Eastern Washington Women’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 7, 2024 · CSM Staff
 
Eastern Washington Eagles
 
Big Sky (29-5, 16-2)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/29 at Montana (56-55), 3/13 vs Northern Arizona (73-64)
Bad Losses: 11/20 at UC Irvine (63-71), 2/1 Montana State (61-62)
Coach: Joddie Gleason
 
Probable Starters:
Milly Knowles, Senior, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Jaleesa Lawrence, Junior, Guard, 10.9 ppg, 1.1 apg, 4.0 rpg
Aaliyah Alexander, Sophomore, Guard, 14.7 ppg, 1.4 apg, 4.8 rpg
Jacinta Buckley, Senior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 1.2 apg, 6.1 rpg
Jamie Loera, Senior, Guard, 13.2 ppg, 5.6 apg, 5.6 rpg, 2.4 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Jaydia Martin, Junior, Forward, 6.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Alexis Pettis, Junior, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 1.0 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.1 (113th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.8 (19, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.2 (151, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.5 (21, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.1 (77, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.7 (107, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.4 (43, 4)
Rebound Margin: 2.9 (110, 3)
Assists Per Game: 14.2 (111, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.5 (6, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015 NIT First Round win over Washington State
2015 NIT Second Round loss to Sacramento
2013 NIT First Round loss to Washington
2010 NIT Round of 64 loss to Oregon
1987 NCAA First Round loss to Oregon
 
*all team stats through 3/7