ELLENSBURG, Wash. (Nov. 20) – The Central Washington University men's basketball takes on Evergreen State College and Corban University in a pair of non-conference games this week.
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Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
vs Evergreen State
Ellensburg, WA
Nicholson Pavilion
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Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7:00 p.m.
vs Corban
Ellensburg, WA
Nicholson Pavilion
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"Our goal has been and will continue to be to improve every week," CWU Head Coach
Brandon Rinta said. "This week is another opportunity to do that. It will be nice to be able to get back and play on our home court after being on the road for four straight games."
SCOUTING EVERGREEN STATE
The Geoducks are 4-2 on the season, picking up a pair of wins last week over California Maritime and Portland Bible.
Evergreen handily took down Portland Bible, 93-68, in their last outing. The Geoducks took a 13-point into the locker room at halftime. Malik Redmond led Evergreen State in scoring, tallying 17 points in 17 minutes. Elijah Fuller recorded 16 points in 22 minutes.
Prior to their contest against Portland Bible, the Geoducks snuck out an 86-85 win over California Maritime. Evergreen found themselves up by a slim 43-39 margin at halftime and a spirited offensive from Cal-Maritime in the second half saw momentum swing relentlessly from bench to bench. With just 2.2 seconds left in regulation, Fuller sank a fall-away 18-footer from the corner to lift the Geoducks over the Keelhaulers.
Ryan Quigley leads the Geoducks' offense, averaging 16.5 points per game, while Fuller averages 13.3. Redmond (11.0) and Jared Roffler (10.8) also average double digits in points. As a unit, Evergreen State averages 92.25 points per game and have been allowing 96.25.
Roffler leads his squad in rebounding, pulling in 8.3 rebounds per game. Quigley hauls in seven boards a game, good enough for second on the Geoducks. Evergreen State has out rebounded opponents, 45.3 to 37.3.
It is the first meeting between Central Washington and Evergreen State since they played a pair of games during the 1998 season. The Crimson and Black won both games in '98, taking a 64-60 victory in Ellensburg, before capturing a 74-58 win in Olympia.
SCOUTING CORBAN UNIVERSITY
The Warriors are 7-1 in 2018 and have won five of their last six games. Most recently, Corban took down Lewis & Clark College, 90-77. The only loss on the season for the Warriors came against NAIA No. 22 Carroll College.
Coran has score 90 or more points in all but two of their games this season. Like the Geoducks, the Warriors hosted Cal State Maritime and captured an 81-72 win over the Keelhaulers.
Joel Johnson and Beau Roggenbach are the only Warriors to average double digit scoring. Johnson is the clubhouse leader, averaging 15.3 points per game. Roggenbach has averaged 13.6 points per game and hauls in a team-high 10.6 rebounds per game. The Warriors are averaging 89.9 points per game and allowing just 71.6 points.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wildcats split games last week, picking up an 85-80 win over Azusa Pacific University. Central lost in overtime to Westminster College, 100-97.
Malik Montoya led the Wildcats' offense, compiling 20 points against Azusa Pacific and 24 point against Westminster. Montoya finished the week shooting 65 percent from the field (15-23). He added eight rebounds, three assists, one block, and four steals to his weekly line as well.
Against Azusa Pacific, the Wildcats held a slim 20-19 lead through the first 10 minutes of play and found themselves trailing at halftime, 50-41. The Crimson and Black battled back to level the score, 59-59, with 11:35 left to play in the second half. Of their 85 points, the Wildcats' starters contributed 71 points. Central also shot 66 percent from beyond the arc in the second half and knocked down 17 free throws in the second stanza.
The Crimson and Black then played a tight battle with Westminster College. The first half saw nearly 100 points between the two teams as it was back and forth for the first 20 minutes. Central lead for 16 minutes in the first half however, staking out a seven-point advantage.
A see-saw battle erupted with both teams jostling for momentum and the lead. Despite the shifting momentum, Central never fell more than six points behind the Griffins. The Wildcats tied the game after a clutch shot from
Gamaun Boykin with 42 seconds left in regulation. After getting a turnover overturned, neither team could capitalize and take the lead before time expired.
With five extra minutes of play time, the Griffins jumped out to a quick four-point lead. A three from Montoya put the Crimson and Black within one, 87-86, before a jumper from Joonas Tahvanainen enlarged the Griffins' lead to three.
Boykin hit a jumper with 2:40 to play in the first overtime period, bringing Central within one. He sunk a free throw, levelling the score at 89-89.
A pair of free throws from Westminster's Alec Monson put the Griffins back up by two, 91-89.
Matt Poquette levelled the score once more, hitting a layup in the paint. Tahvanainen came knocked down a free throw for a 92-91 advantage before the Griffins extended their lead to 95-91.
Jackson Price was sent to the line for a trio of shots, knocking down all of them, to put the Crimson and Black down by one.
Both teams continued to make their way to the line for the remaining 20 seconds of play with the Griffins clinging to the lead for a 100-97 victory.
