Men's Basketball Drops Road Contest to Eastern Washington
Jan. 20, 2007
CHENEY, Wash. - Eastern Washington sophomore Rodney Stuckey continued his scoring binge against the University of Northern Colorado men's basketball team, scoring 31 points on 10-of-19 shooting to lead the Eagles to a 91-79 victory over the Bears Saturday evening.
Stuckey had 25 points in the teams first meeting, an 88-87 Eagles (10-10, 4-4 Big Sky) victory on January 4 in Greeley.
This time around the Bears (3-17, 1-7) got behind early, trailing by 11 points at 21-10 in the first half. But as they've proven capable so many times this season, they staged a rally - this time a 15-3 run, capped by a Sean Taibi 3-pointer - to grab the lead at 25-24 with seven minutes left in the first half.
The Eagles would enter the locker room with 36-32 halftime lead, but Northern Colorado continued to stay close, and eventually took its biggest lead of the night at 53-49 on another Taibi 3-ball.
Soon after, the EWU used a 13-3 run to pull away, and with 15 points down the stretch from Stuckey, they were able to hold the Bears at bay.
Northern Colorado was led by 21 points each from Taibi and Kirk Archibeque. Dwayne Birden added 15.
The Bears head home for a pair of games with Montana State and Montana. They'll host the Bobcats on Thursday and square off with the Grizzlies on Saturday. Both games start at 7 p.m.
