CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Southern Utah University women's basketball team will look to get back on track from its loss to Idaho Thursday when it visits Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon.
GAME INFO
Southern Utah at Eastern Washington
Date: February 5, 2022
Tip-off: 3:00 p.m. MT
Location: Cheney, Wash.
Venue: Reese Court
Live stream: ESPN+
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SUU NOTES (12-7, 8-2 Big Sky)
-Southern Utah sits atop the Big Sky Conference standings heading into Saturday's contest at Eastern Washington.
-Before dropping their most recent game at Idaho, the Thunderbirds had won three-straight games and eight of their last nine contests.
-The T-Birds are an extremely balanced scoring team with Darri Dotson, Cherita Daugherty, Lizzy Williamson and Daylani Ballena all averaging 10 points per game. Dotson leads the bunch at 10.7 per outing.
-Southern Utah is the top scoring offense in the conference with an average of 73.4 points per game.
ABOUT EASTERN WASHINGTON (4-15, 2-8 Big Sky)
-Eastern Washington has lost four-consecutive games leading into Saturday's game.
-Jaydia Martin leads the Eagles in scoring with 14.7 points per game. Jacinta Buckley is the other Eagle in double figures with 11.7 points per contest.
-Joddie Gleason is in her first season as head coach of the Eagles.
LAST TIME OUT
The Southern Utah University women's basketball team suffered a crucial 82-63 loss to the Idaho Vandals Thursday night in Moscow.
SUU had 20 total turnovers compared to Idaho's ten. The Thunderbirds were also limited to just 41% shooting from the floor. They did outrebound the Vandals 39-36.
Alexa Lord was the leading scorer for SUU with 16 points. Lord shot a perfect 2-2 from downtown with two rebounds. Daylani Ballena also played efficiently, racking up 14 points with two rebounds. Cherita Daugherty also added 10 points of her own and Darri Dotson led the team with 12 rebounds.
The Thunderbirds got off to a slow start as they allowed Idaho to control the paint and find open looks to give them an early 15-8 lead midway through the first quarter. SUU did regain their footing quickly after Alexa Lord grabbed ten fast points, and Daylani Ballena found eight points of her own to cut the deficit to two points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second period, Idaho began to surge forward. The Vandals grabbed seven offensive rebounds and capitalized on nine T-Bird first-half turnovers to outscore the Thunderbirds 27 to 9 in the quarter and give them a 49-29 lead heading into the half.
Out of the half, it was more of the same story for the Vandals as they put continuous pressure on the Thunderbirds and created turnovers. They went on an 8-2 run in the third quarter to extend their lead to 29 points.
SUU did not quit and kept throwing back blows of their own in the fourth going on a 19-6 run to cut the lead down to 16 points, but in the end, it was too much to overcome.
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