Bench players play big part in Eagles' wins over Weber, Idaho State
Eastern Washington's Sir Washington (4) drives to the basket in last Saturday's 65-57 Eagles' men's Big Sky Conference basketball victory over Idaho State. The Eagles' Bogdan Bliznyuk (32) hustles in for a possible rebound. The win completed a Reese Court sweep for EWU and kept them undefeated at home at 8-0 this season following a come-from-behind 84-78 victory New Years Day against Weber State. Eastern is on the road the next two weeks.
When Eastern Washington needed to get things in gear in the opening week of Big Sky Conference men's basketball play, the Eagles found the right players in the clutch.
Facing an eight point deficit with 5 minutes, 57 seconds remaining against defending champion Weber State on New Years Day, Parker Kelly came to the rescue to deliver all of his six points to salvage an 84-78 win over the Wildcats.
Two days later when Idaho State had carved away at Eastern's nine-point lead, trimming it to an uneasy 55-53 advantage with 4:55 to play, it was bench player, junior Felix Von Hofe who delivered back-...
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