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By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

Eagles come alive late, top Vandals in OT

Eastern outscores Idaho 16-5 in final 93 seconds to earn 98-95 come-from-behind victory

 

Last updated 2/5/2015 at 3:05pm

Paul Delaney

Eastern Washington players Sir Washington (4) and Parker Kelly (10) battle with Idaho's George Nahshon (24) for a loose ball during the Eagles 98-95 come-from-behind Big Sky Conference overtime basketball victory last Saturday, Jan. 31 at Reese Court.

In a game of crazy back and forth runs, Eastern Washington had the one that counted the most against the University of Idaho last Saturday at Reese Court.

Eastern trailed by 11 points with just 1 minute, 33 seconds to play in regulation. But from there the Eagles outscored the Vandals 16-5, the final points a rim-circling layup from Drew Brandon that tied the game at 86-86 as the horn sounded.

That forced overtime where the Eagles emerged after five additional minutes with a completely improbable 98-95 Big Sky Conference men's basketball victory that sent most of the crowd of 3,017 home ha...



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