Poor Shooting Dooms Mounties on Night Two of the Holiday Classic

 

12.09.06

 

 

 

The Mountaineer basketball team needed to play well to defeat Montana Western.  The Bulldogs came into the game ranked #4 in the nation, boasting a perfect 13-0 record.  In a lot of areas they did play well unfortunately, shooting was not one of them.  Eastern shot just 34% for the game (24-70) while UM-Western was shooting just under 52% (28-54). 

 

In the first half the Bulldogs pounded the ball inside to their senior post Becky O’Neil who had 14 in the first period.  The Mounties responded by holding O’Neil to just 4 in the second stanza.  Unfortunately, Western made them pay by shooting an astonishing 78% from distance (7-9).

 

EOU was led by junior guard Stephanie Neubauer who had 15 points on 6-11 shooting.  Whitney Leman had 13 points and 5 assists, while Elise Hawes was impressive around the basket scoring 12 points and snatching 5 rebounds over the much bigger Bulldog front line.

 

In the first game of the night Albertson College defeated Whitworth College 83-66 on the strength of Denise Hills 17 points and 9 rebounds.  Whitworth was paced by Alida Bower who had 16 points and 6 rebounds for the Pirates.

 

 

 

 

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