MONMOUTH, Ore. – Shelby Snook had 16 points while Savannah Heugly had 15 points and six rebounds off the bench to lead Western Oregon to a 73-63 victory in the championship game of the 2016 WOU/Hampton Inn D2 Shootout on Sunday afternoon in the New P.E. Building.
 
Jasmine Miller scored 13 points and Natalie DeLonge chipped in 10 points and five rebounds off the bench for WOU (2-0), who won opening games to start a season for the first time since 2004 and defeated the Pioneers for the first time in three all-time meetings.
 
"It's a credit to the culture change and speaks to how hungry they are," WOU head coach Holli Howard-Carpenter said. "They are on a mission, playing with a chip on their shoulders. They are competitors."
 
Shomari Harris shot 50 percent from the field scoring a game-high 23 points for Cal State East Bay (1-1).
 
The Wolves out-rebounded East Bay 35-31, including 17-13 on the offensive glass. Western Oregon won the battle in the paint by 10 points (38-28) while stellar bench play enabled the Wolves to take five more shots and eight more free throws for the game.
 
After surrendering the opening six points of the game, Western Oregon went on a 6-0 run to tie things up. Miller nailed an open 3-ball while Kaylie Boschma got her three points with a hoop and harm. Boschma gave WOU its first lead, 10-8, with a driving layup. A four-point under the three-minute mark gave the Wolves a 20-16 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
Western Oregon held CSUEB scoreless over the first three minutes of the second, extending the lead to nine, 25-16. The Wolves used a 6-0 run on consecutive Miller jumpers and two Kory Oleson free throws, opening up a 15-point advantage. The lead built to 17 before the Pioneers closed out the half scoring six straight points for a 39-28 halftime tally.
 
"Our bench play was huge," Howard-Carpenter said. "That is the best part of the win is that different people stepped up tonight than stepped up last night."
 
Cal State East Bay got within seven, 44-37, at the 5:50 mark of the third on one of two Harris triples. The Wolves got a 5-0 run from Snook while another triple from the junior guard two possessions later increased the advantage back to 15.
 
Huegly hit her first 3-ball to bump the Wolves lead to 18 in the fourth quarter. The Pioneers would get no closer than 10 the rest of the way.
 
"We only turn the ball over 11 times and although we didn't like (their) pressure, we were still able to hang on to the ball," Howard-Carpenter said. "That's huge."
 
Western Oregon takes their unblemished record on the road next weekend in the Chico State Coslet Classic against the host Wildcats on Friday, Nov. 18 (7:30 p.m.) and in a neutral site game against Sonoma State on Saturday, Nov. 19 (5:30 p.m.).