Jamie Loera does it all as Eastern Washington women storm past Idaho State
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From staff reports
After trailing most of the first half, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team defeated Idaho State 68-46 on Saturday at Reese Court in Cheney, extending its program-record winning streak to nine games.
The Bengals made 8 of 17 shots in the first quarter to take an 18-13 lead. But they made just 10 of 46 shots after that as the Eagles zipped past them. Eastern shot 40.4% from the field and outrebounded ISU 43-33.
Jamie Loera finished with a season-high 19 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Eagles, who are 15-3 overall and 5-0 in Big Sky games.
EWU’s Milly Knowles had 14 points, six rebounds and a career-high four blocks. The Eagles’ Jaleesa Lawrence came off the bench to score 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field.
Tasia Jordan made 9 of 20 shots from the floor to lead Idaho State (7-10, 3-3) with 20 points.
Eastern will hit the road to play both teams one game behind them in the conference standings. The Eagles play at Northern Colorado (9-7, 4-1) on Thursday and at Northern Arizona (12-6, 4-1) on Saturday.