NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Western Washington University women's basketball team won its seventh consecutive games pulling out a 44-40 victory over Eastern New Mexico University in a defensive battle to open The Great Western Shootout on Friday.

WWU overcame a three-point second quarter and rallied from an eight-point deficit to start the fourth quarter out-scoring the Greyhounds 17-5 down the stretch to improve to 10-2 on the season. ENMU dropped to 6-4 overall.

The Vikings were limited to a season-low 30.4-percent shooting (14-for-46), also went 4-for-17 from three-point range (.235) and 12-for-22 from the free throw line (.545). WWU trailed 20-16 at the half after being out-scored 11-3 in the second quarter (led 13-9 after the first quarter).

Trailing by 10 points 35-25 with 1:29 remaining in the third quarter, back-to-back layups to end the third and begin the fourth quarter by senior forward Olivia Hodges jump-started the Vikings comeback. Junior guard Libby Stump connected on a three-pointer at the 7:05 mark sparking what finished as a 13-1 run to conclude the game. Western's defense limited the Greyhounds to 0-for-18 from the field in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

Hodges and Stump both finished close to a double-double with nine points each, with Hodges adding to her impressive rebounding numbers grabbing a game-high 16 rebounds and Stump recording a career-high 10 rebounds. Hodges is averaging 13.2 rebounds per game this season while reaching double-digits in boards in 10 of 12 games.

Junior guard Rakiyah Jackson added eight points, senior forward Aspen Garrison contributed seven points and junior guard Joy Haltom had seven points.

Julieta Ceja led ENMU with 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals in 33 minutes. 

The Vikings (10-2) close out the 2025 portion of their schedule Saturday with their final non-conference game taking on New Mexico Highlands (4-6) in a 2:15 pm game to close out the women's schedule in The Great Western Shootout at the Coyote Event Center at the College of Southern Nevada. There will be no webcast of the game but live stats will be updated with links at WWUVikings.com. All links to follow the Vikings on the road will be posted at WWUVikings.com.

Here is a look at the statistical comparison between WWU and Eastern New Mexico:

Here is a look at the Vikings record breakdown for the 2025-26 season:

Here is a game-by-game look at the 2025-26 schedule and results: