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• GU back in polls; Pangos honored

  February 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Men’s basketball: Gonzaga, in and out of the rankings a couple times this season, returned to the AP and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls at No. 24 after wins over …

• WCC’s top scorer booted by Broncos

  February 14, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara guard Kevin Foster, the West Coast Conference’s leading scorer, has been suspended for the remainder of the season following an arrest for driving under …

• Area men’s basketball: Whitworth clinches NWC title

  February 12, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 For the third season in a row and the fifth time in the last six years, the Whitworth men’s basketball team is the champion of the Northwest Conference. The Pirates …

• Vandals hold off Seattle University

  February 8, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – The pace of the game had stabilized after a manic opening stretch, and Seattle University had squandered its once-cushy lead. In the waning moments, all Idaho needed …

• Vandals hold off Seattle University

  February 7, 2012 in Sports MOSCOW, Idaho - The pace of the game had stabilized after a manic opening stretch, and Seattle University had squandered its once-cushy lead. In the waning moments, all Idaho needed …

• CC Spokane men hammer Wenatchee

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 Preston Wynne had 21 points and Brady Bagby added 17 points and eight rebounds as Community Colleges of Spokane beat Wenatchee Valley 78-61 in an NWAACC game Saturday in Wenatchee. …

• Vandals men end Wolf Pack’s 16-game win streak

  February 4, 2012 in Sports RENO, Nev. — Stephen Madison scored 18 points and Kyle Barone converted a three-point play and pair of free throws in the final 40 seconds to lift Idaho over Nevada …

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  GU falters, but doesn’t fall at Pepperdine

  February 4, 2012 in Sports Just when you thought Gonzaga was cruising toward a feel-good bounce-back win, Pepperdine started making every shot it attempted.

• Whitworth men edge Pacific Lutheran 82-80

  February 4, 2012 in Sports The 10th-ranked Whitworth Pirates were having trouble getting stops Saturday night. But their opponent, Pacific Lutheran, was having even more trouble taking a lead.

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  UCLA beats WSU men again in Pullman

  February 4, 2012 in Sports Whether it’s been by superior talent, execution or late-game savvy, the UCLA Bruins hadn’t lost a men’s basketball here since 1993 entering Saturday’s game.

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  Wroten’s block preserves win for Husky men

  January 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 TUCSON, Ariz. – With a once-big lead down to two and the crowd louder than any he had heard before, Washington freshman Tony Wroten found a way to shut everything …

• No. 11 Whitworth corrals Pioneers

  January 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 Four Whitworth players scored in double figures as the hot-shooting Pirates rolled past Lewis & Clark College 79-59 on Saturday in a Northwest Conference game at the Pamplin Sports Center …

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  Six candidates vie to be this year’s Jimmer

  January 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 Jimmer Fredette was a gotta-see-this sensation at Brigham Young, piling up points while turning the national spotlight toward Provo. He was so exciting, so captivating that his name became a …

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  EWU men cruise to win over Montana St.

  January 28, 2012 in Sports Defending the home court never felt so good. Eastern Washington put up season-best numbers on defense in a crucial 69-52 Big Sky Conference win over Montana State win Saturday night …

• Pirates men edge Linfield for NWC victory

  January 15, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 Whitworth had to dig deep Saturday night. Facing another determined opponent, Whitworth overcame its biggest halftime deficit of the season to defeat Linfield 65-61 in a Northwest Conference basketball game …

• Cougs zero in on UW’s Wroten

  January 14, 2012 in Sports The essence of Washington’s most dangerous player is captured via conversation with two players who must defend him this afternoon.

• Murray State ranks among elite

  January 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State is running with the likes of Kentucky, Louisville and the rest of college basketball’s elite. The 15th-ranked Racers (16-0) are currently just one of three …

• Chiverton’s hot shooting leads Eastern to win

  January 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Collin Chiverton scored 21 points and made six 3-point shots as Eastern Washington defeated Sacramento State 65-60 on Thursday night. Cliff Colimon added 17 points – including …

• Nevada handles Idaho in WAC opener

  January 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – Near the end of the worst half Idaho has played this season, Kyle Barone cradled the ball in the paint … and then watched it inexplicably squirt …

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  Weber State’s Lillard lights up Eastern

  January 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 The winter quarter is three days away, but Eastern Washington coach Jim Hayford was already handing out some tough grades after the Eagles’ 76-69 loss to Weber State on Thursday …

• Blanchette: So far, the water is just fine for EWU men’s basketball

  January 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 His commute to the gym is 24 miles longer now and takes him close by his old one, a daily reminder of the plunge he’s taken. “I went from fresh …

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  Idaho should be in mix

  January 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 MOSCOW, Idaho – The Western Athletic Conference has been in flux for more than a year, with schools leaving, hopping aboard and – in the case of Boise State – …

• Gonzaga stops Xavier for sixth consecutive win

  December 31, 2011 in Sports Gonzaga has quality nonconference men’s basketball wins over Washington State, Notre Dame, Oral Roberts, Arizona and Butler, but the Bulldogs’ 72-65 road victory over Xavier on Saturday was probably their …

• Boise State edges Vandals

  December 31, 2011 in Sports Anthony Drmic could barely stand on his feet two days before Saturday’s game, but he had no issues with his shooting touch during Boise State’s 76-73 victory over rival Idaho …

• Blanchette: Pac-12 needs product before gimmicks

  December 23, 2011 in Sports So Larry Scott – you may know him better by his stage name, marketing magician Brandini the Magnificent – wants to move the Pac-12 basketball tournament to Las Vegas. Say, …

• Whitworth men catch fire after halftime

  December 23, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 SAN ANTONIO – Felix Friedt scored 19 of his 25 points during Whitworth’s 61-point second half Thursday at the eighth-ranked Pirates defeated Southwestern (Texas) University 97-63 at the Trinity University …

• Blanchette: rare meeting of midmajor powers

  December 20, 2011 in Sports It is rare – in the same way that finding a touch of refinement on “Jersey Shore” is rare – that the Gonzaga Bulldogs hook up with one of their …

• Saint Mary’s holds back Eastern Washington

  December 20, 2011 in Sports Matthew Dellavedova matched his career high with 25 points, Rob Jones had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Saint Mary’s beat Eastern Washington 77-61 on Tuesday night at Moraga, Calif.

• Pangos, Harris lead Zags past Butler

  December 20, 2011 in Sports That’s three straight for Gonzaga. Wins, of course, but also three tough, grind-it-out efforts. 2

• Vandals lose wild game in overtime

  December 20, 2011 in Sports Julius Mays scored 28 points, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime, sealing Wright State’s 80-78 win over Idaho on Tuesday night at Dayton, Ohio.

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