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Eagles Stop Columbia; Colorado St. Up Next

College men’s basketball

Eastern Washington University’s promising non-conference display continued Friday when the Eagles defeated Columbia 68-59 in an opening-round game of The Jam Fest, hosted by Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo.

Eastern Washington’s fourth win in five games puts the Eagles in today’s championship game against Colorado State. The Rams (5-1) defeated Troy State (1-5) 71-47 in the other opening-round game.

For Eastern Washington, forward Karim Scott and guard Deon Williams scored 20 points each to lead the victory. Scott’s eight rebounds were a team high, as were Williams’ five assists and four steals.

After falling behind 7-2, Eastern rallied and first took the lead at 8-7. By halftime, the Eagles led 34-23.

A tip-in by Williams gave EWU its biggest lead, 40-25 with 16:36 remaining. The Eagles maintained a lead of 8 to 10 points through most of the half.

E. Washington 68, Columbia 59

Columbia (2-4) - Namolik 7-10 7-8 21, Crep 3-8 3-4 11, Merley 1-3 0-0 2, Mboya 3-7 0-0 6, Yasser 1-4 0-0 2, Barnes 3-7 4-6 10, Hernandez 0-1 5-6 5, Wachob 1-2 0-0 2, Jackson 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 19-43 19-26 59.

Eastern Washington (4-1) - Sims 0-3 5-6 5, Scott 9-16 1-3 20, Humbert 0-4 2-2 2, Williams 4-9 12-13 20, Taylor 3-11 1-4 8, K. Lewis 0-2 0-0 0, M. Lewis 4-7 1-3 11, McGee 0-1 0-0 0, White 0-0 2-2 2, Claus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-53 24-33 68.

Halftime-E.Washington 34, Columbia 23. 3-Point goals- Columbia 2-12 (Namolik 0-2, Crep 2-6, Barnes 4-6, Hernandez 5-6, Jackson 0-2), E.Washington 4-18 (Scott 1-5, Williams 0-1, Taylor 1-7, M. Lewis 2-4, McGee 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Columbia 36 (Namolik 10), E.Washington 32 (Scott 8). Assists-Columbia 10 (Yasser 4), E.Washington 10 (Williams 5). Total fouls-Columbia 23, E.Washington 21. A-1,334.

Whitworth 72, Willamette 71

Tyler Jordan’s finger roll layup along the baseline with 5.5 seconds remaining lifted the Pirates over the Bearcats in a Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges game at Salem, Ore.

Freshman guard Ryan Nelson made all six of his 3-point attempts and 7 of 8 shots overall to lead the Pirates with 20 points.

Whitworth (2-2, 1-0) - Jordan 5-8 1-2 12, Jones 4-11 1-5 9, Ruebel 3-5 0-0 6, Mix 6-18 2-5 15, R.Nelson 7-8 0-0 20, Ramey 0-1 0-0 0, Weston 1-2 0-1 2, Nakanishi 4-7 0-0 8, McDaniel 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-61 4-13 72.

Willamette (1-2, 0-1) - VandenBrink 3-9 1-2 8, Smith 0-5 0-0 0, Gregg 2-3 3-6 7, B.Nelson 1-5 1-3 3, Gahr 5-10 3-4 15, Ioane 0-0 0-0 0, Rice 8-18 7-9 24, Hanna 0-0 0-0 0, Peck 0-1 0-0 0, Watts 4-5 4-5 12, Downey 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 24-60 19-29 71.

Halftime - Whitworth 37, Willamette 36. 3-point goals - Whitworth 8-17 (R.Nelson 6-6, Jordan 1-3, Mix 1-4, Jones 0-1, Ruebel 0-1, Nakanishi 0-1, McDaniel 0-1), Willamette 4-12 (Gahr 2-4, Rice 1-2, VandenBrink 1-3, Smith 0-1, B.Nelson 0-2). Fouled out - Jones. Rebounds - Whitworth 42 (Ruebel 9), Willamette 39 (Rice 10). Assists - Whitworth 16 (Ruebel 4), Willamette 16 (B.Nelson 6). Total fouls - Whitworth 25, Willamette 19. Technicals - None. A - 700.

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