Eastern women win streak at six

Getting back to some basics has been the fuel that has propelled the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team back into contention for a Big Sky Conference regular season title.

The Eagles won for the sixth straight time this past week at Reese Court, collecting dominating wins, 88-67 over Southern Utah last Thursday, Feb. 19 and 73-42 over Northern Arizona Saturday.

“We use three simple words to try to define ourselves, tough, smart, unselfish,” head coach Wendy Schuller said. “I think more than anything it was getting back to basics.”

With the sweep Eastern improved to 10-4 in conference p...