Eastern’s Skid Reaches 11

Sun., Feb. 23, 1997

J.R. Camel scored a game-high 17 points and handed out four assists and teammate Ryan Dick added 15 points and 12 rebounds Saturday night as Montana bumped off Eastern Washington 74-67 in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball matchup.

The loss was the 11th straight for EWU (6-19, 2-13 in the Big Sky), which closes its season at home against Idaho State Thursday night. UM (18-10, 10-5) maintained a share of second place in the Big Sky standings and kept alive hopes of landing one of the two first-round byes in the conference tournament.

EWU, which was eliminated from the Big Sky’s six-team tournament several games back, was paced offensively by Travis King’s 16 points.

Teammate Karim Scott added 15 and Michael Lewis chipped in 14.

Montana 74, E. Washington 67

Eastern Washington (6-19, 2-13) - Egan 3-10 1-3 7, Scott 7-11 1-2 15, Sims 2-3 3-4 7, King 5-14 4-4 16, Lewis 6-10 0-0 14, MossKelley 0-0 0-0 0, Claus 0-1 0-0 0, Berger 3-8 2-4 8, Turner 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 11-17 67.

Montana (18-10, 10-5) - Spoja 3-5 0-0 8, Dick 7-13 1-3 15, Olson 3-7 0-0 6, Dade 4-6 0-1 8, Camel 8-11 1-2 17, Bowie 2-4 3-6 8, Warhank 1-3 2-3 5, Seidensticker 1-4 2-2 4, Davis 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 30-56 10-19 74.

Halftime-Montana 35, E. Washington 33. 3-point goals-EWU 4-17 (Lewis 2-5, King 2-9, Egan 0-3), UM 4-11 (Spoja 2-3, Bowie 1-3, Warhank 1-3, Camel 0-1, Seidensticker 0-1). Fouled out- Sims. Rebounds-EWU 36 (Egan 8), UM 34 (Dick 12). Assists- EWU 8 (King 4), UM 20 (Spoja, Camel, Warhank 4). Total fouls- EWU 23, UM 15. A-6,256.

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