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Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Eastern Washington Eagles

· BIG SKY MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
13-19, 2-13 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
70 - 82
Eastern Washington Eagles
20-13, 11-1 Home

Bliznyuk breaks Big Sky scoring mark, EWU advances to finals

Bliznyuk, who has 2,127 career points, moved past Idaho's Orlando Lightfoot, who scored 2,102 from 1991-94.

The third-seeded Eagles, who have won eight in a row, will play No. 1 seed Montana in Saturday's championship game. Eastern Washington beat the Grizzlies 74-65 in the only regular-season matchup between the teams this season.

Bliznyuk, the conference MVP this season, broke the record with a free throw that gave third-seeded EWU (20-13) the lead for good about five minutes and a jumper by Benas Griciunas capped a 10-0 run that made it 62-45 with 11 minutes to go. Jamal Aytes' layup with 2:37 left capped an 11-2 run and trimmed Southern Utah's deficit to 72-66, but Jacob Davison scored eight points from there as EWU held on.

Dwayne Morgan and Jadon Cohee scored 15 points apiece for No. 10 seed (13-19) SUU.

Davison finished with 16 points and Griciunas scored 14 on 7-of-7 shooting. The Eagles shot a season-high 64.4 percent (31 of 48) from the field.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 70 - 82
2nd 0:00 Jadon Cohee made Layup. 70 - 82
2nd 0:06 Jacob Davison made Free Throw. 68 - 82
2nd 0:06 Jacob Davison made Free Throw. 68 - 81
2nd 0:06 Foul on Brandon Better. 68 - 80

Statistics

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27-54 FG 31-48
50 Field Goal % 65
7-17 3PT 4-6
41 Three Point % 67
9-14 FT 16-21
64 Free Throw % 76
26 Rebounds 23
8 Offensive Rebounds 2
18 Defensive Rebounds 21
10 Assists 6
2 Steals 6
1 Blocks 0
17 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 20
2 Fast Break Points 0
34 Points in Paint 40
17 Fouls 16
0 Largest Lead 17

Game Information

Venue: Reno Events Center

Location: Reno, NV
Attendance: 1,236 | 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
Full Standings