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SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Gonzaga women's basketball team used a 21-5 run in the fourth quarter to ease away from Eastern Washington, 78-56, Thursday.

The Zags (2-1) outscored nearby EWU, 26-13, in the final quarter. GU made 11 of its 17 attempts from the field (64.7 percent) in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs closed the game making 10 of their final 14 shots from the field.

Shelby Cheslek recorded her 10th career double-double. She scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. The redshirt senior had 10 points and six boards in the second half. Eight of her points came in the final 10 minutes of play. Kiara Kudron had her second-double already this season, finishing with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The last time Gonzaga had two players finish with double-doubles in the same game was last season at Pacific on Jan. 24, when Elle Tinkle (15 points and 11 rebounds) and Emma Wolfram (12 points and 10 rebounds) accomplished the feat.

Laura Stockton nearly became the third Zag with a double-double Thursday. The freshman had 10 points and nine assists in 25 minutes. Her nine assists were the most by a Bulldog since Jazmine Redmon had 11 against Idaho on Dec. 20, 2012. Courtney Vandersloot owns the program-record with 17 against UCLA in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

Elle Tinkle led Gonzaga with 15 points, making 5-of-10 from the field. Chelsek was 6-of-8 and Kudron was 4-for-5. Kudron has made 10 of her 12 shots (83.3 percent) from the field to open the season.

As a team, GU made 50.9 percent from the field, while the Eagles were 36.8 percent. The Zags made seven of their 14 three-point attempts and 13-of-19 from the free-throw line. Eastern Washington was 6-for-20 from behind-the-arc and made all eight of its free throws. GU had 19 assists on 29 of its made field-goal attempts.

The Zags dominated the glass, outrebounding EWU 40-25. Gonzaga turned 13 offensive rebounds into a 23-6 advantage in second-chance points. The Bulldogs had a 38-24 edge in the paint.

The Eagles (2-1) led 14-10 after the first quarter, but Gonzaga outscored EWU 22-11 in the second to take a 32-25 advantage into halftime. Eastern Washington closed the gap to 57-51 after an And-1 from Delaney Hodgins with 7:08 remaining in regulation. The Bulldogs then sealed the win scoring 21 of the game's final 26 points.

Hodgins led all scorers with 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field. Hayley Hodgins added 14 points.

Gonzaga welcomes a trio of teams for the 2015 Naismith Hall of Fame Women's Challenge Sunday through Tuesday. Six games over a three-day span will take place in the McCarthey Athletic Center beginning with the Zags and West Virginia (2-0) Sunday at 2 p.m. USC and Grand Canyon follow at 4 p.m.

Fans can purchase a tournament pack for the tournament. Fans receive the six games for the price of three games. These tickets are available for $24 for adults and $15 for youth/seniors. Monday and Tuesday doubleheaders begin with GU at games at 6 p.m.

Postgame quotes

Lisa Fortier Gonzaga Head Coach

General thoughts on the game... We gutted it out, I know the score didn't indicate that we gutted out... That was a hard win. Our team was struggling; we didn't have a lot of continuity. They really denied us and took us out of some of the things we wanted to do. There somewhere in the third or fourth quarter we decided that we were going to work for great shots for our teammates and do the things that we practice all the time and it was very obvious when that happened.

On the run at the end... I think we had five players out there that understood what we wanted to do and were utilizing their teammates well. It was still at a high pace we still ran but we weren't forcing anything, we were letting the offense come to us.

Shelby Cheslek Senior Center

On pulling away at the end... I think that we were playing a little individually there for a bit, so when we all came together we made it solid. We were running plays the way we should have and that's when we kind of ran away with the game.

On attacking the boards... It's always our goal to outrebound the other team and I think that today we were just on it, we weren't giving up. If they were blocking us out, we would just go around them so I think that's how we beat the by so much on the boards.

On the game overall... Overall I think it was a better game for us, definitely there were times where we weren't doing what we should have been doing but I think that we ended strong and the way that we should have.

Laura Stockton Freshman Guard

On her night... It was a fun night just trying to find my teammates as much as possible. They were running down the floor, making shots so it was pretty easy. Assists all come from your teammates.

General thoughts on the night... We had some slow moments where we weren't doing what we were supposed to and I think that happens a lot against Eastern, at least in the past. They beat us up a lot and getting us doing things that we don't usually do.