Eastern to face off against Seattle U, Hayford, Dec. 3

The Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team wants to treat its next outing like just another game on the schedule, but it will be hard to overlook who is on the opposing sideline.

The Eagles will face former coach Jim Hayford and his Seattle University team on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. at KeyArena. Hayford’s Redhawks’ team was 2-4 after falling to Washington 89-84 Nov. 24.

“We can’t look forward to anything else besides our next game,” Eastern head coach Shantay Legans, who served as an assistant during Hayford’s six seasons at EWU, said. “We just want to go out and perform like we...