KIRKLAND – Northwest returns to the road, where the Eagles are 2-8 but on a two-game winning streak.
Northwest, 6-15 overall and 4-7 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, plays at Oregon Tech Friday and Southern Oregon Saturday. Both games start at 5:30 p.m.
Live stats and the live stream of all of the NU basketball games this weekend are available at nueagles.live.
Corban dominated in the first half and rode out a 76-53 win over the Eagles in NU's last game.
Maya DuChesne had 11 points, and Sam Van Loo added seven rebounds to lead NU in those categories.
Van Loo leads the Eagles with 11.9 points per game. While Van Loo has the only double-figure scoring in terms of average, DuChesne is one point this season from being there as well at 9.9 (189 points in 19 games). Van Loo has scored all 104 of her field goals from inside the arch and shoots a team-leading 52.3 percent from the field.
Northwest is 38
th in the nation with 13.33 offensive rebounds per game. Van Loo leads the Eagles and is 40
th in NAIA II with 3.19 offensive rebounds per game. She leads NU with 7.48 rebounds per contest.
Oregon Tech claimed an 82-77 win over Northwest in December when Kristin Farrell scored 18 for the Owls.
Athena Taylor and Grace Meza led the Eagles with 16 points from off the bench. DuChesne had 14 points, and Van Loo added 10, while Lexi Biggerstaff contributed 10 rebounds.
Oregon Tech is 12-9 overall and 6-5 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference after losing at Eastern Oregon and College of Idaho last weekend. Amanda Constant leads the Owls with 10.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
NU downed Southern Oregon 84-67 in Kirkland behind a 30-point performance by Van Loo. She also had nine rebounds. DuChesne contributed with 12 points and six assists. Syd'Nee Fryer led SOU with 22 points and 10 boards.
Southern Oregon won at College of Idaho and lost at Eastern Oregon last week and stands at 13-7 overall and 9-4 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Dominique Harding averages 14 points, while Fryar gets 10.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game to lead the Raiders.
