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Stuckey rallies EWU

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SANTA BARBARA – Rodney Stuckey scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half Saturday to rally Eastern Washington for a 71-70 victory over UC Santa Barbara in a BracketBusters game.

Stuckey made just 3 of 10 shots from the field in the first half as UC Santa Barbara took a 29-28 lead. The sophomore guard rallied the Eagles (13-14) by scoring 10 points in the final 6 minutes, 6 seconds.

The Gauchos (15-9) suffered their third straight loss despite 27 points from Alex Harris, which included 5-for-10 shooting from the 3-point line.

Paul Butorac added 18 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots for Eastern Washington.

Kellen Williams clinched the victory over the Big West Conference foe with two free throws with 4 seconds left.

Eastern held UCSB to 37 percent shooting, the best defensive performance of the season for the Eagles against an NCAA Division I team. Eastern also outrebounded the Gauchos 38-35.

“I’m proud of our players for grinding out a victory in a really, really tough place to play,” said Eagles head coach Mike Burns. “They did a heckuva job and I thought our energy and our effort were very good tonight.”

Eastern 71, UCSB 70

Eastern Washington (13-14)—Williams 3-4 2-2 8, Butorac 6-10 5-6 18, Stuckey 11-25 6-7 30, Penoncello 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor 2-6 0-0 6, Hinton 0-0 0-0 0, Krayem 0-1 0-0 0, Humphrey 1-1 0-0 3, Risper 1-1 0-0 2, Moore 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 25-52 15-17 71.

UC Santa Barbara (15-9)—Devine 6-15 3-4 15, Elliott 1-4 0-2 2, Powell 5-12 0-0 13, Harris 8-15 6-6 27, Brown 2-11 0-0 6, Roemer 0-4 0-0 0, Bidias a Moute 0-0 0-0 0, Turner 3-6 1-2 7. Totals 25-67 10-14 70.

Halftime—UC Santa Barbara 29, Eastern Washington 28. 3-point goals—Eastern Washington 6-18 (Taylor 2-5, Stuckey 2-7, Butorac 1-1, Humphrey 1-1, Williams 0-1, Krayem 0-1, Penoncello 0-2), UC Santa Barbara 10-28 (Harris 5-10, Powell 3-7, Brown 2-8, Devine 0-1, Roemer 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Eastern Washington 38 (Williams 8), UC Santa Barbara 35 (Turner 8). Assists—Eastern Washington 15 (Stuckey 5), UC Santa Barbara 15 (Brown, Powell 4). Total fouls—Eastern Washington 14, UC Santa Barbara 15. A—1,148.