Eastern Washington Eagles at Idaho Vandals
· NCAA Men's Basketball
64 - 66
Sanders blocks shot at buzzer; Idaho edges EWU 66-64
Idaho (17-7, 9-3 Big Sky Conference) has won seven of its last eight games and moves into third place in the conference standings, a half-game back of Weber State (9-2). Eastern Washington (12-13, 7-5) has lost two straight.
Cody Benzel hit a 3-pointer to give the Eagles 64-63 lead with 43 seconds left. Brayon Blake answered with a layup for the Vandals, and after Sir Washington missed two free throws for Eastern Washington, Sanders split a pair of free throws with 12 seconds remaining.
The Eagles' Bogdan Bliznyuk took possession at the top of the arc with seven seconds left, dribbled the floor and drove through three defenders when Sanders blocked his layup.
Blake added 15 points for the Vandals. Sanders finished with eight points, eight rebounds and nine assists.
Bliznyuk had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Benzel chipped in 15 points to lead Eastern Washington.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 64 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Bogdan Bliznyuk Defensive Rebound. | 64 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Perrion Callandret missed Free Throw. | 64 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Eastern Washington Timeout | 64 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Foul on Cody Benzel. | 64 - 66 |
Statistics
 EWU |
 IDHO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-59 | FG | 25-63 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 7-20 | 3PT | 10-27 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 37 |
| 9-11 | FT | 6-14 |
| 82 | Free Throw % | 43 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 8 | Assists | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fouls | 12 |
| 7 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Moscow, ID
Attendance: 3,192 | 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 |