Eagles play incomplete games in losses to Cal, Sam Houston

Eastern Washington played some pretty good basketball over the conclusion of its whirlwind tour across a large part of the U.S. last week.

They just didn’t do enough of it as the Eagles fell to Pac-12 California 78-67 Friday, Dec. 19 in Berkley and 76-52 Tuesday, Dec. 16 at Sam Houston State University of the Southland Conference.

The Eagles, who fell to 8-4 in their nonconference schedule, played well against 10-1 Cal, a team that is off to its best start in over 50 years. Eastern led at one point at Haas Pavilion by seven points, 21-14, with 10 minutes, 28 seconds remaining in the first half...