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Sander Captures First Player of the Week Honor

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January 8, 2024

1/8/2024 | Alisha Alexander | Assistant Athletics Director-Sports Information

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Junior guard Ellie Sander continued to show her improvement with a career night on Friday and another strong performance on Saturday to help the No. 7 Warrior women to pair of Cascade Conference wins.

In the Warriors’ victory over rival Eastern Oregon, the junior scored a career-high 28 points with a staggering 12-for-14 (.857) performance from the field. She shot 4-for-5 from 3-point range and also tallied four rebounds and five assists. She added 11 points against College of Idaho with three rounds, three assists and three steals. Sander shot 80% from the field in the two games and 75% from 3-point range. She leads the CCC in 3-point field goal percentage this season at 44.1%.

This is the first weekly honor of Sander’s career.

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The Warriors host No. 20 Southern Oregon and Oregon Tech this weekend as some of the top teams in the Cascade Conference go head-to-head in Lewiston.

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