Eastern sweeps Montana, Montana State

Eagles end pair of losing streaks with wins over Griz, Cats

There was a lot to like following Eastern Washington's come-from-behind Big Sky Conference men's basketball 77-72 victory over Montana State last Saturday afternoon at Reese Court.

Coupled with the Eagles' 69-62 win over Montana Thursday night that stopped a five-game losing streak, Eastern evened their conference record at 2-2 (7-8 overall), and may have taken a big step early-on in a quest to return to the postseason.

"How about beating Montana and Montana State?" Eagles' head coach Jim Hayford said in a post game radio interview. "I've never said that in two-and-a-half years at Eastern; it...

 

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