SEATTLE, Wash. — Eastern Washington women's basketball traveled to the west side for its second road trip of the season to play the Washington Huskies. Despite a close battle in the first half, the Huskies turned up the energy in the second and defeated the Eagles, 83-59.
"We battled tough tonight against a good UW team. This tough preseason schedule is only going to help us in the future and we keep getting better, game-by-game," head coach
Joddie Gleason said. "Peyton [Howard] carried us at the offensive end and Bella [Hays] really played well in the paint against some quality, Big 10 post players. AP [
Alexis Pettis] also impacted the game at both ends of the court tonight. It was great to get to the west side of the state for five of our players to come hme and play in front of their family and friends. Go Eags!""
UW was effective from three-point range, shooting 10-of-24(42%) for the game. They had a 51 shooting percentage overall. Eastern shot 5-of-17(29%) from three and had a 38 percent mark overall.
Peyton Howard turned in another 20-point game, shooting 8-of-12(66.7%) in the game and 4-of-6(66.7%) on three point shots. Alexis Pettis scored 13 points off the bench.
The first quarter was highly contested, with neither team leading by more than four points. Howard had it working in the first, scoring nine points on 4-of-4 shooting. Eastern trailed by two after the first 10 minutes, 19-17 and shooting 53.3 percent from the floor. The Huskies had a 40.0 percentage shooting to start the game.
UW raced out a seven-point lead in the first three minutes of the second quarter. EWU countered with a 6-0 burst to cut the lead to 39-29 at the 4:09 mark. The Huskies pushed the lead back out to as much as nine, but Howard and Ella Gallatin both responded with jumpers. The Eagles trailed 38-34 at halftime, shooting 36.8 percent in the quarter.
The Huskies began to pull away in the third, building the lead to 15 at 55-40 and 4:03 on the clock. UW extended the lead to 60-46 at the end of the quarter, building a cushion for the final quarter. Eastern shot 40.0 percent for the quarter.
EWU struggled in the fourth quarter as the Huskies held them to 20 percent shooting. UW shot 47.1 percent and outscored the Eagles, 20 to 13 in the quarter. The Huskies had shut the door and won the game by 24 points.
Eag Notes
- Eastern did not attempt a free throw until the fourth quarter, going 6-of-10(60%) from the line.
- Washington recorded 15 assists in the game, while Eastern had five.
- Bella Hays set a career-best with 3 blocks against the Huskies. She was one off of her career-best in rebounds, finishing with 7.
- Alexis Pettis scored in double figures for the 12th time in her career. Pettis added one block in the game and has 3 total this season. She had 3 blocks total in her career prior to this season.
- The Huskies edged the Eagles on the board, 37 to 34. EWU had a 13-to-8 advantage on offensive rebounds, leading to 13 second-chance points.
- Eastern committed 13 turnovers, while forcing 11 from UW. The Huskies converted off the mistakes with 21 points. EWU scored 15 points off turnovers.
Up Next
Eastern Washington gets to be back at home on Sunday (Nov. 17) as they host Portland at 2 p.m. It will be a double-header with men's basketball, who play Cal Poly at 4 p.m.
Season tickets for women's basketball are now on sale. Reserve your seats at Reese Court for the 2024-25 seasons by clicking on the link here, emailing tickets@ewu.edu or calling the ticket office at 509-359-6059.
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