EAGLESBehind Rodney Stuckey's 28 points and seven assists, Eastern Washington earned a split Saturday night of its Big Sky-opening homestand. The Eagles rallied from a halftime deficit to top Montana 74-71. Eastern had lost its conference opener to Montana State on Thursday night.You can read…
COUGARSAs Glenn Kasses writes on his blog, the Cougars won a close one in Los Angeles. And that's not a typo.Here's a link to the game story. If you want to share your comments with Glenn, click on his blog and hit the comment line.
WOLF PACK 82-74There have been some memorable collapses by Gonzaga over the years, but Saturday's in Seattle was - well it was another one.Here is the game story. We'll be back later for more commentary on those last few minutes.
WOLF PACK, 58-57The last eight minutes of this game may take a while. After spending three-quarters of the game not calling much, the three officials have decided to blow their whistles.Maybe not for the right calls, but they are blowing them.Which will make the final…
ZAGS, 43-40The tempo is changing, It's getting more up and down and there's no way that is bad for GU, no matter who they are playing.Add that to Raivio heating up and this is more of a GU-preferred game than the first half was.The rebound…
ZAGS, 30-18The game plan defensively for Gonzaga is working well, though Kuso is in foul trouble, Mallon is coming off a concussion, according to the TV guys, and Pendergraft is one missed call away from being on the bench as well.Maybe we will see David…
ZAGS, 9-5The first surprise was starting Abdullahi Kuso instead of Sean Mallon.The second surprise was Matt Bouldin scoring GU's first five points.Sorry, surprise isn't the right word to use in conjunction with Bouldin. Nothing Bouldin does is really a surprise anymore.We saw, right off the…
ZAGSAs Steve Bergum noted in last night's blog post and today's story, when GU scheduled the Battle in Seattle with Nevada (3 p.m.; ESPN2; 1510-AM), it looked like Wolf Pack (11-1) big man Nick Fazekas would be going to the NBA.That didn't happen, so another…
EAGLESEastern Washington hosts Montana tonight (7:05; 1050-AM) in what has become, already, a must-win Big Sky basketball game.The Eagles are in turmoil after Thursday's home loss to lowly Montana State and probably no amount of player meetings will cure what ails them – unless they…
VANDALSWe start this post with football news.New coach Robb Akey is starting to fill out his staff, with the latest addition not really an addition at all. It's current Vandal coach Johnny Nansen, who has coached Vandals linebackers the last three seasons. You can find…
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