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Eastern Washington Eagles at North Dakota Fighting Hawks

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Washington Eagles
6-9, 2-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
77 - 64
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
4-9, 2-4 Home

Bliznyuk scores 29 as E Washington tops North Dakota 77-64

The win was the first time Eastern Washington (6-9, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) has won in Grand Forks.

The Eagles led 42-26 at halftime but North Dakota (4-9, 0-2) steadily worked the lead down to 50-47 when Tray Buchanan hit from 3 with 10:38 remaining.

Then came a Bliznyuk blitz. He scored the next eight points in about two minutes with a 3, a 3-point play and a jump shot, driving the lead back to 11 points and forcing a North Dakota timeout at 6:59. After the timeout, Bliznyuk scored six more for a 14-point one-man outburst before Cody Benzel launched a 3-pointer that gave Eastern a 67-49 lead with 3:20 to play.

Jesse Hunt scored 16 points and Sir Washington 12 for EWU.

Dale Jones led North Dakota with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 77 - 64
2nd 0:20 Sir Washington Steal. 77 - 64
2nd 0:22 Kienan Walter Turnover. 77 - 64
2nd 0:29 Cody Benzel made Free Throw. 77 - 64
2nd 0:29 Cody Benzel made Free Throw. 76 - 64

Statistics

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27-50 FG 22-51
54 Field Goal % 43
7-18 3PT 10-27
39 Three Point % 37
16-18 FT 10-12
89 Free Throw % 83
29 Rebounds 26
4 Offensive Rebounds 5
25 Defensive Rebounds 21
9 Assists 14
15 Steals 8
2 Blocks 2
16 Turnovers 21
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 21
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
28 Points Off Turnovers 21
0 Fast Break Points 0
38 Points in Paint 22
16 Fouls 15
18 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

Venue: Betty Engelstad Sioux Center

Location: Grand Forks, ND
Attendance: 1,548 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big Sky Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Portland State 13-5 - 20-11
Montana State 12-6 1 18-14
Eastern Washington 11-7 2 14-19
Northern Colorado 10-8 3 20-12
Montana 10-8 3 18-16
Weber State 10-8 3 16-16
Idaho 9-9 4 21-15
Sacramento State 6-12 8 10-21
Idaho State 5-13 8 13-20
Northern Arizona 4-14 9 10-22

2025-26 Summit League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
North Dakota State 14-2 - 27-8
St. Thomas 12-4 2 24-10
North Dakota 10-6 4 18-17
South Dakota 8-8 6 16-16
Omaha 8-8 6 16-17
Denver 8-8 7 15-17
South Dakota State 7-9 7 14-18
Oral Roberts 4-12 10 10-23
Kansas City 1-15 13 4-27
Full Standings