COMING UP: Tonight vs. Montana State., 6; Saturday vs. Montana, 6 p.m. OUTLOOK: It’s halftime in the Big Sky Conference, but Eastern Washington is less than halfway to a berth in the seven-team postseason tournament. Standing at 3-7 and in a four-way tie for eighth place, the Eagles likely must win four or five of their final 10 games to make the field – head coach Jim Hayford’s stated benchmark for success. Eastern would get a big boost in that direction with a win tonight at Reese Court against third-place Montana State, which edged the Eagles 70-68 earlier this month in Bozeman. On Saturday, the Eagles get a visit from league-leader Montana. Read more

Mark Few has taken a wait-and-see approach when asked if this is his best team at Gonzaga, but Few’s WCC coaching counterparts aren’t waiting around. Loyola Marymount coach Max Good, whose team entertains Gonzaga tonight, in his pregame comments sounded much like San Francisco’s Rex Walters after the Dons’ 66-52 loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday. Read more

The Eastern Washington basketball team made it look easy Monday night, breaking Portland State’s press to finish off the game. The operative word is “finish” – a mantra for the Eagles and especially for senior point guard Kevin Winford. Read more

Fifteen minutes after the game ended, Parker Kelly still had the hot hand. Kelly’s palms were red after a big shooting night that helped Eastern Washington to a crucial 76-65 win Monday night over Portland State at Reese Court. Read more

Monday’s 76-65 victory over Portland State couldn’t have come at a better time for the Eastern Washington Eagles (5-15 overall and 3-7 in the Sky), who in one night moved from the cellar to within a game of seventh place and a spot in the Big Sky Conference postseason tournament. In the process, the Eagles ended a four-game losing streak in front of a vocal crowd of 1,214. Opportunity returns to Reese Court on Thursday against third-place Montana State and Saturday against league leader Montana. Read more

CEDAR CITY, Utah – Wade Collie scored 18 points, grabbed nine rebounds and Southern Utah jumped out to an 11-2 lead to begin the game and never looked back, defeating Eastern Washington 69-55 on Saturday night. Southern Utah (7-12, 5-5 Big Sky) had two others in double figures against the Eagles with Damon Heuir tossing in 17 points and Jackson Stevenett chipping in with 16 points and six rebounds. Read more

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COMING UP: Saturday at Southern Utah, 6 p.m. OUTLOOK: The Eagles take on the Big Sky Conference leader in rebounding and blocked shots when they travel to Cedar City, Utah, in the first Big Sky Conference meeting between the two schools. Eastern will be trying to snap a three-game losing streak. Southern Utah leads the league and ranks 20th in NCAA Division I in blocked shots (5.4 per game), and is first in the league in rebounds per game (38.0) and second in rebounding margin (plus-4.7). The team’s biggest player is 6-foot-11, 250-pound Jason Cheesman, who averages 6.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.31 blocked shots per game (second in the Big Sky and 37th nationally). Read more

GREELEY, Colo. – Freshman Venky Jois tied the Eastern Washington record with seven blocked shots but the Eagles still couldn’t overcome Northern Colorado, which defeated the Eagles 72-56 in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball game on Saturday night. Jois also led the Eagles (4-14, 2-6) with 15 points and eight rebounds. Collin Chiverton added 13 points for Eastern Washington and Parker Kelly had 11. Jois equaled the blocks record set earlier this season by teammate Martin Seiferth. Read more

It’s just a game, the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team was suddenly reminded Wednesday night. Read more

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota defeated Eastern Washington 65-47 in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball game on Thursday night with the visiting Eagles missing two players – senior starting guards Kevin Winford and Jeffrey Forbes – after an auto accident. According to a school media release, the two were injured Wednesday in Grand Forks in an accident involving one of the team’s minivans. Read more

COMING UP: Tonight at North Dakota, 5 p.m.; Saturday at Northern Colorado, 6:05 p.m. OUTLOOK: With only a game separating the third- and 10th-place teams in the Big Sky, the Eagles have an opportunity to put themselves solidly in the playoff hunt with road wins against a pair of struggling teams. Tonight’s game against conference newcomer North Dakota is the Eagles’ first trip to Grand Forks since 1982. Last week, North Dakota got a career-high 23 from junior guard Jamal Webb in a convincing 86-73 win over Montana State – the team that beat EWU in overtime the week before. UND is 4-3 at home this season. Northern Colorado is on a five-game losing streak. Read more

Every defeat has a simple explanation. And then there is the more complex one. For Eastern Washington University, finding the simple one Saturday night was, well, simple. Read more

Collin Chiverton scored 22 points and Venky Jois had 14 points and 14 rebounds as Eastern Washington defeated Northern Arizona 82-59 Thursday night in Cheney. Martin Seiferth added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Eagles and Thomas Reuter had seven assists. Eastern Washington committed 19 turnovers and shot just 8 of 20 from the free-throw line, but overcame that by hitting 8 of 17 3-pointers and shooting 50 percent overall. Read more

Winter or summer, Jeffrey Forbes loves to drive the lane. A 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo sits in the family garage back in Federal Way, Wash. It needs a little TLC, but so do the young players on the Eastern Washington basketball team. For now, they come first. Read more

In the end, family came first for Justin Crosgile. Crosgile, the leading scorer on the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team, cited a “need to be closer to home” for his surprise decision to leave the squad earlier this week. Read more

In the end, family came first for Justin Crosgile. Crosgile, the leading scorer on the Eastern Washington University basketball team, cited a “need to be closer to home” for his surprise decision to leave the squad earlier this week. Read more

The Eagles played their first game without point guard Justin Crosgile, who according to an EWU spokesman has left the team. Read more

Ask Carrie Ojeda how many points or rebounds she had in a game and she’ll likely come up blank. Ask Ojeda how many blocked shots she had and she’ll recite the exact number. Read more

The stuff of legend? Not exactly, but Thomas Reuter’s game-saving play Saturday afternoon will do just fine for now. Read more