Eastern Washington 87, Idaho 79
Lewiston Tribune
February 11, 2024

CHENEY, Wash. ? The Eastern Washington Eagles (16-8, 10-1) pulled away from the Idaho Vandals (9-15, 3-8) late in a Big Sky Conference game Saturday.

After leading by just one at halftime, 40-39, EWU took a double-digit lead on a 3-pointer by Casey Jones that made it 61-49 with 12:57 to go.

Junior guard EJ Neal led the Vandals with 20 points off the bench, shooting 7-of-13 from the field and 3-of-6 from 3-point range.

UI?s other double-figure scorers were Quinn Denker (19 points), D?Angelo Minnis (17) and Kyson Rose (15).

The surging Eagles were led by Ethan Price with a game-high 22 points. Coward added 15.

IDAHO (9-15)
Mims 4-5 0-0 8, Rose 6-10 1-2 15, Blassingame 0-1 0-0 0, Denker 6-11 5-5 19, Minnis 6-14 1-1 17, Neal 7-13 3-4 20, Frank 0-2 0-0 0, Hardy 0-1 0-0 0, Gonzalez 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-59 10-12 79.

E. WASHINGTON (16-8)
Coward 6-10 3-3 15, Jones 2-5 4-7 9, Price 8-13 4-5 22, Kyman 5-7 0-0 14, Magnuson 3-6 2-2 8, Watts 2-5 0-0 4, Erikstrup 3-6 2-3 9, Hartmann 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 32-56 15-20 87.

Halftime ? E. Washington 40-39. 3-Point Goals ? Idaho 11-28 (Minnis 4-9, Neal 3-6, Rose 2-4, Denker 2-5, Blassingame 0-1, Frank 0-1, Gonzalez 0-2), E. Washington 8-22 (Kyman 4-5, Price 2-5, Erikstrup 1-3, Jones 1-3, Hartmann 0-1, Watts 0-1, Coward 0-2, Magnuson 0-2). Rebounds ? Idaho 26 (Mims 8), E. Washington 27 (Coward 8). Assists ? Idaho 20 (Denker 6), E. Washington 19 (Magnuson 7). Total Fouls ? Idaho 19, E. Washington 13. A ? 2,174 (6,000).



BOX SCORE 1 2 F
Univ of Idaho Vandals MBB '23/'24 (Titus) 3940 79
Eastern Washington Eagles 4047 87

Date: February 10, 2024     Time: 3:30pm      Venue: Away

UNIV OF IDAHO VANDALS MBB '23/'24 (TITUS) PLAYER STATISTICS
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