EUGENE, Ore. – The Bushnell women's basketball team dropped a road contest to the College of Idaho on Friday evening, 69-53.
 
The Beacons (5-12, 3-6 CCC) recovered from a 7-0 start to the game by the Yotes to play an even first quarter, but CI went on a 10-0 run to open the second quarter, and held serve for the remainder of the contest.
 
Bushnell held their own defensively, forcing 15 turnovers with ten steals, and held College of Idaho to 41% shooting, but were able to hit just 31% of their own shots as the Yotes ended up leading the game from wire to wire.
 
Head Coach Chad Meadors said, "The Yotes are obviously very good and they are playing at their best and they certainly showed that tonight. I give our team a lot of credit. They played so hard and it is really impressive. Defensively we were solid but we made too many mistakes and didn't execute well enough."
 
Senor Ayden Krupke hit a trio of treys in the game and finished with a team-high 13 points and a season-best ten rebounds for the double-double. Ciena Tumoine added eight points and three steals while Kenzie Pedersen followed with seven points.
 
The Yotes (13-4, 7-2), who are tied for second-place in the CCC, were led by a game-high 14 points from Mia Austin while Maiya Hardy scored 12. Kylie Waltermeyer scored nine points and led the Yotes with ten rebounds.
 
UP NEXT: The Beacons will be in La Grande on Saturday, traveling to take on CCC-leading and 17th-ranked Eastern Oregon University (16-1, 8-1) at 3:00 pm. The Mounties defeated No. 20 Corban on Friday, 66-63.