Stockton shifted focus and looked to pass to Hartmann in the corner. The problem was, Hartmann was no longer there. Instead, the sophomore guard had made a backdoor move toward the basket. Stockton’s pass went out of bounds for a turnover.

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington visits Montana State after Mason Williams scored 21 points in Eastern Washington’s 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals.

Eastern Washington faces the Montana State Bobcats after Mason Williams scored 21 points in the Eagles' 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals.

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (11-8, 2-4 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington Eagles (6-13, 2-4 Big Sky) Cheney, Washington; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington hosts Northern Arizona after Andrew Cook scored 21 points in Eastern Washington's 74-64 loss to the Montana State Bobcats.

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Kristian Gonzalez's 20 points helped Idaho defeat Eastern Washington 83-76 on Saturday night.

Eastern Washington held Sacramento State to 15 points in the first half and cruised to a 65-54 victory Saturday in a men’s basketball game at The Nest in Sacramento. “We’re starting to get better,” EWU head coach Dan Monson said in a postgame radio interview. “We have a ways to go to be in the top of this league, but today was a good start.”

Eastern Washington visits Montana State after Mason Williams scored 21 points in Eastern Washington’s 83-76 loss to the Idaho Vandals. The Bobcats are 5-2 in home games. Montana State ranks ...

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Kolton Mitchell, the redshirt freshman from Lake City High, scored all 11 of his points in the first half. He also finished with five rebounds and three assists.

Idaho turned back Eastern Washington University, 83-76, and though the Vandals made an early bid to pull away, and they were able to overcome an Eagles’ second-half run, EWU had its deficit within four points, 72-68, with about four minutes to play and were within five points with less than a minute to go.