We had 2 upsets in the Big Sky First Round, and here are the results:
(8) Idaho- 70, (9) Northern Colorado- 64 (overtime)
(5) Montana- 57, (12) Montana State- 48
(10) North Dakota- 67, (7) Northern Arizona- 58
(11) Southern Utah- 61, (6) Portland State- 54
March 9, 2017
Big Sky Quarterfinals
(11) Southern Utah (7-23) vs. (3) Eastern Washington (15-13).
The fact Southern Utah is even in this game is amazing. We only played them once in the regular season and beat them 66-57. They have pretty much 1 player on their roster that is a scoring threat. We shouldn't have a problem in this one.
And as expected, we didn't. The final score was eerily identical to the first time we played them, as this time we won 67-58. Crazy!
Code:
Eastern Washington 67, Southern Utah 58
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Southern Utah (7-24, 5-13):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Philip Germain C 29 2-8 3-3 0 4 2 2 7
Ron Powell PF 32 3-6 4-4 2 8 4 5 10
J. Hildebrand SF 37 10-17 2-4 0 4 1 3 24
Charles Seda SG 35 1-2 2-3 0 2 4 4 4
Chris Debose PG 29 2-3 2-2 0 1 2 2 7
William Francois C 15 0-1 0-3 0 3 0 4 0
James Bounds PG 16 2-7 1-2 2 4 0 2 6
Douglas Jones PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Eloy Branton PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyron Rinker SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 11 (P.Germain 1, J.Hildebrand 6, C.Seda 1,
C.Debose 1, J.Bounds 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (P.Germain 1, W.Francois 1)
Steals: 1 (J.Hildebrand 1)
3P FGs: 4-12 (J.Hildebrand 2-6, C.Debose 1-2, J.Bounds
1-4)
Eastern Washington (16-13, 12-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Vincent Ruhl C 29 0-6 2-2 2 7 3 1 2
Tony Espinosa PF 33 7-14 1-2 2 4 3 4 15
Laurence Torrey SF 28 3-8 1-2 1 6 1 2 10
Bret Bascom SG 22 2-4 4-6 1 4 1 4 10
Charles Baughman PG 27 4-6 4-4 1 5 2 3 13
Sherwood Bish C 13 0-2 0-0 1 5 2 1 0
Randal Sifuentes SG 26 3-7 4-8 4 6 1 2 12
Kevin Hale PG 11 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3
Douglas Parker PF 4 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
David Tran PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Crowder SF 5 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 12 (T.Espinosa 2, L.Torrey 1, B.Bascom 1,
C.Baughman 1, S.Bish 2, R.Sifuentes 1, D.Parker 2,
D.Crowder 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (S.Bish 1)
Steals: 4 (V.Ruhl 1, T.Espinosa 1, L.Torrey 1,
C.Baughman 1)
3P FGs: 9-20 (V.Ruhl 0-2, T.Espinosa 0-3, L.Torrey 3-5,
B.Bascom 2-3, C.Baughman 1-2, R.Sifuentes 2-3, K.Hale
1-2)
Player of Game: PG Charles Baughman (EWU)
Other Big Sky Tournament Scores:
(1) Weber State- 82, (8) Idaho- 70
(5) Montana- 80, (4) Sacramento State- 63
(2) Idaho State- 66, (10) North Dakota- 53