Northern Colorado (14-6, 6-1) at Eastern Washington (6-14, 2-5) – 5:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Last Saturday, we featured the Winwood Cup between Longwood and Winthrop – today we feature the NoCoEWU Cup that pits the Northern Colorado Bears and the Eastern Washington Eagles. Northern Colorado had won eight straight games to take first place outright in the Big Sky – even a loss at the buzzer to Idaho earlier this week couldn’t knock the Bears from the top. Both Langston Reynolds (17.1 PPG) and Isaiah Hawthorne (16.8 PPG) spearhead the Bears’ attack.
Eastern Washington is in a rebuilding mode after most of their players (including the head coach) migrated to Washington State during the offseason. While the Eagles did start off 2-2 in Big Sky play, they have now lost 3 straight games against Idaho, Montana State and Northern Arizona. Andrew Cook averages 15.4 points a game for the Eagles.
