Taylor Pierce hoisted 3 after 3 to try to help the Vandals chip away at Portland State’s lead Wednesday in the Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals, hoping to keep the top-seeded Vandals’ NCAA Tournament hopes alive – but they weren’t falling.
Tyler Hall’s late steal in Montana State’s 75-71 win over Idaho in the Big Sky Conference Tournament opener at CenturyLink Arena secured the Bobcats a spot in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Montana Western guard Brianna King – a product of North Central and Community Colleges of Spokane – was named the NAIA Player of the Year on Wednesday.
Violet Kapri Morrow’s steal and layup at the 1:33 mark gave the Eagles their first lead against Idaho State, one the sixth-seeded Eagles wouldn’t relinquish in a 67-65 upset of the No. 3 seed Bengals at CenturyLink Arena.
EWU (14-17) begins tournament play Thursday, facing the winner of Wednesday’s first-round game between sixth-seeded Montana State (14-16) and No. 11 seed Idaho (6-25).
Jesse Hunt averaged 14.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists during the regular season for EWU, the No. 3 seed in this week’s Big Sky Conference Tournament in Boise.
Ferenz, the conference’s all-time leading scorer (2,371 points), led the Vandals to a Big Sky regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in this week’s Big Sky Conference Tournament in Boise.
Since then, EWU has returned to the Big Dance once (2015). It came close a year ago, falling to rival Montana in the Big Sky Conference tournament championship.
The 5-foot-5 senior led the Frontier in scoring (22.3 points per game) and steals (80) and was also among the best in assists (91) for the fourth-ranked Bulldogs (25-4).
Markieth Brown is the second-leading scorer (26.1 points per game) in the 34-team NWAC, helping North Region champion Everett (22-7) earn a No. 1 seed.
Don Owen led the tradition-rich Titans to state titles in 2005, 2010 and 2013 and helped the program earn several other state trophies during his tenure.
Before Eastern Washington women’s basketball coach Wendy Schuller could process one of the strangest, most frustrating endings to a game in her lengthy career, Shantay Legans took to Twitter.
Basketball wins aren’t a phenomenon in Mullan, a school drenched in pride and tradition since its former glory in the 1980s, ’90s and early 2000s. Mullan’s modern marvel: Existence.
Kim Aiken Jr. drained a 3-pointer from the corner at the buzzer to give Eastern Washington a 68-66 win over Portland State on Saturday. Aiken finished with 19 points to go with nine rebounds.
Carroll College-bound guard Jonny Hillman – the mainstay of two-time defending 1A Division II champion Genesis Prep’s reign – wasn’t interested in the big-school experience.
Brianna King stood on a slab of old shingles atop her mother’s Hillyard home, caught a pass, and hurled a shot toward a plastic backboard that flanked Nevada Street.