Weber State University Athletics
Friday, February 26
Cheney, Washington
8:00 p.m.
Weber State University
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Weber State Sews Up Regular Season Title For Its Own With An 85-57 Win At Eastern Washington On Friday Night
2/27/2010 6:53:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Weber State head men's basketball coach, Randy Rahe, knew his team was
facing an Eastern Washington team battling for its playoff life for the Big Sky
Tournament and focused all week in getting his team mentally prepared. Turns out
they were fine all along as the Wildcats placed four players in double figure
scoring and held the Eagles to just 17-59 (.288) shooting in an 85-57 win Friday
night in Cheney, Washington.
The win gave the Wildcats their third outright regular season Big Sky Conference title in the last four years. The 'Cats won last year in 2008-09 and in 2006-07. All three titles have come under the watch of Coach Rahe and his staff.
“I was really proud, and a bit awed, by the way we came out and established ourselves tonight,” said Rahe. “We played like we were in a championship game. Everyone contributed and everyone played hard.”
Eastern Washington took a brief 3-2 lead with 17:27 left on a jumper by Brandon Moore, but from their to the end it was all Weber State as the Wildcats built up a 51-24 lead at half time behind 16 points from Damian Lillard and 10 from Franklin Session. The 'Cats made 17-34 shots from the field including 6-10 from beyond the arc and held a 24-14 rebound advantage.
The second half was a near-even draw as the Wildcats cooled off from the field making 12-29 (.414) from the field but were 5-11 (.454) from beyond the arc and ending the night a solid 11-21 (.524) from long range. They out scored EWU 34-33 in the second half.
Lillard led all scorers with 18 with just two in the second half. He had seven rebounds, three assists and four steals in 28 minutes. Session scored 16 points and added five rebounds. Kyle Bullinger recorded his first career “double/double” with 13 points and a career high 12 rebounds in 30 minutes. Lindsey Hughey came off the bench to score 11 and also had seven rebounds and four assists. Nick Hansen continued his hot hand from the three-point line, hitting 3-4 for nine points. Hansen is now 16-21 (.762) from the arc in WSU's last three games.
EWU was led by freshman guard Glen Dean who scored 17, going 9-10 from the free throw line. Another freshman guard, Jeffrey Forbes, added 10. The Eagles were out rebounded 48-33 in the contest. They are now 8-21 overall and 4-11 in Big Sky play. With the loss, the Eagles were eliminated from making the Big Sky Post-Season Tournament.
Weber State is now 19-8 overall and 13-2 in Big Sky play. The Wildcats now move on to face an always dangerous Portland State team on Sunday, February 28 at 1:05 p.m. (PST), 2:05 (MST) in the Altitude TV Game of the Week. A win on Sunday would gave the Wildcats 20 wins for the
The win gave the Wildcats their third outright regular season Big Sky Conference title in the last four years. The 'Cats won last year in 2008-09 and in 2006-07. All three titles have come under the watch of Coach Rahe and his staff.
“I was really proud, and a bit awed, by the way we came out and established ourselves tonight,” said Rahe. “We played like we were in a championship game. Everyone contributed and everyone played hard.”
Eastern Washington took a brief 3-2 lead with 17:27 left on a jumper by Brandon Moore, but from their to the end it was all Weber State as the Wildcats built up a 51-24 lead at half time behind 16 points from Damian Lillard and 10 from Franklin Session. The 'Cats made 17-34 shots from the field including 6-10 from beyond the arc and held a 24-14 rebound advantage.
The second half was a near-even draw as the Wildcats cooled off from the field making 12-29 (.414) from the field but were 5-11 (.454) from beyond the arc and ending the night a solid 11-21 (.524) from long range. They out scored EWU 34-33 in the second half.
Lillard led all scorers with 18 with just two in the second half. He had seven rebounds, three assists and four steals in 28 minutes. Session scored 16 points and added five rebounds. Kyle Bullinger recorded his first career “double/double” with 13 points and a career high 12 rebounds in 30 minutes. Lindsey Hughey came off the bench to score 11 and also had seven rebounds and four assists. Nick Hansen continued his hot hand from the three-point line, hitting 3-4 for nine points. Hansen is now 16-21 (.762) from the arc in WSU's last three games.
EWU was led by freshman guard Glen Dean who scored 17, going 9-10 from the free throw line. Another freshman guard, Jeffrey Forbes, added 10. The Eagles were out rebounded 48-33 in the contest. They are now 8-21 overall and 4-11 in Big Sky play. With the loss, the Eagles were eliminated from making the Big Sky Post-Season Tournament.
Weber State is now 19-8 overall and 13-2 in Big Sky play. The Wildcats now move on to face an always dangerous Portland State team on Sunday, February 28 at 1:05 p.m. (PST), 2:05 (MST) in the Altitude TV Game of the Week. A win on Sunday would gave the Wildcats 20 wins for the
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