Eagles hold off Vandals down stretch for 89-86 win

Eastern earns first-ever Big Sky basketball victory over Idaho

An 11-1 run, fueled by 3-point shooting in the game's final eight minutes broke a 67-67 tie and Eastern Washington held on in the final minute to score an 89-86 Big Sky Conference basketball victory over Idaho last Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum in Moscow.

Back-to-back 3-point baskets from Tyler Harvey with 7 minutes, 54 seconds to play, and a long range shot from Parker Kelly at the 6:16 mark, coupled with a pair of Kelly free throws put the Eagles up 75-67.

"We got some really good looks early in the second half that we didn't make, then we started to make them," EWU head coach Jim Hayford s...

 

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