Eastern Washington Eagles vs Northwestern Wildcats

LONE STAR SHOWCASE

4-0

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Northwestern NU	19	14	24	17	74
E Washington EWU	10	22	14	24	70

Eastern Washington EaglesE WashingtonEWU

3-2

No. 19 Northwestern women beat Eastern Washington 74-70

Updated: Nov 26, 2015, 08:20 pm

CEDAR PARK, Texas -- Christen Inman scored a career-high 28 points, Nia Coffey added 17 and Ashley Deary scored 13 with 10 steals and seven assists to lead the No. 19 Northwestern women past Eastern Washington 74-70 Thursday at the Lone Star Showcase.

Maggie Lyon added 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots for Northwestern (4-0). Deary's 10 steals were the second most in a women's Division I game this season.

Hayley Hodgins hit a 3-pointer to pull Eastern Washington (3-2) within three, 70-67, with 3:19 remaining but a bucket by Inman and two free throws by Jordan Hankins made it 74-67 with 23 seconds left and the Wildcats held on from there.

The Eagles missed four of their final five shots and committed three of their season-high 25 turnovers in the final three minutes.

Hodgins scored 24 for Eastern Washington. Ashli Payne added 17 and Tisha Phillips scored 15, both career highs.

Game Information

Cedar Park, TX

Referee:Marcus Smith

Referee:Cole Womack

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UCLA	18-0	-	37-1
Michigan	15-3	3	28-7
Iowa	15-3	3	27-7
Ohio State	13-5	5	27-8
Minnesota	13-5	5	24-9
Maryland	11-7	7	24-9
Michigan State	11-7	7	23-9
Washington	10-8	8	22-11
Illinois	9-9	9	22-12
USC	9-9	9	18-14
Oregon	8-10	10	23-13
Nebraska	7-11	11	19-13
Indiana	6-12	12	18-14
Wisconsin	5-13	13	16-18
Purdue	5-13	13	13-17
Penn State	4-14	14	11-18
Northwestern	2-16	16	8-21
Rutgers	1-17	17	9-20

Big Sky Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Idaho	17-1	-	29-6
Montana State	16-2	1	27-8
Northern Colorado	13-5	4	23-11
Idaho State	12-6	5	19-11
Sacramento State	8-10	8	15-18
Eastern Washington	7-11	10	15-18
Northern Arizona	6-12	11	10-22
Montana	5-13	12	9-22
Weber State	4-14	13	11-22
Portland State	2-16	15	6-25

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