EOU ups record to 4-0

Published 12:48 pm Saturday, November 10, 2007

The Eastern Oregon University men’s

basketball team stretched its early season win streak to four games

Friday, knocking off Montana Tech, 89-57, in the opening round of the

Quinn Classic tournament.

Playing before their hometown crowd in newly refurbished Quinn

Coliseum, the Mountaineers jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first 3 1/2

minutes and never let the Orediggers into the game from there.

Eastern Coach Ryan Looney said he thinks the game – and the two-day tournament – is a preview of what to look for down the road.

“We feel like the teams that are here will be similar to the type of teams we’ll play this season,” Looney said.

Jeremy Templeton, Eastern’s 5-foot-10 senior point guard, hit a three-point shot in the opening minute to set the tone.

After that, the Mountaineers showed they could score from anywhere on the floor. By the end of the half, they were up 45-28.

“We needed to be able to execute well against their zone in both halves, and we did,” said Looney.

Hot-shooting Neil Fryer led the parade to the hoop, turning in a

10-for-11 field goal package that included six three-pointers. He

finished with 26 points.

Other Mountaineers scoring in double figures were Mark Carollo

and Kyle Janke with 11 apiece, and Templeton and Josh Landsverk with 10

each.

Eastern had it all over the Orediggers in the rebounding

department, grabbing 41 boards to the visitors’ 27. Every player but

two had at least one rebound; Janke had the most, with seven.

In defeat, Montana Tech received a stellar offensive effort

from Dusan Veselinovic, who cashed in 19 points. Dirk Anderson also had

a respectable game, chipping in a 15 point effort that included a

9-for-11 performance from the free throw line.

Montana Tech walked off the floor with a 1-5 season record. Coach Nate Larson expressed some disappointment.

“Our rebounding effort and our pride in taking care of the

basketball were lacking,” he said. The team committed 21 turnovers on

the game.

In the tournament’s opening round battle Friday, the College of Idaho beat Montana-Western, 66-57.

The winners placed four players in double numbers, including Craig McGee with 16 points and Kurt Nielson with 15.

Aaron Sims topped the Montana-Western scoring charts, with 14.

In tonight’s games, the College of Idaho squares off with

Montana Tech at 6, and at 8 Eastern tries to up its season mark to 5-0

with a game against Montana-Western.

Montana Tech (57)

Jeramie Hopson 4-6 0-1 9, Shea Bradshaw 3-9 2-7 8, Jake Williams

1-5 0-3 2, Dusan Veselinovic 8-12 1-4 19, Ivan Sljivar 1-4 0-0 2,

Stephen Thomas 0-3 2-2 2, Dirk Anderson 3-7 9-11 15. Totals: 20-46

14-18 57.

Eastern (89)

Mark Carollo 5-20 0-0 11, Josh Landsverk

5-10 0-0 10, Jeremy Templeton 2-6 5-6 10, Paul Carollo 3-6 0-0

6, Neil Fryer 10-11 6-7 26, Nate Bligh 0-1 0-0 0, Steve Sawyers 2-3 0-0

4, Kyle Janke 5-7 1-4 11, Nick Finley 2-4 0-0 4, Dan Blanchard 3-5 1-1

7, Rickey Lott 0-1 0-0 1. Totals: 37-74 6-11 89.

Halftime score – Eastern 45, Montana Tech 28. Three-pointers –

Montana Tech Bradshaw 3, Veselinovic 1. Eastern – M. Carollo 1,

Templeton 1, Freyer 6, Blanchard 1. 0-0 (player 0-0). Fouled out –

None. Total fouls – Montana Tech 11, Eastern 18. Technical fouls –

None. Turnovers – Montana Tech 21, Eastern 9. Rebounds – Montana Tech

27, Eastern 41. Assists – Montana Tech 10, Eastern 22.

College of Idaho (66)

Bryan Champ 4-5 2-3 12, Josh Owen 4-11 4-5 14, Craig McGee 5-11

6-7 16, Steffen Spinks 0-1 0-0 0, Kurt Nielson 6-9 1-2 15, Phillip

Matcham 0-5 0-5 0, Tucker Long 1-1 4-4 7, Andy Maxwell 0-1 0-2 0, Anton

Coleman 0-2 0-0 0, J.R. Maggard 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 0-021-47 17-23 66.

Montana Western (57)

Layne Glaus 1-6 2-2 4, Aaron Sims 6-8 2-3 14, Gus McDonald 1-6

0-2 3, Garrett Fink 1-2 1-2 3, Daniel Creech 3-4 0-0 6, 0-3 0-2 0, Chad

Myers 4-11 4-1112, Bob Neiman 0-3 0-0 0, Alex Head 2-2 1-1 5, Dovydas

Retkus 3-4 4-4 10. 0-0. Totals: 21-49 10-14 57.

Halftime score – College of Idaho 33, Montana-Western 28.

Three-pointers – College of Idaho – Champ 2, Owen 2, Nielson 2, Long 1.

Montana-Western Myers 4. Fouled out – Creech. Total fouls – College of

Idaho 17, Montana-Western 23. Technical fouls – None. Turnovers –

College of Idaho 11, Montana-Western 27 Rebounds –College of Idaho 19,

Montana-Western 41. Assists – College of Idaho 15, Montana-Western 15.