COMING UP: The Evergreen State College (9-8 overall, CCC 7-6) hosts a pair of Cascade Collegiate Conference foes out of Oregon's Willamette Valley this weekend as the Corban University Warriors (9-11, 5-8) visit Costantino Recreation Center on Friday and the Northwest Christian University Beacons (15-3, 8-3) play here on Saturday. Both games scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start.

FOLLOW THE GEODUCKS: Evergreen basketball fans unable to make it to CRC Gym can still follow the team through live stats and/or pay-per-view video stream at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/evergreen/.

ABOUT THE GEODUCKS: Junior forward Cayla Jones continues her outstanding season for Evergreen, averaging 14.1 points, 6-0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in conference contests, all of which rank her among the CCC leaders in those categories. She also shoots 86.0 percent from the foul line, one of the best in the league. Her season-long averages, all of which lead the Geoducks, are 15.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Junior guard Alexcis Higginbotham scores 12.8 points per game, junior forward Deidra Miller contributes 6.3 rebounds per game in conference action, while freshman guard Jahpera McEachin averages 11.4 points and 3.2 assists while shooting 82.3 percent at the foul line. The Geoducks average 68.3 points and allow 69.9 per game in the conference and are minus 3.6 per game in rebounds.

LOOKING AHEAD: With seven games remaining on the conference schedule, four at home, Evergreen has a bit of work to do to finish fourth and host a first round conference postseason tournament game. The Geoducks are currently in fifth place in the standings, one game behind Oregon Tech, and those teams beat each other on the respective home courts already this season. The top four teams in the final standings will host a playoff game while the fifth-through-eighth-place teams will travel. Evergreen has finished fourth and hosted a conference tournament playoff game only once in its women's basketball history, that during the 2014-15 season.

ABOUT CORBAN: The Warriors are one of the league's best rebounding teams, averaging 11.8 more rebounds per game than their opponents, led by junior forward Emily Yost with an average of 8.5 boards per contest. Yost is also the team's leading scorer in conference play with 13.6 points per game, and her 61.3 percent field goal shooting and 84.0 free throw accuracy put her among the best in the league. Senior guard Maci Bozett, one of the league's leading three-point shooters, is second on the team in conference scoring with 13.4 per game, and she also shoots 85.3 percent at the foul line. Junior guard Treasure Farmer averages 4.6 assists in conference games while Shaelie Burgess, a 6-4 freshman center, is a defensive force with 2.6 blocks per game.

THE FIRST TIME: Corban defeated Evergreen in overtime, 70-65, on Dec. 30 in Salem, Ore. Cherish Moss and Cayla Jones both scored 17 points for the Geoducks, and Jones added six rebounds and five assists. The key stat in the game? Corban enjoyed a significant 71-39 rebounding advantage.

SINCE 2007-08: Looking back through statistics dating to the 2007-08 season and including this year's game, Evergreen has won eight of 22 against Corban. The Geoducks and the Warriors split their two games last season, both winning on their home court.

ABOUT NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN: The Beacons, who play Friday night at Northwest University in Kirkland, have had an outstanding season with a 15-3 record and a No. 16 ranking in this week's NAIA Division II Top 25 national poll. For the season the Beacons average 73.1 points while allowing 55.9, though those numbers are closer in conference-only games (they have scored 72.1 per game and allowed 62.3). Other conference numbers show a plus 5.3 in rebounds per game, 64.3 percent accuracy at the foul line and 42.2 from the field. Center Anamaria Virjoghe is a 6-5 freshman who is a major force in the middle as she averages 15.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 53.5 percent from the floor. Freshman guard/forward Morgan McKinney scores 12.6 points per game, senior guard Niki Duncan scores 11.5 per game and averages 2.7 three-pointers, while senior guard Katerina Brejchova tops the team with 9.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per contest.

THE FIRST TIME: Jahpera McEachin shot 14-for-16 from the foul line to score 19 points and Kaelin Williams-Kennedy added 14 points but it wasn't enough to prevent the Geoducks from dropping a 75-55 decision to the Beacons on Dec. 29 in Eugene, Ore.

RECENT RESULTS: Evergreen has won 12 of 21 games played against the Beacons dating back to the 2007-08 season. Northwest Christian swept two games last year, including a 50-49 win on two free throws in the final seconds in Olympia.

SOUTHERN OREGON 79, EVERGREEN 72: The Geoducks led the No. 10-ranked Southern Oregon Raiders for 29 minutes – and by nine points early in the fourth quarter – before the hosts used an 18-1 run to turn the tide in a 79-72 win last Saturday in Ashland, Ore. Alexcis Higginbotham scored 16 points for the Geoducks, and other double-figure scorers were Jahpera McEachin with 15, Kaelin Williams-Kennedy with 11 and Cayla Jones with 10.

OREGON TECH 75, EVERGREEN 70: The host Owls used a 24-12 advantage in the third quarter to build a lead they wouldn't relinquish in taking the 75-70 win last Sunday in Klamath Falls, Ore. The Geoducks shot 3-for-19 from the field in the decisive third period. Cayla Jones led the Geoducks with 19 points and seven rebounds.