ASHLAND, Ore. – Northwest struggled to get its offense flowing in the first half and fell at Eastern Oregon Friday, 73-63.
 
After shooting 39 percent from the field, the Eagles trailed 37-25 at the half. The Eagles scored 38 points in the second half but could not get enough stops to wrest the lead back from the Mountaineers.
 
"It's hard to win on the road in this league," said NU Head Coach Jeff Drinkwine. "Eastern did a very good job taking us out of our strengths. We had a tough shooting night. We need to find a way to bounce back tomorrow."
 
Hussayn Ford registered another double-double to pad his national lead in that category with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Christian Hakilimali almost joined him with 20 points and nine rebounds. Ford was 9-10 and Hakilimali 7-14 from the field, but the rest of the Eagles shot 25 percent from the field for the night.
 
Brandon Porter had 17 points to lead EOU.
 
The Eagles are back in action Saturday night, taking on College of Idaho on the road in a 7:30 p.m. (Mountain time) contest.