PSU women hung on to take Western Oregon 75-65 tonight, a game noted by the absence of Claire Faucher, their star point guard. Eryn Jones did an able job in her place, scoring 21 points while running the team, but it was a team that seemed to struggle all night, missing layups, stumbling into unnecessary turnovers. PSU led the entire game, sometimes but as many as 17, but that lead dropped to six at one point and eight at another. They couldn't put it away. Easy to understand why - it was a sick team, some of them running temperatures Murrell revealed after the game. And only two nights ago they played an exhausting game against UW. The two freshmen Lampman and Jackson put in long minutes doing outstanding defense work (PSU effectively ran an full court press most of the game) but their shooting was understandably shakey. Yankus did a great job under the net, picking up 19 points in layups and rebounding well. It was a flat team that ground out this victory. They'll have to play a lot better come Thursday and the tournament down at Eugene.