Wisne, a junior forward from Thornton, shot 9 of 12 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds to help UNC to their sixth straight win and a 4-0 record in the Big Sky Conference.
Kristian Gonzalez's 20 points helped Idaho defeat Eastern Washington 83-76 on Saturday night. Gonzalez went 8 of 14 from the field (3 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Vandals (8-10, 3-2 Big Sky Conference).
Idaho turned back Eastern Washington University, 83-76, and though the Vandals made an early bid to pull away, and they were able to overcome an Eagles’ second-half run, EWU had its deficit within four points, 72-68, with about four minutes to play and were within five points with less than a minute to go.
Terri Miller Jr. had 16 points in Portland State's 64-59 win over Eastern Washington on Thursday. Miller had seven rebounds for the Vikings (9-6, 1-1 Big Sky Conference). Tre-Vaughn Minott scored 13 points and added 10 rebounds,
“Don Monson is the first name that is always brought up,” says current UI coach Alex Pribble. “What a great person. To have his son here in the building, even if he is coaching against us, it is great to have the name Monson back in the building.”
Kolton Mitchell, the redshirt freshman from Lake City High, scored all 11 of his points in the first half. He also finished with five rebounds and three assists.
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (11-8, 2-4 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington Eagles (6-13, 2-4 Big Sky) Cheney, Washington; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington hosts Northern Arizona after Andrew Cook scored 21 points in Eastern Washington's 74-64 loss to the Montana State Bobcats.
The Big Sky Conference, in partnership with Scripps Sports, is proud to announce the launch of “This Week in Big Sky Basketball”.
Following a standout day at the Spokane Sports Showcase, Montana State's Hailey Coey was selected Big Sky Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.
Coey is the only woman in MSU history to clear both 20 feet in the long jump and 40 feet in the triple jump indoors.
The college hoops slate on Monday, January 20 featured two games involving a team from the Big Sky. To find out which schools won, check out the final scores below.Big Sky scores – January
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