CHENEY, Wash. – The final week of the regular season has arrived for the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team and it will finish at Reese Court when the Eagles host Idaho State (March 7) and Weber State (March 9) for Senior Day.
 
Tip-off is set for 6:05 p.m. and 2:05 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Prior to Saturday's game, seniors Amira Chandler, Violet Kapri Morrow, Baylee Rexing and Alissa Sealby will be honored before they take to their home floor one final time.
 
Together, the four combine for 372 games played and collected 66 wins during their times as Eagles, which is the ninth-most from a senior class in program history.
 
Seniors ages 55 and up and juniors ages 4-17 can buy a special $4.00 ticket at the entrance to Reese Court prior to Saturday's game. For more ticket information, visit GoEags.com/tickets.
 
HOW TO WATCH: Both games can be streamed for free on WatchBigSky.com or on Pluto TV Channel 234. Additionally, live stats will be available on EWUStats.com and in-game updates including video highlights can be found by following @EWUWBB on Twitter.
 
BIG SKY IN BOISE: Following the final home games, the Eagles will head to Boise, Idaho for the 2019 Big Sky Conference Tournament presented by My Place Hotels on March 11-15.
 
With just two games to go in the regular season, the Eagles sit in sixth-place in the Big Sky Conference standings with a 9-9 mark in league play. With Idaho, Northern Colorado, Portland State and Idaho State all clinching first-round byes for the tournament next week, Eastern Washington is battling with Montana State for the fifth and final bye.
 
The Bobcats are currently in fifth with a 10-8 mark in conference play and will host Sacramento State and Portland State at home. The Eagles can move into fifth place with wins over both Idaho State and Weber State and if Montana State loses to both Sacramento State and Portland State. Should both team's conference records be tied at the end of the regular season, then the seeding will be decided by a series of tiebreakers as Eastern Washington and Montana State split the meetings this season.
 
Eastern Washington has not finished lower than a fifth seed since the 2011 season. Additionally, the Eagles will be searching for their 10^th conference win on Thursday. They have garnered at least 10 wins in league play for the past eight out of nine seasons, the only Big Sky program to do so.
 
For more information on the 2019 Big Sky Conference tournament, including a bracket and tickets, click HERE.
 
A LOOK AT THE EAGLES: Eastern Washington, who have won three out of its last four games, is 10-17 overall and 9-9 in conference play. Last week, the Eagles beat Sacramento State on the road, 71-62, before falling at Portland State, 76-57, on Saturday.
 
Violet Kapri Morrow ranks 47^th in the nation and fifth in the Big Sky with 18.7 points per game. She recently became the eighth Eagle in program history to record over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 assists in a career. She also leads the Eagles with 6.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game.
 
Freshman Grace Kirscher is the other Eagle to average double figures per game with 10.6 points per contest. Fellow freshman Bella Cravens has blocked at least one shot in the past 13 games and ranks 75^th in the nation with 1.6 blocks per game and 83^rd in total blocks (43), both are third in the Big Sky.
 
Uriah Howard has also been heating up as of late, as she has scored in double figures in the four of the last five games, including 17 points at Portland State to lead the team. She averages 7.7 points per game and is second on the squad with 4.4 rebounds per game.
 
As a team, the Eagles rank 26^th in the nation with 8.4 three-pointers per game. They have attempts 661 which is 51^st and drain 34.3 percent of them from deep to rank 63^rd. Their 227 made three-pointers is 42^nd. Additionally, the Eagles have drained at least nine three-pointers in 11 out of the past 13 games.  
 
CRASHING THE RECORD BOOKS: From the moment a trio of freshman in Grace Kirscher, Bella Cravens and Jessica McDowell-White stepped on the scene, they've been crashing the freshman record book at Eastern Washington.
 
The trio has a combined 44 starts between the three of them. Grace Kirscher ranks first in three-point attempts (132), second in made three-pointers (46), fifth in points per game (10.6), fifth in field goal attempts (262), sixth in total points (285), seventh in made field goals (105), ninth in three-point percentage (34.8), ninth in minutes per game (28.5), 10^th in steals per game (1.2) and is a steal away (32) from cracking into the top-ten.
 
Jessica McDowell-White is fourth in three-point attempts (115), fifth in three-pointers (41), eighth in three-point percentage (35.7), ninth in points per game (8.0) and ninth in assists per game (2.6).
 
Bella Cravens is second in blocks per game (1.6) and third in total blocks (43) and is 23 rebounds away (113) from cracking the top-ten.
 
Should Cravens and Kirscher appear in the final two regular season games and at least one postseason tournament game, they will tie for 10^th in games played with 30.
 
1,000 POINTS AND COUNTING: On Jan. 10, 2019 in a road victory at Montana, senior Violet Kapri Morrow became the 18th member of Eastern Washington's 1,000-point club. Needing just seven points at the beginning of the night, Morrow scored 17 points to reach the milestone.
 
She began the season with 800 career points and took just 106 career games to join the club, the 15th-fastest in program history. The Tacoma, Wash., native is the first player to reach the milestone since Delaney Hodgins during the 2016-17 season.
 
After an eight-point performance at Portland State, Morrow now has 1,267 career points and counting, which is eighth all-time on Eastern's career scoring list, needing 23 more to move into seventh to pass Vanessa Jones (1989-92) after beginning the season in 30th.
 
During Saturday's game, Morrow became the eighth player in EWU history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 assists in a career. She now had 502 career rebounds and 136 assists. She is the 11^th player to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.
 
A LOOK AT THE BENGALS: Idaho State has clinched a first-round bye for the tournament and are 18-9 overall and 13-5 in Big Sky play. The Bengals have not played in a game since Feb. 28, which was a 61-59 loss to Northern Colorado at home. ISU has not lost back-to-back games since November and wrap up the regular season at first-place Idaho on Saturday.
 
The Bengals lead the conference and are 31^st in the nation with a 44.6 percent field goal percentage and are second in the Big Sky and 27^th nationally in three-point field goal percentage (36.5). Additionally, they are 19^th nationally in field-goal percentage defense, only allowing their opponents to drain 35.8 percent of their shots.
 
Idaho State is led by trio of double-digit scorers in Grace Kenyon (14.2), Saylair Grandon (12.4) and Estefania Ors (12.5).
 
SERIES HISTORY: Eastern Washington has the 41-37 edge over Idaho State in the all-time series. The Eagles have also won five out of the last seven meetings, but lost to the Bengals on Dec. 31 this season by a score of 63-48 in Pocatello. Violet Kapri Morrow scored 21 points in the loss.
 
A LOOK AT WEBER STATE: The Wildcats sit in last place in the conference standings with a 5-23 mark overall and 2-16 mark in conference play. Weber State has lost six-straight and play at Idaho on Thursday before heading to Cheney.
 
Weber State averages 61.1 pointers per game on 36.8 percent from the field. They average 38.8 rebounds, 11.1 assists and 6.3 steals per game. They are led by Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman who averages 17.2 points per game.
 
SERIES HISTORY: Eastern Washington looks to make it five-straight over the Wildcats and they have also won nine out of the last 10 meetings despite trailing the all-time series, 43-33.
 
The Eagles beat Weber State on open Big Sky on the road back on Dec. 29 by a score of 64-58. Eastern had four in double figures in the victory, including 13 points each from Violet Kapri Morrow and Grace Kirscher. Jessica-McDowell white made four three-pointers and the Eagles forced 21 turnovers.
 
UP NEXT: It's Big Sky Conference Tournament time for Eastern Washington. Check back to GoEags.com on Saturday evening (March 9) to see where the Eagles land. The tournament begins on March 11 with the first round at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time. The quarterfinals take place on March 12 followed by the semifinals on March 13. The championship game will be on Friday, March 15 at 12 p.m. PT.
 
All rounds can be watched for free on WatchBigSky.com or on Pluto TV Ch. 231. Additionally, the semifinals and championship game will air on Eleven Sports.