Eastern women split on Montana trip

A disappointing start to their Montana road trip had a happy ending for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team.

Following an 88-83 overtime loss at Montana State, Jan. 5, Eastern collected a rare victory in Missoula against Montana last Saturday, 60-46 at Dahlberg Arena.

Tisha Phillips and Delaney Hodgins were red-hot from the field, combining for 37 points on a 67 percent clip. Phillips led the team with 20 points, while Hodgins was right behind with 17.

“Thursday’s loss was tough to handle, and physically we were a bit beat up,” head coach Wendy Schuller said.

“ I thought we had seve...