Eastern Washington Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Eastern Washington Eagles
Big Sky (20-11, 12-6)

 

Big Wins: 11/18 Wichita State (86-58), 2/5 Montana (65-64), 2/12 at Sacramento State (80-79)
Bad Losses: 11/22 at SMU (53-69), 11/24 at Abilene Christian (72-79), 1/31 at Idaho (27-30)
Coach: Wendy Schuller

Probable Starters:
Jade Redmon, Sophomore, Guard, 10.4 ppg, 3.7 apg, 5.7 rpg
Hayley Hodgins, Junior, Guard, 16.6 ppg, 1.8 apg, 4.2 rpg
Lexie Nelson, Senior, Guard, 13.9 ppg, 2.4 apg
Delaney Hodgins, Freshman, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 1.9 apg, 4.8 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Melissa Williams, Senior, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Tisha Phillips, Sophomore, Guard, 2.5 ppg, 1.2 apg
Marly Anderson, Sophomore, Center, 2.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Cece Pearl, Sophomore, Forward, 0.9 ppg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.6 (56th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.5 (187, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.0 (27, 1)    
Field-Goal Defense: 38.9 (145, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.1 (169, 6)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.8 (59, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.3 (8, 1)
Rebound Margin: -2.1 (244, 10)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (106, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 (72, 4)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round loss to Washington
2010    NIT    Round of 64 loss to Oregon
1987    NCAA    First Round loss to Oregon

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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