March 10, 2017
Big Sky Semifinals
(3) Eastern Washington (16-13) vs. (2) Idaho State (17-13)
This is a big time revenge game for us, as they beat us twice in the regular season, including handing us our only loss in February. Both games were close, so we know they are beatable, and it's very hard to beat a team 3 times in the same season. And revenge we got! We only led by 6 at halftime, but went on a huge run early in the 2nd half to take a commanding lead and coast to an 81-60 victory! 4 guys were in double figures for us, including a guy named Randal Sifuentes who is really starting to step up his game.
Code:
Eastern Washington 81, Idaho State 60
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Eastern Washington (17-13, 12-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Vincent Ruhl C 27 3-8 3-5 4 7 1 3 9
Tony Espinosa PF 28 1-1 7-8 0 2 1 4 10
Laurence Torrey SF 31 2-6 0-0 1 3 3 3 4
Bret Bascom SG 31 6-12 1-4 3 6 3 1 16
Charles Baughman PG 31 5-10 4-6 0 2 1 3 19
Sherwood Bish C 19 3-7 1-2 5 6 1 2 7
Randal Sifuentes SG 13 4-6 0-0 1 3 2 1 10
Kevin Hale PG 9 0-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0
Douglas Parker PF 5 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1
David Tran PF 1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Dean Crowder SF 5 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 4
Turnovers: 8 (T.Espinosa 2, L.Torrey 2, B.Bascom 2,
D.Parker 1, D.Crowder 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (T.Espinosa 1)
Steals: 5 (L.Torrey 1, B.Bascom 2, R.Sifuentes 1,
D.Crowder 1)
3P FGs: 11-27 (V.Ruhl 0-1, T.Espinosa 1-1, L.Torrey
0-2, B.Bascom 3-9, C.Baughman 5-10, R.Sifuentes 2-4)
Idaho State (17-14, 13-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Vojtech Blazek C 35 2-3 3-4 0 2 2 1 7
Harland Heredia PF 24 2-3 5-8 1 6 1 4 9
Andrew Maxwell SF 21 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0
Dean Hillman SG 33 5-12 2-2 0 0 3 2 15
Don Bloch PG 15 1-3 4-4 0 2 1 4 6
Troy Bright PG 22 2-4 2-2 0 1 2 4 7
Elijah Potts PG 18 1-3 2-2 1 3 2 0 4
Cary Diaz SF 9 3-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 8
Linwood Currey C 5 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 4 0
Omer Oswald SG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Jeffrey Derby PF 17 1-2 0-0 0 5 1 1 2
Turnovers: 16 (V.Blazek 2, A.Maxwell 2, D.Hillman 4,
D.Bloch 2, T.Bright 2, E.Potts 1, L.Currey 1, J.Derby
2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (T.Bright 1, J.Derby 1)
Steals: 3 (V.Blazek 1, D.Bloch 1, E.Potts 1)
3P FGs: 6-13 (A.Maxwell 0-1, D.Hillman 3-5, D.Bloch
0-2, T.Bright 1-2, E.Potts 0-1, C.Diaz 2-2)
Player of Game: SG Bret Bascom (EWU)
Other Big Sky Tournament Scores:
(1) Weber State- 69, (5) Montana- 58
So it'll be us and Weber State for the right to dance in the NCAA Tournament.