The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team gets to play an extra game at Reese Court this week with a newly-added contest against the College of Idaho, as announced today (Dec. 16). The match-up is set for this Thursday, Dec. 17, with tip-off at 12:05 p.m. Pacific time. Thursday's contest was put together after a cancelation in the College of Idaho's schedule.
The game will be broadcast on Pluto TV Ch. 1053 with live stats available on EWUStats.com. In-game highlights and score updates can be found by following the team on Twitter, @EWUWBB.
Eastern Washington (0-4, 0-2) is coming off of a six-point loss to Grand Canyon on Dec. 14 at home, where five Eagles scored in double figures behind
Jenna Dick's 17 points. The Eagles made 14 three-pointers in the contest which is tied for the third-most in EWU single-game history.
The Eagles have four who average double figures, led by freshman
Aaliyah Alexander with 14.3 points per game.
Alexyss Newman follows with 11.0 points per game and leads the way with 6.3 rebounds per contest.
Kennedy Dickie (10.8 ppg) and
Jenna Dick (10.3 ppg) round out the offense.
The Yotes are members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference at the NAIA level. They are 1-4 overall with their lone win coming over William Jessup on Dec. 12 by a final score of 58-56. Last season, the Yotes finished 12-18 overall with a 10-10 mark in CCC play.
College of Idaho has one like opponent with the Eagles in Boise State, who they took on to open the season and fell by a score of 90-43 in Boise on Dec. 4.
This marks the first-ever meeting between the College of Idaho and Eastern Washington.
After Thursday's game, there's more non-conference action in store for the Eagles on Saturday, Dec. 19, at home against Seattle U. Tip is set for 2:05 p.m. on Pluto TV Ch. 1053.
