San Francisco Hands Ewu 66-48 Defeat

Zerrick Campbell’s 16 points led San Francisco to a 66-48 victory over Eastern Washington in the first round of the MetLife Classic men’s basketball tournament Friday night at War Memorial Gym.

Campbell hit all five of his first-half field goals for 12 points as San Francisco (2-1), fresh off an upset of 18th-ranked Stanford, took a 36-27 halftime lead. M.J. Nodilo had nine points at the half, hitting all three of his 3-pointers. The Eagles led 12-10 with 11 minutes left in the first half when Nodilo started connecting.

In the second half, San Francisco’s defense kept EWU (0-3) in check.

“We just didn’t attack their zone very well,” EWU coach Steve Aggers said. “They’re really the first team that’s played a lot of zone against us.”

EWU committed 21 turnovers.

Guards Bryant Carter and Curtis porter led EWU with 11 points each. Travis King added eight points, hitting two first-half 3-pointers.

San Francisco meets Southwest Texas in tonight’s title game. EWU plays Hofstra at 5:30.

San Francisco 66, E. Washington 48

E. WASHINGTON (0-3)

Thompson 2-4 0-0 5, Rideout 3-12 0-0 6, Porter 4-9 3-4 11, Groves 1-4 0-1 2, Dean 0-1 0-0 0, Sims 1-1 1-3 3, Carter 3-6 2-2 11, Egan 1-3 0-0 2, King 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 18-45 6-10 48.

SAN FRANCISCO (2-1)

Campbell 7-9 2-3 16, Duggan 2-8 3-4 7, Washington 2-2 2-2 6, Colter 3-8 0-0 6, Brass 1-2 0-0 2, Walker 3-6 1-3 8, Rutherford 0-0 1-2 1, Galloway 2-4 2-2 6, Johnson 1-1 0-0 2, Richardson 0-0 0-0 0, Nodilo 4-5 1-1 12, Holmes 0-1 0-0 0, Nees 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-46 12-17 66.

Halftime-San Francisco 36, E. Washington 27. 3-Point goals- E. Washington 6-16 (Thompson 1-3, Rideout 0-3, Porter 0-1, Carter 3-5, Egan 0-1, King 2-3), San Francisco 4-13 (Campbell 0-1, Duggan 0-2, Colter 0-3, Brass 0-1, Walker 1-2, Nodilo 3-4). Fouled out-none. Rebounds-E. Washington 26 (Porter 9), San Francisco 28 (Campbell 7). Assists-E. Washington 6 (Egan 3), San Francisco 15 (Brass 9). Total fouls-E. Washington 16, San Francisco 16. A-3,129.

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