Eagles Rally To Big Sky Championship - Mar 15, 2015
For the second time in school history, the Eastern Washington are the Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Champions.
Eastern Washington closed Saturday night's championship game on a 17-4 run to beat No. 1 seed Montana on its home court 69-65 on Saturday night.
Montana led by 11 points with 6:15 to play, but the Eagles would not be denied. EWU hit 9 of its final 10 field goals. A jumper by Drew Brandon (6'4''-G) with 1:33 remaining gave the Eagles the lead for good at 64-63.
Tournament MVP Tyler Harvey (6'4''-G-93) scored 18 points to lead the Eagles. Drew Brandon added 16 points and seven rebounds. Freshman Bogdan Bliznyuk (6'6''-F) added 13 points off the bench. EWU shot .442 percent from the field, but was just 4-of-18 from 3-point range.
Eastern Washington (26-8) will find out its NCAA opponent on Sunday. The selection show is at 4 p.m. Mountain on ESPN. Montana (20-12) will gain an automatic bid to the NIT Tournament.
Junior Martin Breunig (6'8''-F-92) scored 23 points with 17 reboudns to lead Montana. Mike Weisner (6'7''-F-91) hit five 3-pointers off the bench and scored 18 points. Jordan Gregory (6'2''-G-92) 16 points.
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Big Sky Conf. Tournament Final: Eastern Washington - Montana 69-65 Big Sky Conf. Tournament Semifinals: Montana - Northern Arizona 61-59 Eastern Washington - Sacramento St. 91-83
All-Big Sky Conf. Awards 2015 - Mar 15, 2015
All-Big Sky Conf. 1st Team 2015
Harvey
Jois
Breunig
Gregory
Yanku
All-Tournament MVP: Tyler Harvey (6'4''-G-93) of E.Washington Player of the Year: Mikh McKinney (6'1''-G) of Sacramento St. Defensive Player of the Year: Jordyn Martin (6'7''-F-93) of N.Arizona Freshman of the Year: Bogdan Bliznyuk (6'6''-F) of E.Washington Newcomer of the Year: Martin Breunig (6'8''-F-92) of Montana Sixth Player of the Year: Marcus Colbert (5'11''-PG-94) of Montana St. Co-Coach of the Year: Jim Hayford of E.Washington Co-Coach of the Year: Brian Katz of Sacramento St.