Eastern Washington faces the Montana State Bobcats after Mason Williams scored 21 points in the Eagles' 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals.

Eastern Washington faces the Montana State Bobcats after Mason Williams scored 21 points in the Eagles' 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals.

Led by Kristian Gonzalez's 20 points, the Idaho Vandals defeated the Eastern Washington Eagles 83-76. Kristian Gonzalez's 20 points helped Idaho defeat Eastern Washington 83-76 on Saturday night.

Idaho turned back Eastern Washington University, 83-76, and though the Vandals made an early bid to pull away, and they were able to overcome an Eagles’ second-half run, EWU had its deficit within four points, 72-68, with about four minutes to play and were within five points with less than a minute to go.

Eastern Washington held Sacramento State to 15 points in the first half and cruised to a 65-54 victory Saturday in a men’s basketball game at The Nest in Sacramento. “We’re starting to get better,” EWU head coach Dan Monson said in a postgame radio interview. “We have a ways to go to be in the top of this league, but today was a good start.”

Big Sky schedule includes Monday’s matchup with the Montana State Bobcats (7-12, 2-4 Big Sky) at Worthington Arena. It tips at 9:00

Kolton Mitchell, the redshirt freshman from Lake City High, scored all 11 of his points in the first half. He also finished with five rebounds and three assists.

Eastern Washington faces the Montana State Bobcats after Mason Williams scored 21 points in the Eagles’ 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals

Included in the nine was senior Nathan Green who broke the UW and Dempsey Indoor records with a blazing time of 3 minutes, 50.74 seconds. That time broke former teammate and 2023 and 2024 NCAA mile champion Luke Houser’s record of 3:51.73.

Daniel Kwon put up a career-high 42 points and led the Pullman Greyhounds to a 72-69 Class 2A Greater Spokane League boys basketball overtime victory against visiting Rogers of Spokane on Friday. Kwon shot 16-for-24 from the field and 8-for-10 from the foul line,

While many Eastern Washington University students went home for winter, the men’s and women’s basketball teams stayed busy. The two teams combined to play nine games during the school’s three-week break.

Freshman Cooper Flagg rang up 42 points and No. 4 Duke held off visiting Notre Dame for an 86-78 victory Saturday afternoon in Durham, N.C.