GAME NOTES: Wildcats host Eagles Saturday afternoon

• Weber State women's basketball is in the Dee Events Center for a game against the Eastern Washington Eagles.

• The Wildcats and Eagles will tip off at 2 p.m. from the Dee Events Center in Ogden, UT. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. Live video links and stats can be found at WeberStateSports.com.

• Weber State is 7-19 and 4-9 in the Big Sky and currently sit in eighth place. The Wildcats started with their first seven games on the road but then won three straight games with wins over Nevada, Utah Tech, and Westminster. The Wildcats are coming off a home game loss against the Idaho Vandals, 60-47.

• Weber State has been led by senior Daryn Hickok. She is 10th in the Big Sky at 12.4 points per game and has scored in double figures in sixteen games for the Wildcats. Hickok leads the team in scoring, free throws, and steals. Hickok was named to the Big Sky Preseason All-Conference team and earned All-Big Sky honors last year. She has played in 129 games in five seasons at Weber State and ranks fourth in career scoring.

• Senior Jadyn Matthews has scored in double figures fourteen times this season and is second in scoring at 11.4 points per game. Matthews collected a career high 30 points in the Wildcats game against Sacramento State on 1/11/24 while also recording a season high 11 rebounds and five assists. She is first in rebounding and second in assists for Weber State. Matthews has played in 137 career games at Weber State and ranks first in Weber State history in career games played. She also ranks fourth in career rebounding and 9th in career scoring. She was fifth in the Big Sky Conference in rebounding and 11th in scoring last season.

• Weber State is under the direction of first year head coach Jenteal Jackson who was named the seventh head coach in WSU history in April. A Utah native and former in-state college player, she came to Weber State after spending the last two seasons as head coach at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Prior to becoming head coach, she spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Westminster. She played college basketball at BYU and Westminster.

• Eastern Washington is 20-5, 10-2 on the season. The Eagles won their last game against Idaho State 59-56. The Eastern Washington squad has won their last four games and currently sit in first place in the Big Sky. The Eagles are led by Aaliyah Alexander in scoring and free throws. Alexander sits in second place in the Big Sky in scoring averaging 15.7 points per game.

• This will be the 93rd all-time meeting between the two teams with a series of 48-45 for the Wildcats. In the last match up between the two, the Eagles beat the Wildcats 56-38 in Cheney. Eastern Washington is 15-28 in all-time games in Ogden.

• After Saturday's game, the Wildcats are back in the Dee Events Center for a game against Idaho State Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m.

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Daryn Hickok

Jadyn Matthews

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