Led by Andrew Cook's 25 points, the Eastern Washington Eagles defeated the Seattle U Redhawks 93-86 on Wednesday night. The Eagles are now 1-1 on the season, while the Redhawks fell to 0-1.
Freshman Myles Rice had career highs of six 3-pointers and 28 points and Washington State pulled away inside the final nine minutes to beat Eastern Washington 82-72.
Steele Venters scored 27 points and buried a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining to rally Eastern Washington to an 81-74 victory over Washington State in the first round of the NIT.