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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 2011

Americans shock Chiefs with late goal

Mason Wilgosh was sitting on the doorstep for a tip-in with 37 seconds left to give the Tri-City Americans a wild 5-4 win over the Spokane Chiefs before a sell-out crowd of 10,474 fans at the Arena Saturday night. It's the first of five straight…

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Idaho loses third straight

The Idaho men hung right with surging New Mexico State much of Saturday night -- and even led in the first half -- but 24 turnovers doomed the Vandals in a 73-65 loss. UI has lost three straight while NMSU has won five of its…

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Eags turn back Bengals

Glen Dean finished with a game-high 17 points and four other Eastern Washington players scored in double figures Saturday night at Reese Court as the Eagles picked up a crucial 83-70 men's basketball win over visiting Big Sky Conference rival Idaho State. Jeffrey Forbes has…

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Bengals have Eags down 33-30 at halftime

Idaho State's 7-foot senior center Deividas Busma scored 13 first-half points and pulled down five rebounds at Reese Court on Saturday night, helping the visiting Bengals carve out a 33-30 halftime lead agains Big Sky Conference rival Eastern Washington. EWU got eight first-half points from…

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Good wins for Gonzaga, Idaho women 

I'll see if I can catch you up with women's basketball before the hockey game starts. Gonzaga didn't hit overdrive but the Bulldogs pulled away at San Diego to finish a perfect first half of the WCC season. Courtney Vandersloot gets her 10th double-double and…

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Zags crush Toreros 

Redshirt freshman forward Sam Dower scored a career-high 27 points as Gonzaga thumped San Diego 86-53 on Saturday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The victory ended a three-game losing streak for Gonzaga (14-8, 4-3). Elsewhere, Portland defeated Saint Mary's, so the Gaels (18-4, 6-1) are…

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GU-USD tip coming up

About 10 minutes before tipoff between Gonzaga and San Diego. Join me at twitter.com/SRjimm for in-game updates. Starting lineups: GU -- Sacre, Goodson, Harris, Monninghoff, Gray. USD: Norris, Ginty, Dorrr, Rancifer and Gabriel. Check back here later for the game story.

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