COMING UP: Evergreen (5-16 overall, 1-12 CCC) closes the home portion of the 2018-19 schedule with a three-game set, and the first two of those games inside Costantino Recreation Center come this weekend. The Geoducks host the No. 4-ranked College of Idaho Coyotes on Friday night and the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers on Saturday, with tipoff for both games slated for a 7:30 start. The final of the three games comes against Northwest University on Tuesday, Feb. 5, that being Senior Night.

FOLLOW THE GEODUCKS: Evergreen basketball fans unable to attend this weekend's games can still follow their favorite team via live stats (http://sidearmstats.com/evergreen/mbball/xlive.htm) and video stream (https://portal.stretchinternet.com/evergreen/#).

ABOUT THE GEODUCKS: Junior guard Elijah Fuller continues to lead the team in scoring with 12.3 points per game and he is shooting 41.1 percent from beyond the three-point line. Ryan Quigley, a senior forward who ranks in the Evergreen men's basketball Top 5 in games played and total rebounds, contributes 11.4 points and is second in the conference at the free throw line, hitting 88.5 percent of his attempts. He is in line to establish a new Geoducks career free throw shooting record. Senior forward Malik Redmond, fresh off of a career-high point total in Evergreen's most recent game at Northwest Christian, has improved his scoring average to 9.7 points per game. Dalton Groenewold, a junior forward, is the team rebounding leader with 6.3 per contest. The Geoducks hope to break out of a slump that has seen them lose six in a row.

ABOUT COLLEGE OF IDAHO: The Coyotes (21-3, 12-2) are ranked No. 4 in the latest NAIA Division II Top 25 poll and have won seven of their last eight games. Nate Bruneel, a 6-6 junior guard, leads four players in double-figure scoring with 12.5 points per game. Junior point guard Talon Pinckney runs the show effectively, averaging 10.9 points and 5.0 assists. Connor DeSaulniers, a 6-8 sophomore forward, is a super sub with a team-leading average of 7.2 rebounds per game. 

THE FIRST TIME: College of Idaho, ranked No. 1 at the time, cruised to an 89-46 victory over Evergreen on Jan. 5 in Caldwell, Idaho. Dalton Groenewold recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Geoducks. 

THE SERIES: College of Idaho leads the all-time series against the Geoducks, 33-8, including a 15-5 record in Olympia. Evergreen's last win in the series came on Feb. 19, an 88-74 decision in Caldwell. In fact, the Geoducks swept the 'Yotes that season.

ABOUT EASTERN OREGON: The Mountaineers (12-11, 7-5) are in the midst of the conference playoff chase and boast one of the league's top offensive threats in sophomore guard Jordan May, who averages 22.0 points per game while making 3.5 three-pointers per contest. That last number ranks him eighth in NAIA Division II men's basketball. Junior guard Landon Jones averages 12.2 points and 6.3 rebounds, while 7-0 junior center Jarek Schetzle contributes 11.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest. The Mountaineers have been vulnerable on the road this year, winning just four of the 13 games they have played away from Quinn Coliseum.

THE FIRST TIME: Eastern Oregon scored 14 consecutive points - seven points on each side of the halftime break - to separate from Evergreen on the way to an 86-68 win on Jan. 4 in La Grande, Ore. Elijah Fuller was 3-for-5 from beyond the three-point line on the way to a game-high 14 points for the Geoducks.

RECENT RESULTS: The Mountaineers have had Evergreen's number in recent years, winning 18 straight dating back to the 2008-09 season when the Geoducks swept EOU.

LAST WEEK: Last Friday in Salem, Ore., Elijah Fuller scored 17 points but Evergreen came out on the short end of a 75-53 decision to the host Corban Warriors. The following evening, Malik Redmond broke out a career-high 20-point effort, but the Geoducks dropped a 90-77 result to Northwest Christian in Eugene, Ore.