Women's Basketball | 01/10/2018
CHENEY, Wash.--Idaho travels to Eastern Washington on Friday for its lone game of the week. The Vandals and Eagles will play a doubleheader. The women will get things going at 5 p.m. PT. The men's game will follow. Both games will be televised on SWX.
TV: Sam Adams (play-by-play for both games) will be joined by Michelle Clark (color) for the call.
Follow: Live streams, when available, can be found at GoVandals.com/WatchWBB. All home and conference games will be streamed live on the Pluto TV app, as well as online at WatchBigSky.com. Follow along with live stats at GoVandals.com/WBBStats. In-game updates will be posted all season long on Twitter, @VandalsWBB.
Tom Purvis will have the radio call for you all season long on across the Idaho Radio Network. Pregame starts 15 minutes before each tip.
The Game: The Vandals take to the court against a familiar foe on Friday. Idaho and Eastern Washington met four times last season, splitting the series 2-2.
About The Vandals: Idaho wrapped the non-conference season with a 4-7 record. The Vandals opened the season win a road-win at four-time Mountain West champion Colorado State. Idaho also has wins over CSUN, Cal State Fullerton, Eastern Oregon, North Dakota and Portland State. The trio of
Mikayla Ferenz, Geri McCorkell and
Taylor Pierce have led the team this season. The group has scored 74.1 percent of Idaho's points this season (796 combined).
About the Eagles: EWU is off to a 2-2 start to the Big Sky season. The Eagles split last week with a loss to Portland State before their 83-72 win over Sacramento State. Delaney Hodgins led the Eagles in the win with 27 points and six assists.
Last Time Out: Mikayla Ferenz set a season-high with 39 points in Idaho's 101-90 win. The Vandals shot a season-high 59.0 percent (36-61) from the field and notched 15 3-pointers in the win.
Scouting the Eagles
• Picked seventh and sixth in the conference preseason polls
• Ranked 23rd in the NCAA with 176 steals this season
• Lead the Big Sky with 4.8 blocks per game (48th NCAA)
• Delaney Hodgins is fourth in the Big Sky (41st NCAA) with 19.8 ppg
• She is also 23rd in the NCAA with 119 FGM
• Averaging 70.5 ppg in Big Sky play (8th)
