EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 Contact: Dave Cook (509-359-6334, 280-2502 cell, [email protected]) Internet: HTTP://WWW.GOEAGS.COM or HTTP://WWW.EWU.EDU Twitter: @ewuathletics, #GoEags, #BigSkyFB, @CoachHayford, @YoungTRaaw (Tyler Harvey) Facebook: EWU Athletics • Instagram: ewuathletics Unbeaten at Home, Eagles Host Pair of Games Pair of teams 4-1 in the Big Sky square off on 2014-15 EWU SCHEDULE/RESULTS (13-5 Overall, 4-1 Big Sky Conference) Thursday when Northern Colorado comes to Reese Date Opponent Time/Result N 9 xPuget Sound W, 89-55 Court, followed by a visit from North Dakota Saturday N 14 Texas Southern W, 86-62 N 17 Utah Valley W, 75-50 The Eagles will seek to start a new streak while continuing a season-long run N 19 Walla Walla W, 95-34 N 22 at SMU (#22 ranked) L, 68-77 of perfection. N 24 at @Indiana W, 88-86 N 26 ~Northern Kentucky W, 81-60 After falling out of first place in the Big Sky Conference standings with a road N 30 Eastern Oregon W, 104-87 loss at new league leader Sacramento State, the Eastern Washington University D 6 at Seattle W, 87-75 D 11 at San Francisco W, 81-76 men’s basketball team tries to remain perfect at home when it plays Northern D 14 at ^Washington (#17 ranked) L, 77-81 Colorado and North Dakota this week at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash. D 16 at Sam Houston State L, 52-76 D 19 at ^California L, 67-78 The Eagles play the Bears on Thursday (Jan. 22) at 6:05 p.m. Pacific time in D 22 Lewis-Clark State (#22 NAIA ranked) W, 87-81 J 1 *Weber State W, 84-78 a battle of teams 4-1 in the league, and then North Dakota visits Saturday (Jan. J 3 *Idaho State W, 65-57 24) at 2:05 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live via radio on 700-AM ESPN J 10 at *Idaho W, 89-86 J 15 at *Portland State W, 92-85 and via the web at www.700espon.com. They may also be viewed via www. J 17 at *Sacramento State L, 77-90 > J 22 *Northern Colorado 6:05 p.m. watchbigsky.com and via “Watch Big Sky” mobile phone apps. > J 24 *North Dakota 2:05 p.m. A 63-percent shooting night by Sac State helped knock Eastern out of the J 31 *~Idaho 2:05 p.m. F 5 at *Montana 6:05 p.m. top spot of the conference standings with a 90-77 decision, and in the process F 7 at *Montana State 1:35 p.m. F 12 *Sacramento State 6:05 p.m. ended EWU’s five-game winning streak. But the Eagles are still an impressive F 14 *~Portland State 2:05 p.m. 13-5 on the season and 4-1 in league play, and have won all eight games at F 19 at *Southern Utah 6:05 p.m. F 21 at *Northern Arizona 1:05 p.m. Reese Court this season. F 26 *Montana State 6:05 p.m. F 28 *~Montana 2:05 p.m. Northern Colorado comes to EWU with a 9-7 overall record and four-game M 5 at *Idaho State 6:05 p.m. winning streak in the league after opening with a 66-48 road loss at Montana. M 7 at *Weber State 6:05 p.m. M12-14 Big Sky Tournament Montana is also 4-1 in the league and Sacramento State is 5-1, as four teams Times Pacific. *Big Sky Conference Game. are within a half-game of each other in the league standings. ^Televised on Pac-12 Networks. ~Televised by SWX - SWX Digital 6.2 in Spokane, 25.3 in the Tri-Cities & 23.3 in the North Dakota enters it game Thursday at Idaho with a 5-11 record overall and Yakima area; Comcast 306/112; Davis Cable 514/81.2/12; Time Warner 306; Charter 287, Cable One 466; Northland 1-4 conference mark. It lost all three games in a three-game home stand recent- Cable 115. $Televised on Fox Sports 1. @Televised by ly, including an 88-78 overtime loss in its last outing to UNC. The Bears are 2-6 ESPNews. on the road thus far while UND is 2-7. Eastern Games Via Webcast, Radio, iPhone & Live Stats Webcast: www.watchbigsky.com Radio: 700-AM ESPN and www.700espn.com (also via tunein.com) Radio iPhone App: Search for “Spokane Radio” and download app (app is also available for tunein radio. Weekly Coaches Show: 6 p.m. at The Swinging Doors in North Spokane . Shows feature head coach Jim Hayford and host Larry Weir, and are broadcast on 700-AM ESPN. They will start Nov. 18. and take place Tuesdays through Dec. 2, then switch to Mondays from Jan. 5 through March 9 (no show Jan. 12). The Swinging Doors is located at W. 1018 Francis in Spokane. Shows are broadcast on 700-AM ESPN, www.700espn.com & via iphone app. (search for “Spokane Radio” and download app). Broadcasts feature veteran play-by-play announcer Larry Weir Web & Mobile Phone Live Stats: ewustats.com EWU Men’s Basketball - Page 1 EWU Men’s Basketball - Page 2 “They are all tough games,” said Eastern head coach Jim Link to Fact Book Hayford, whose team won at Portland State 92-85 last week. The complete version of the 2014-15 EWU men’s basketball fact book may be found at: “It’s great that we’re in the mix, but we are upset we didn’t http://goeags.com/trads/ewas-factbooks.html come home with a sweep. That’s where we want to get this program. We need to get home and play a lot better.” More Eagle Basketball Links Eastern Basketball -- http://goeags.com/sports/m-baskbl/index Eastern was ranked 13th in last week’s Collegeinsider. Link to Ticket Information: http://www.goeags.com/tickets com mid-major poll (the next poll comes out later on Jan. 19), Spokesman-Review EWU Basketball Page: http://www.spokesman.com/ewuhoops and is a Big Sky-best 60th in the NCAA RPI rankings through Story on EWU Men’s Basketball “Champs Program” at Whitman Elementary: http://www. games of Jan. 15. Sac State is the next league team at No. swxrightnow.com/story/27610128/ewu-mens-basketball-taking-time-to-build-champs 156, with UNC third (216th) and UND ninth (264). Northern Story on Tyler Harvey in SLAM! Magazine: http://www.slamonline.com/college-hs/col- Colorado was chosen to finish sixth in the Big Sky in both the lege/tyler-harvey-eastern-washington/ coaches and media preseason polls in the Big Sky, UND was Story on Tyler Harvey by Lindsay Joy from SWX/KHQ TV: http://www.swxrightnow.com/ story/27853836/from-unknown-to-unmistakable-the-story-of-ewus-tyler-harvey picked ninth in both and EWU was selected second by the Australian “Flag Flyers” Interview of Venky Jois: https://soundcloud.com/sen1116/the- coaches and third by the media. flag-flyers-venky-jois Eastern guard Tyler Harvey continues to lead NCAA Big Sky Conference Basketball -- http://www.bigskyconf.com/index. aspx?tab=basketball&path=mbball Division I and the Big Sky in scoring (23.2 per game) and NCAA Basketball -- http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/ncaa-m-baskbl-body.html 3-pointers made per game (4.5), and is also seventh in ESPN College Scoreboard -- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard 3-point shooting percentage (.488). He scored 69 points in Rodney Stuckey NBA Page -- http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rodney_stuckey/index.html a two-game sweep against the Bears last season, making a More Information and Links are Available at: HTTP://WWW.GOEAGS.COM total of 17 3-pointers. No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Ex Hometown (Previous School) 0 Ognjen Miljkovic F 6-7 220 So. 1L Belgrade, Serbia / Bishop Montgomery HS ’13 1 ^Tyler Harvey G 6-4 185 Jr. 2L* Torrance, Calif. / Bishop Montgomery HS ’11 2 Daniel Hill G 5-9 165 Jr. 2L Sydney, Australia / Newington College HS ’11 4 #Sir Washington G 6-3 180 Fr. HS* Las Vegas, Nevada / Clark HS ’13 5 Nate Galgalo G 5-10 175 So. SQ* Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS ’12 10 ^Parker Kelly G 6-4 195 Sr. 3L Spokane, Wash. / Gonzaga Prep ’11 11 %Bear Henderson F 6-6 215 Fr. HS Mission Hills, Calif. / Village Christian HS ‘14 15 %Will Ferris G 6-1 175 Fr. HS Bellevue, Wash. / Newport HS ‘14 20 %Cody Benzel G 6-4 175 Fr. HS Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS ‘14 21 #Frederik Jörg C 7-1 295 So. 1L* Korschenbroich, Germany / Gymnasium Eversten HS ’12 22 ^Drew Brandon G 6-4 185 Sr. 1L/JC* Corona, Calif. / Santiago HS ’10 / Sierra Col. Calif. 23 Kyle Reid F 6-8 215 Jr. JC* Cleveland, Ohio / Bishop Montgomery HS ’11 / L.A. Trade Tech 32 Bogdan Bliznyuk F 6-6 215 Fr. HS Lutsk, Ukraine / Todd Beamer HS ‘14 33 Garrett Moon F 6-5 190 Sr. 1L/JC* San Francisco, Calif. (Wallenberg HS ’10 / City Col. of San Fran.) 44 Felix Von Hofe F 6-5 200 So. 1L Melbourne, Australia / Wesley Col. ’12 / Australian Institute of Sport 55 ^Venky Jois F 6-8 230 Jr. 2L Boronia, Australia / Box Hill HS ’11 *Has used redshirt year. ^2013-14 Starter. #Redshirted 2013-14 season. %Expected to redshirt 2014-15 season.