Pac. Lutheran 72 at Eastern Wash. 83
Eastern Washington beats Pacific Lutheran 83-72
Friday, Dec 16, 2011CHENEY, Wash. (AP)—Collin Chiverton and Cliff Colimon scored 26 points apiece as Eastern Washington held off Pacific Lutheran 83-72 on Friday night.
Cliff Ederaine added 12 points for the Eagles (6-5), who shot 57 percent from the field
Cameron Schilling scored 18 points, Cameron Reister scored 15 and Kai Hoyt had 14 points for the Lutes (4-4), who play in Division III.
After trailing by as many as 18, Pacific Lutheran rallied and closed to within 65-62 on Hoyt’s rebound basket with 5:55 left. Eastern Washington answered with a 9-3 run, capped by Laron Griffin’s dunk with 2:12 left.
Colimon’s 3 gave Eastern Washington its biggest lead, 42-24, with 5:24 left in the first half. But Pacific Lutheran scored the last nine points of the half, capped by Terrell Williams’ 3-pointer, to make it 42-33 at the break.
Schilling scored 11 of the Lutes’ first 13 points.
