E. WASHINGTON +13.5 AND E. WASHINGTON UNDER 131
Was kind of hoping the line would have swung up a little bit more but it didnt. Eastern (17-13 last year) is picked by many to win the Big Sky Conference this year. The Eagles opened up last year by stunning 10th ranked St Josephs 68-67 in the first round of the BCA Classic. The same team also had a 16 point lead at half time against Gonzaga to only blow it and lose in OT. Wisconsin went 19-13 but were hot after a slow 1-4 start then won 15 of there last 20 games and won the Big 10 title. Eagles have nothing to lose in this game coming in as big underdogs. Eagles HC Ray Giacoletti on tonights game says "It's a golden opportunity for our program. We have nothing to lose, so we'll go out and take a great big swing at the giant. We need to be aggressive and hungry. If you want respect, you have to go earn it." "Last year we played St. Joseph?s on a neutral court. Wisconsin had 16,000 people in each of their exhibition games, so there won?t be anything neutral about this game. But that?s alright ? we?ve played in front of big crowds before. We want to be put in those situations to help us once the conference season gets here." And as for the total here are Ciacoletti's thoughts... "So it didn?t matter how poorly we shot the ball. We want to try to limit opponents to 30 points a half, and we held them to 31." That was the qoute from there exhibition game against NBC thunder... They only shot 41% at half but ended up at 52% after shooting 66% in the second half. Eagles held NBC Thunder to 32% for the game. Player to watch in this game will be Chris Hester, the senior guard-forward led the Eagles in scoring at 13.5 points per game and rebounding at 4.6. In conference games, he averaged 17.1 points and shot a league-best 68.3%. Wisconsin clearly has the better team but will they play down to there competition? 13.5 points is way to much in what should be a low scoring defensive game. Gimme the points and the under
Good luck to everyone tonight whichever side you play! I'm going to bed... gotta do a night shift tonight (after a morning shift) Go me!
Btw thanks for the kudos Gibby
Big mondays will be here soon enough!
