The rampant infections in New York City have dominated much of the national conversation about the disease. But far from the coasts, smaller communities are also preparing for things to get worse, and in places such as Albany, it’s already happening.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered the closing of all ski areas, popular resorts located in a region that official data show account for 35 of the state’s 101 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

Before WSU’s 2019-20 season started, the Cougars staged two closed-door scrimmages against opponents from the Big Sky. Perhaps it’s a positive sign the Cougars did well in both – blowing past eventual Big Sky regular-season champ EWU 96-75 before beating Montana 65-63 – because they’ll encounter a similar situation against ASU in the Pac-12 Tournament.

The lead already seemed good enough when Jeff Pollard caught the ball down low and slipped an inside bounce pass to Tony Miller, who drove to the basket, cocked his right arm back and punched the ball through the net, putting all 6-foot-8, 262 pounds of Evan Battey on Washington State poster.

Kyle Smith was a 39-year-old assistant at Saint Mary’s – three coaching stops and 11 years removed from where he is now – when Washington State last won a game in the Pac-12/10 Conference Tournament.

For the third consecutive year, Washington State will hold the No. 11 seed, take on the No. 6 seed and play in the late game on the opening day of the Pac-12 Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Injuries have limited David Dahl’s playing time during his short career with the Colorado Rockies but he has shown the ability to produce at a high level when healthy, as his All-Star recognition in 2019 showed.

Mason Peatling added 20 points for the Eagles. Peatling also had 11 rebounds and three blocks.

Eastern Washington, currently in a three-way tie for first in the Big Sky Conference standings, was widely expected to be in this position.

Kai Edwards had 17 points and 12 rebounds as Northern Colorado rolled past Idaho 93-49 on Thursday night.

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Not only did EWU chip away at its latest double-digit deficit to force overtime, ultimately beating Northern Colorado 89-84 at Reese Court on Monday to gain sole possession of second place in the Big Sky Conference standings, it won a game it appeared to have lost.

Tyler Bey returned to the lineup and scored 16 points, McKinley Wright IV had 15 and No. 23 Colorado beat Washington 76-62, snapping a five-game losing streak to the Huskies

The determination that gave Idaho a chance to win in the closing seconds of each of its first five league losses was tested again by Northern Colorado.