4-1 Mountaineers to host 4-1 Boxers; Travel to Walla Walla

December 9, 2003

2003-04 Statistics

One-fifth of the season is history and the Eastern Oregon women's basketball team is off to a very good 4-1 start.

Their best test of the non-conference season will come Friday night when the Mountaineers host a vastly improved Pacific University in Quinn Coliseum at 7 PM.

The Lady Boxers are under the guidance of first-year head coach Jeff Thompson.  The team boasts an identical 4-1 record as the Mountaineers, with victories over three other Cascade Conference schools: Evergreen (74-71), Concordia (75-59), and Warner Pacific (72-60).

Pacific, however, is not a mystery to head coach Anji Weissenfluh and the rest of her Mountaineer team.  The Boxers also participated in the Menlo College tournament over Thanksgiving break.  Pacific went 1-1 in the classic style tournament, with a victory over host Menlo (74-54) and a loss to Dominican (74-65).

At the tournament, Pacific's Tori Nelson and DeeDee Arnall were named to the all-tournament team as was Eastern's Tricia Haddock and Cory Nelson.  Tori Nelson was also named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Both Nelson and Arnall are averaging over 20 points and 5 rebounds per game.  Nelson has hit 16 three-pointers this season, while Arnall is shooting an incredible 67% (38-57) from the floor.

The following night (Saturday), Eastern Oregon will make the trip back over the Blue Mountains to College Place to face the 3-9 Walla Walla Lady Wolves.

Last weekend, EOU defeated Walla Walla, 83-42 in the second game of the Whitman College Wildhorse Casino & Resort Classic.  A game that saw junior Ashley Jones score a career-high 15 points off the bench on 6-of-8 shooting from the field.

The game is schedule for 7 PM in College Place.

League Leaders

Eastern Oregon, as a team, leads the Cascade Conference in team scoring (81.2 ppg), scoring margin (+19.0), free throw percentage (.773, 85-110), field goal percentage (.459, 147-320), steals (13.0), turnover margin (+10.0), and Assist/turnover ratio (1.06).

The following Mountaineers are listed in the Cascade Collegiate Conference's top-15:

• Jamie Jo Cant

  • 7th 3-Point Field Goal Pct. (.429, 9-21)

  • t-9th 3-Point Field Goals Made (1.80)

  • 12th Scoring (11.6)

  • t-14th Field Goal Pct. (.435, 20-46)

• Candice Davis

  • 3rd Field Goal Pct. (.562, 18-32)

  • 3rd Free Throw Pct. (.824, 14-17)

• Tricia Haddock

  • 1st Assists (6.40)

  • 1st Assist-Turnover Ratio (2.13)

  • 5th Free Throw Pct. (.812, 13-16)

  • 7th 3-Point Field Goals Made (2.00)

  • 8th Steals (2.20)

  • t-9th 3-Point Field Goal Pct. (.417, 10-24)

  • t-14th Scoring (11.0)

• Michelle Kinley

  • 7th Field Goal Pct. (.486, 18-37)

  • t-6th Free Throw Pct. (.800, 16-20)

• Cory Nelson

  • t-12th Steals (2.00)

• Christy Smith

  • 4th Field Goal Pct. (.559, 19-34)

  • t-13th Steals (2.00)

• Sarah Smith

  • 9th Blocked Shots (0.80)

• Linzi Strom

  • t-10th Free Throw Pct. (.750, 6-8)

• Christie Weaver

  • t-11th Field Goal Pct. (.444, 16-36)

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