Eastern Washington holds off D-III Lutes

| December 17, 2011 8:00 PM

CHENEY (AP) - Collin Chiverton and Cliff Colimon scored 26 points apiece as Eastern Washington held off Pacific Lutheran 83-72 on Friday night.

Cliff Ederaine added 12 points for the Eagles (6-5), who shot 57 percent from the field.

Cameron Schilling scored 18 points, Cameron Reister scored 15 and Kai Hoyt had 14 points for the Division III Lutes (4-4).

After trailing by as many as 18, Pacific Lutheran rallied and closed to within 65-62 on Hoyt's rebound basket with 5:55 left. Eastern Washington answered with a 9-3 run, capped by Laron Griffin's dunk with 2:12 left.

EWU opens Big Sky Conference play Wednesday at Montana State.

PACIFIC LUTHERAN (4-4)

Tveter 2-3 2-2 6, Hoyt 5-11 4-6 14, Schilling 7-10 2-2 18, Conti 1-6 1-3 3, Earnest 3-5 0-0 8, Williams 1-2 2-2 5, Alness 0-0 1-3 1, Klein 0-2 0-0 0, Reister 5-10 0-0 15, Isaksen 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 25-53 12-18 72.

E. WASHINGTON (6-5)

Chiverton 10-19 2-3 26, Ederaine 3-5 6-7 12, Griffin 3-5 0-1 6, Colimon 8-12 6-9 26, Forbes 2-3 2-2 8, Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Hickert 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 28-49 16-22 83.

Halftime_E. Washington 42-33. 3-Point Goals_Pacific Lutheran 10-21 (Reister 5-10, Earnest 2-3, Schilling 2-4, Williams 1-1, Klein 0-1, Conti 0-1, Tveter 0-1), E. Washington 11-22 (Colimon 4-6, Chiverton 4-10, Forbes 2-3, Hickert 1-1, Johnson 0-2). Fouled Out_Conti. Rebounds_Pacific Lutheran 29 (Hoyt 6), E. Washington 26 (Colimon, Ederaine, Griffin 5). Assists_Pacific Lutheran 18 (Conti 7), E. Washington 13 (Colimon 7). Total Fouls_Pacific Lutheran 16, E. Washington 17. A_1,735.