jan. 31 by a score of 73-63, the Eagles had won two-straight after sweeping the season series the year prior.
 
In the loss, Grace Kirscher led a trio of double-digit scorers with a career-high 22 points. The freshman drained 6-of-6 three-point attempts which ties for seventh in single-game program history. Violet Kapri Morrow scored 12 points for her 19^th-straight game in double figures. Freshman Bella Cravens added a career-best 11 points, her first game in double figures, while adding seven rebounds.
 
At home in Reese Court, the Eagles are 5-4 overall against Southern Utah.
 
A LOOK AT THE LUMBERJACKS: Northern Arizona is 9-15 overall and 5-10 in the Big Sky. The Lumberjacks are sitting in ninth place in the standings and have won three out of their last five. On the road this season, NAU is 5-8 overall. Last week, they fell to Portland State 74-59 before bouncing back and beating Sacramento State 71-69.
 
The Lumberjacks are paced by a trio of double-digit scorers in Kaleigh Paplow (13.7), Khiarica Rasheed (12.1) and Lauren Orndoff (10.1). Northern Arizona averages 66.0 points per game paired with 40.0 rebounds per contest. Its opponents average 71.8 points per game, knocking down 41.7 percent of their shots.
 
SERIES HISTORY: The Eagles have won four-straight over the Lumberjacks and lead the all-time series 39-26. This season, Eastern picked up a narrow 64-62 victory over the Lumberjacks in Flagstaff in a game that saw 15 lead changes. The Eagles own a 23-8 overall record over NAU at Reese Court. Under head coach Wendy Schuller, Eastern is 24-12.

1,000-POINTS AND COUNTING: After becoming the newest and 18^th member of Eastern Washington's 1,000-point club at Montana on Jan. 10, 2019, Violet Kapri Morrow continues to climb EWU's all-time scoring list.
 
After scoring 17 points against Idaho, Morrow improved to eighth all-time with 1,207 career points, passing Julie Piper (2008-11) with 1,194 points. She is now just 83 points from seventh and 181 away from sixth with six regular season and at least one post season game remaining.
 
UP NEXT: The final regular season road trip of the year awaits Eastern Washington as they look to close out February on a strong note. The Eagles take on Sacramento State on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. before taking on Portland State on March 2 at 2 p.m. Eastern looks to avoid the season sweep after losing to both teams earlier this season at home.