EOU's
Haddock Breaks Career Assist record in Rout of #24 Tech
Eastern Oregon wins 6th straight
January 17, 2004
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LA GRANDE, Ore. – With 11:13 left in
the second half, Eastern Oregon's Tricia Haddock hit Candice
Davis on a inbound layup to break head coach Anji Weissenlfuh's
all-time Mountaineer assist record of 427 in a 71-53 rout of
24th-ranked Oregon
Tech tonight at Quinn Coliseum.
The win was the sixth straight for the
Mountaineer's and the ninth out of their last ten.
It was just a matter of time this
season when Haddock would break Coach Weissenfluh's record, but some
did not think it would come this quickly. Given her career
assist average, it worked out to be around next weekend's road trip
for the magic number to get hit, but two strong performances garnered
19 assists in two nights at home to break the 11-year old mark.
The game itself was all Mountaineers
from the 13 minute mark of the first half on. Eastern Oregon
used a 19-2 run over a five minute span to take a commanding 16-point
lead that they never would relinquish.
The Mountaineers did lead by as many as
28 at the half-way mark of the second half, but Oregon Tech would chip
away over the final 10 minutes to cut the final margin of the EOU
victory to 18 points at 71-53.
For her other offensive efforts, Haddock
just missed a double-double as she scored 8 points to go along with
her 10 assists. She also hit two more three-pointers to enlarge
her EOU career record mark to 141 treys.
Jamie Jo Cant had a game-high 18
points to lead all scorers. She also had 4 rebounds and 4
assists. Candice Davis ended
the night with 13 points and 6 boards.
Michelle Kinley ended the
contest with 16 points on 7-of-8 from the field and 5 rebounds.
Even though she did not score, Cory Nelson led all Mountaineers in
rebounding with 7 boards.
La Grande High School's Christie
Weaver put a damper on the homecoming of fellow Tiger alumnus,
OIT's Lindsey Carmichael. Weaver hit 5-of-6 shot from the field,
including a pair of treys for 13 points and 6 rebounds in 23
minutes. Carmichael managed just 3 points on 1-of-8 shooting
with 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 30 minutes in front of the home
crowd.
Oregon Tech's Nikki McElligott had 12
points and 10 rebounds, followed by Meggan Sager with 11 points.
The Mountaineers (13-2, 7-1 CCC)
dominated from the field, hitting 55% (28-51) from the floor and
6-of-13 shooting from beyond three-point range.
Oregon Tech (12-6, 6-3 CCC) managed
just an icy 36.4% (20-55) from the floor and 6-of-18 from trey land.
Eastern Oregon will try to keep the
streak going as they now hit the road for three straight, beginning
next weekend in Kirkland, Wash. to face Northwest College, then
Evergreen State College the following night. There will not be
much rest as they will drive home
from the Puget Sound area, only to jump back into the bus to face
Concordia on Tuesday, January 27. All game will begin at 5:30pm.
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