Eastern women lose, still control tournament seeding destiny

Kiana Johnson led four in double figures with 20 points and visiting Southern Utah edged Eastern Washington 64-63 on Wednesday.

Eastern (16-12, 11-6) still controls its destiny for a first-round bye in the Big Sky tournament next week if it can beat Northern Arizona (6-22, 2-15) on Friday.

The Eagles trailed the last-place Thunderbirds by as many as eight points in the fourth quarter. Eastern battled back to pull within a point with 3:13 left to play, but never got the go-ahead bucket to fall.

Eastern went 0 for 3 from the field on its final possession and did not score in the last 1:48.

Delaney Hodgins scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-16 shooting from the field, her 78th career game with double-digits. The forward also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds and collected a pair of steals on the night.

Tisha Phillips scored 10 points, handed out six assists and tallied four steals.