Eagle women deliver early birthday gift to coach

Eastern wins pair on road in opening week of Big Sky Conference

Wendy Schuller got an early birthday present in the form of a pair of Big Sky Conference road wins last week.

EWU’s head women’s basketball coach, who celebrated her birthday Jan. 5, helped guide her team to victories over Weber State, 69-55, on New Years Day and then 88-75 over Idaho State, Jan. 3 as Eastern improved to 2-0 in league play and 9-4 overall.

Against the Bengals, junior Hayley Hodgins led all scorers with 24 points, going 9-of-17 from the field and a perfect 4-of-4 from 3-point range. Senior Lexi Nelson finished with 22 points, making all six of her field goal attempts while goin...

 

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