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With David Riley off to WSU, Eastern Washington forward Casey Jones enters transfer portal

UPDATED: Thu., April 4, 2024

With coach David Riley headed to Washington State, one of his top players from Eastern Washington has entered the transfer portal.

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WSU’s hiring of David Riley: The best move the Cougars could have made under the circumstances

UPDATED: Thu., April 4, 2024

Former Eastern Washington coach, Whitworth player and nephew of a former Pac-12 football coach knows the Northwest terrain as well as anyone.

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EWU athletic director Tim Collins reassures men’s basketball team in wake of head coach David Riley’s departure

UPDATED: Wed., April 3, 2024

Tim Collins met with the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team on Wednesday morning with the goal of assuring the team that he, the EWU athletic director, had their back.

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Dave Boling: In Jaylen Wells and Isaiah Watts, David Riley gets first of what could be many Ws as WSU coach

UPDATED: Wed., April 3, 2024

Abundant kudos are due for the rare show of program loyalty at a time when college sports have disrupted most normal notions of object permanence.

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Dave Boling: David Riley might be a diamond, but if hiring process is any indication, the shine is definitely off WSU

UPDATED: Tue., April 2, 2024

Somehow, after almost comically botching the job search for the new coach, the landing of Riley could be a winner for the WSU basketball program. But the process was an embarrassment.

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Difference makers: Eastern Washington can’t find way to stop OSU’s Raegan Beers

UPDATED: Fri., March 22, 2024

RAEGAN BEERS

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‘What a journey its been’: Eastern Washington women’s historic season ends with 73-51 first-round loss to Oregon State

UPDATED: Tue., April 2, 2024

The third-seeded Oregon State Beavers regrouped in the second quarter and ran away with a 73-51 win over the No. 14 seed Eagles on Friday at Gill Coliseum.

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‘We just love these moments’: EWU women remain focused for first round game at Oregon State

UPDATED: Thu., March 21, 2024

Unlike some of the other venues the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team could be playing this weekend, Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon, is a familiar place to nearly every player on the roster.

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Key matchup: Eastern Washington post players must contain Oregon State’s Raegan Beers

UPDATED: Thu., March 21, 2024

An All-Pac-12 selection this year, Oregon State’s Raegan Beers scored at least 20 points in 11 different games this season while recording 15 double-doubles. In two Pac-12 Tournament games she made 19 of 32 shots and had four blocks and three steals. She is one reason why the Beavers ranked third in the Pac-12 in shooting (46.2%).

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Eastern Washington’s Cedric Coward, Mt. Spokane grad Tyson Degenhart earn NABC All-District honors

UPDATED: Tue., March 19, 2024

Eastern Washington basketball star Cedric Coward and Mt. Spokane graduate Tyson Degenhart were each named to National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District teams on Tuesday.

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‘Full circle’: How Lewis and Clark grad Jacinta Buckley found her way back home and lead Eastern Washington to NCAAs

UPDATED: Tue., March 19, 2024

Growing up in Spokane, Jacinta Buckley was all-in on Lewis and Clark High School, and she can readily rattle off some of the many star girls basketball players – names like Briann January, Katelan Redmon and Hayley Hendricksen – who helped build and sustain the Tigers’ legacy.

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‘March Madness is back.’ Members of Eastern Washington’s 1987 NCAA breakthrough team proudly root for the current Eagles

UPDATED: Mon., March 18, 2024

Thirty-seven years have passed since the 3-point shot was adopted in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. And that’s exactly how long Eastern Washington University had been chasing its second NCAA Tournament berth.