The USU Eastern Eagles were on the road in Wyoming this weekend. With NJC canceling the Friday matchup the eagles looked to play back to back games against the host team, #10 Casper College. Thursday night's game proved to be a physical matchup for both teams with Casper able to edge out the seven point win, 70-63.

Two players scored in double figures for USU Eastern, sophomore guard Kacelyn Toomer had 18 points while freshman forward Kaija Glasker ended with 14. Freshman forward Ella Bradley ended the game with a strong stat line for the eagles with four assists, seven points and seven rebounds. USU Eastern shot only 52.6 percent from the line but the eagles were able to outscore the #10 Thunderbirds in the paint, on second chance points as well as bench points.

The lady Eagles would fall 56-79 in the second game to Casper shooting 37.7 percent from the field for the game. The Thunderbirds shot 42.1 percent for 3's, hitting eight as a team. Unable to cut Casper's lead the Eagles were still able to out rebound them 33 to 19. Scoring in double figures for USU Eastern, sophomore guard Kinlee Toomer with 11 points and freshman point guard Brooklyn Perkins had 10. For the seventh consecutive game the Eagles have dominated the rebounds against their opponent.

"The team battled against a tough opponent for two games back to back, late in the first game we were able to cut the lead to three but came up short. Both games were very physical and great learning opportunities for us heading to conference play. I like the determination and drive the team is playing with after seven games," said head coach Chelsey Warburton. 

USU Eastern will open conference play at home on Tuesday, February 9 against Colorado Northwestern Community College at 5 p.m.