Eastern women run into roadblock in Montana

Eagles wrap up home schedule; to honor Williams, Nelson Saturday versus Weber State

The road had been reasonably smooth for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team this season.

After last week’s trip — with a pair of 10-point losses 63-53 at Montana State and to Montana, 69-59 — the operative word is “had.”

Prior to last week, Eastern had won four of six Big Sky contests on the road. They counted one of their biggest program wins ever, a Dec. 22 victory, 67-56 at Florida and were 7-5 away from Reese Court.

But their six-game Big Sky Conference winning streak, and hopes of a regular season title became road kill. Eastern slid to 10-6 in conference play (17-10 overall) a...

 

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