Evergreen women's basketball

The Evergreen women’s basketball team hosted Northwest Christian University Friday night (Jan. 22) in perhaps the most crucial must-win game to date for the Lady Geoducks. The top eight teams in the Cascade Collegiate Conference advance to the post season tournament at the end of February and TESC sat in the “first team out” position in ninth place coming into the game.

One team’s losing streak would end Tuesday night in The Green House. The only question looming was whose it would be. The home team, Evergreen (3-7 overall, 0-2 CCC), fought off area foe Pacific Lutheran University (1-6 Overall, 0-0 NWC) 48-45 to end a four-game losing skid and claim their third win of the season in front of an exuberant home crowd. “We did a lot of things we wanted to do,” coach Monica Heuer stated while glancing over the box score.

What a difference two days makes. The Evergreen women’s basketball claimed their second win as many days Friday, Nov. 20, at home versus Menlo College of Atherton, Calif., 64-61. The Lady Geoducks improved their overall record from 0-3 to 2-3 and improved their home record to 2-1 over the two day span.

The Evergreen women’s basketball team had at least one reason to be thankful during the week break. They claimed their first win of the season exactly one week before Thanksgiving in dramatic fashion. The Geoducks triumphed 46-45 against the visiting University of Puget Sound Loggers in a game that was decided on the last possession of the game.