Eagles second no more

The Eastern Eagles broke their streak of three consecutive years in second place thanks to a 91-81 win over Northern Arizona Saturday night. The Eagles won their 10th straight, but the only number that mattered was "one," as the Montana Grizzlies, the only team to beat Eastern in conference play, gave the Eagles home court for the conference tournament with a 88-85 win over Idaho State. For more on the Eagles win check out Jim Meehan's piece in The Spokesman-Review and Chris Lang's in the Arizona Daily Sun.

This will be the first time that Eastern has hosted the Big Sky tournament in school history. For more reactions and ticket information check out this release from the EWU Web site.

The Eagles have an easier week with only a Saturday game on the schedule against Portland State. It will be senior night, so the chance of a letdown from the Eagles is unlikely. Portland State swept their weekend series beating NAU on Thursday and Sacramento State Saturday night and have won three of their last four. The Vikings are big and physical inside, which will give the Eagles some interesting matchups on the interior.