Fourth year a charm?

The Eastern Eagles cruised to a surprising 19-point win over the Weber State Wildcats last night in the Big Sky semifinals. The game never was close as the Eagles started on a 12-2 run. Click here and here to read more about the game.

The Eagles face the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, who also were impressive in their 91-72 win over the Idaho State Bengals. NAU's leading scorer, Aaron Bond, caught fire after two of his worst games of his career and finished with a game-high 24 points. To read more about NAU's win check out Chris Lang's article in the Arizona Daily Sun.

So the table is set once again for the Eagles to earn that automatic NCAA tournament bid, but one thing is different this year. This game is at home, where as games in the past three years have been on the road. Last night's game was about as loud and electric as Reese Court has ever been and the players are noticing it. "It's going to be an incredible (atmosphere)," Alvin Snow said. "(Tuesday night) was great, but I think tomorrow is going to be even better. I can't remember a time when the excitement around campus was this high. It's incredible right now, but within (the team) we just need to stay focused. We need to get done what we need to do."

Tipoff is at 6:05 at Reese Court and the game also can be seen on ESPN 2.