The Washington State Cougars exacted revenge on the Eastern Washington Eagles from their NIT match back in March with a 82-72 victory.
WSU (5-1) led by as much as 12 in the second half before EWU (1-5) went on a 22-12 run to cut the lead down to two with 8:11 to play. The Cougs immediately responded with a 10-0 run to go back up by 12 and hung on from there. Myles Rice had himself a career night, scoring 28 points and hitting six threes (making his first five attempts).
To open the game, Rice drilled all three of his shots from beyond the arc to open the scoring for the Cougs.