La Grande, Ore. - The Oregon Tech Lady Owls (12-8, 6-4 CCC) fell in a Cascade Collegiate Conference matchup with Eastern Oregon University (13-7, 7-3 CCC) by a final score of 61-51 at the Quinn Coliseum.
Oregon Tech would strike first, scoring the first bucket in the game. After the score however, EOU would go on a 14-0 run making the score 14-2. The Lady Owls would keep fighting to end the first stanza trailing 19-11.
 
The second frame would be another round of runs for Eastern Oregon, they would stretch their lead to thirteen outscoring the Owls 13-10. At the half, Oregon Tech would trail 32-21.
 
OIT looked to play a better second half. They came out of the locker room and posted twelve points. This wasn't enough though as the Eastern Oregon's lead would swell to fifteen at several points during the quarter.
 
The final quarter between the two squads was a back and forth one that saw EOU's once sixteen point lead shaved to seven points. As Oregon Tech was able to outscore the Mountaineers in the fourth, it would not be enough to stop EOU from posting their own fourteen points. When the timer struck zero, the scoreboard read 61-51 Eastern Oregon.
 
Oregon Tech was led in the scoring department by Makaila Napoleon, who finished the game with fourteen points all off the bench. Megan Still topped the ladder for the Mounties with twelve points.
 
In the game, Oregon Tech only outscored Eastern Oregon in the final frame 18-14. The Owls would be able to shoot slightly better than the opposition, finishing with a shooting percentage of 37% while Eastern Oregon shot at 36%. In the battle of the boards, Eastern would out rebound the Lady owls 45-35.
 
The Lady Owls will travel to Caldwell, Idaho to take on the College of Idaho Yotes in the second leg of this road trip. Tip off will be at 4:30 PM Pacific.