Coach Kyle Smith earned his 300th career victory as the Cardinal came from behind to win.

Nov. 2—STANFORD, Calif. — Playing without three key players, Eastern Washington came up a couple possessions short in a season-opening 74-65 loss to Stanford on Monday in men's college basketball play at Maples Pavilion. Already without redshirt freshman forward Alan Gballou and senior guard Tavi Jackson, the Eagles were also missing starting senior guard Andrew Cook, who missed the game with ...

Eastern Washington Eagles at Stanford CardinalStanford, California; Monday, 10 p.5BOTTOM LINE: Stanford hosts Eastern Washington for the season opener.

Oct. 29—After a 71-65 exhibition game victory last week over Cal State Bakersfield, Dan Monson offered a droll assessment of his Eastern Washington men's basketball team's performance. "They look like I've got job security," the third-year Eagles head coach said. "It looked like they need some coaching." But then Monson pivoted to an observation that got to the heart of the difference between ...

Oct. 29—Eastern Washington's three-game exhibition schedule this season took on more significance than usual, largely because two of the Eagles men's basketball team's key contributors are returning from layoffs that spanned not just one offseason, but two. "I was nervous, but I was more excited," fifth-year guard Andrew Cook said after Eastern's 71-65 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on ...

Sep. 15—Nearly a year after he sustained an ankle injury that cost him his final year of college basketball, Andrew Cook got that year back this week. "It was a long, winding road," said Ryan Lundgren, Eastern Washington's associate head men's basketball coach. "It's been a really heavy weight for the last 11 months since the injury." On Monday, Cook was granted a preliminary injunction in ...

Last tune-up

Oct. 27—Alton Hamilton IV scored a game-high 26 points, with nine rebounds and the Eastern Washington men's basketball team defeated the Western Washington Vikings 81-65 in an exhibition game on Tuesday at Reese Court in Cheney. The Eagles never trailed after they scored eight straight points in the first three minutes to go up 8-0. Eastern led by as many as 21 points entering halftime with a ...