POCATELLO, Idaho – The Western Oregon women's basketball team battled back from an early deficit on Saturday night before dropping its exhibition finale at Idaho State, 73-56, on Saturday night at Reed Gym.
 
Jasmine Miller led the Wolves with 16 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting, while Emily Howey added 10 points and five rebounds.
 
"Jasmine stepped up in a big way tonight," WOU head coach Holli Howard-Carpenter said. "She did it on the glass and gave us a big boost in the second half."
 
After trailing 22-9 at the end of the first quarter, WOU outscored the Bengals by 10 points in the next 10 minutes to trail 30-27 at halftime. The deficit was six points after three periods, but the Bengals separated from the Wolves in the final quarter.
 
"I'm really proud of how we fought, we closed out the first half really well," Howard-Carpenter said. "Our number one goal was to get better and I think we did that."
 
The Wolves shot 21-of-52 from the floor on the night (40 percent), but missed out on chances from the stripe (12-27).
 
"Had we stepped up to the free –throw line and knocked them down, we would have given ourselves a better shot at the end," Howard-Carpenter added.
 
Idaho State held a 45-38 edge in rebounding and outscored the Wolves in the paint, 40-24.
 
Western Oregon opens up its regular season next week in a tournament hosted by Cal State East Bay. The Wolves face the host school on Friday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m.