Eastern Washington at Northern Kentucky, 1:00 PM Eastern, espn3
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It was a tough day in Cheney, Washington yesterday as the Eastern Washington football team was upset at home by Youngstown State in the FCS semifinal round. However, Eagles’ fans should not completely despair, as their basketball team is off to the best start of any Big Sky team and, at 8-2, has tied the school record for best record through ten games this season. EWU has run off 7 consecutive wins, including beating Seattle twice, both times in double overtime, and picking up overtime wins over Denver and Morehead State. Bogdan Blinyuk has led the way for the Eagles so far, with four 30+ point games on the season already including a career-high 34 last time out against Morehead. Today, the Eagles start a four game road trip that will also see them visiting Xavier and Colorado, then starting conference play at Idaho on December 30.
Northern Kentucky is also off to a strong start, sitting at 7-3 entering today’s game. The Norse are in their first year eligible for NCAA and NIT play after completing their long four year transition last season. Lavone Holland and Drew McDonald have led the way so far for the Norse. Holland has been in double figures in each of his last seven games, while McDonald has four double-doubles already this season. Holland, McDonald, and the rest of the Norse will certainly have their work cur out for them today against Eastern Washington. If they can find a way to pull off this win, they should send notice to the Horizon League that they intend to challenge for a postseason berth this season.