Box Score Final Stats

LOGAN, Utah – Utah State women's basketball lost to Eastern Washington 75-39 on Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
 
Junior guard Cheyenne Stubbs led Utah State with 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting, while adding six rebounds, four assists and one steal. Fellow junior guard Skye Miller had 11 points and junior forward Bridget Mullings came off the bench to score eight points and grab eight rebounds.
 
Aaliyah Alexander led a trio of double-digit scorers for Eastern Washington with 18 points, while Jamie Loera had a game-high 12 assists.
 
Utah State slowed the pace to start the game and limited the Eagles to just 26.7 percent (4-of-15) shooting in the first quarter as it was tied at 10-10 following the first 10 minutes of action.
 
Eastern Washington found its shooting touch in the second quarter, however, as it hit 10-of-19 (.526) shots to take a 36-23 lead into intermission.
 
Utah State did a better job of slowing the pace down again in the third quarter and held EWU to just 14 points, but the Eagles shot 69.2 percent (9-of-13) in the final 10 minutes as they pulled away for the win.
 
For the game, Utah State shot 31.1 percent (14-of-45), including 30.8 percent (4-of-13) from 3-point range, and shot 70.0 percent (7-of-10) at the free throw line. Eastern Washington finished the game shooting 47.6 percent (30-of-63), including 41.7 percent (10-of-24) from deep, and made 5-of-6 (.833) free throws.
 
Eastern Washington out-rebounded Utah State 35-31 and had six more steals (10-4), while Utah State committed 24 turnovers as compared to just eight for the visitors.
 
Up Next
Utah State (0-2, 0-0 MW) continues non-conference action next week when it plays at Missouri-Kansas City (1-0) on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. (MT). USU then returns home on Friday, Nov. 17, when it hosts Weber State (0-2) at 6 p.m.
 
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