Box Score 1 | Box Score 4 The Multnomah University Men's and Women's basketball teams traveled east into cold and snowy conditions to continue Cascade Conference play as they faced The College of Idaho on Friday night and Eastern Oregon University on Sunday mid-day due to a weather prompted rescheduling. Both teams ended the weekend with two losses, giving then nearly identical records with the Men standing at 4-13 overall and 1-7 in conference and the Women coming in at 4-12 overall and 2-6 in conference.
 
Friday, January 6th at The College of Idaho
Women's Final Score: MU-60, COI-84 (Box Score)
Summary: The Lady Lions came out strong and took the first quarter 20-17. After a 12 point swing the Lions found themselves going into the half down 9 points. COI put on a heavy full-court press for the second half and the Lions struggled to find their way through it, leading to COI to convert 21 points off of MU's 26 turnovers. The Lions were out-scored in the second half 24-39.

Highlights:
• Lacie Kamper led MU with a double double with 15 points and 11 rebounds in 37 minutes.
• Faith Kratz gave the Lions a strong debut performance with 7 points and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes.
• Ana Wakefield was second on the team in scoring with 12 points and she pulled down 4 rebounds and handed out 3 assists.
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Men's Final Score: MU-60, COI-84 (Box Score)
Summary: The Lions did all they could to slow down the pace of the talented COI team on Friday night, but were unable to stifle the 'Yotes long enough to mount a significant come-back. MU was held to 16 points in the first half, but came back strong early in the second and cut the lead to only 4 with 11 minutes remaining. COI then implemented a heavy full-court press and scored a few buckets off of MU turn-overs, and put the game out of reach for the Lions. 

Highlights:
• Moe Keita continued his strong play and put in 12 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. 
• Ben Grandle added 12 points and Darius Redrick put in 9.

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Sunday, January 7th at Eastern Oregon
Women's Final Score: MU-49, EOU-85 (Box Score)
Summary: Multnomah experienced cold shooting against Eastern Oregon on Sunday morning as they played a newly scheduled game after the Saturday night contest was postponed due to blustery conditions. The Lions struggled to find any sort of offensive rhythm in the first half, shooting only 11% from the field, while EOU was 'lights-out', converting 54% of their shots, including 52% from behind the arch. The second half was much better for MU as they managed to convert more scoring opportunities, finishing the half by scoring 33 points, while EOU scored 36. Still, a good second half wasn't nearly enough to cut the large gap created in the first half, giving MU their 5th consecutive loss and are now 4-12 on the season and 2-6 in the Cascade Conference. 

Highlights:
• Ana Wakefield led MU with 14 points, including shooting 4-7 from behind the arc.
• Faith Kraatz put in 9 points and collected 4 steals in only 13 minutes of play and Miranda Schmillen added 7 points and 4 assists.
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Men's Final Score: MU-71, EOU-91 (Box Score)
Summary: With five Lions scoring in double digits MU wasn't able to pull out an upset against the big and solid Mountaineers of  #16 Eastern Oregon. The game began much the same as the women's contest, with EOU creating a nearly unsurmountable gap within the first few minutes of play. MU went into the half down 23 points. The second half also looked much the same as the women's game, as the men found a way to consistently score the ball, and finished the second half by scoring 46 points opposed to EOU's 43, but again the first half gap was simply too much to overcome, leaving MU with their 4th straight loss and putting them 4-13 overall, 1-7 in the Cascade Conference. 

Highlights:
• Darius Redrick and Michael Escobedo led MU with 16 and 14 points respectively with Redrick adding 5 assists. 
• Max Upchurch added 12 points and Ben Grandle and Thomas Simien both pitched in 11.

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Up Next
Both teams return home for the next two contests as they continue Cascade Conference play when they host Corban University on Friday and Northwest Christian University on Saturday. The Women's games will be played at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Men at 7:30 p.m.