Eastern men drop pair of games in b-ball

CHENEY — The Eastern Washington men saw their preseason record slip to 1-5 following a pair of losses to Washington State 96-81, Nov. 21 and 79-68 at California Baptist, Nov. 23.

In a game played at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena before 3,854 fans, Eastern head coach Dan Monson admitted he lost his bet that the Cougars would not connect from 3-point range.

“Today was more my fault,” Monson said. “We said we were committed to keeping these guys out of the paint, making them shoot threes, and hoping they wouldn’t make them. But they made them.”

While Eastern hit an awful 16% from long-range, WS...

 

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