EWU tops Montana St.

| December 29, 2011 8:15 PM

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Cliff Colimon scored 22 points and Eastern Washington beat Montana State 82-66 on Wednesday night in the Big Sky Conference opener for both schools.

Cliff Ederaine had 16 points, Collin Chiverton scored 12 and Jeffrey Forbes added 11 points for Eastern Washington (7-6).

Christian Moon had 20 points to lead Montana State (5-7). Tre Johnson added 11 for the Bobcats and former Post Falls High standout Shawn Reid scored eight.

E. WASHINGTON (7-6)

Chiverton 3-11 4-5 12, Ederaine 6-7 3-5 16, Griffin 2-3 2-4 6, Colimon 8-16 2-2 22, Forbes 3-6 4-6 11, Kelly 1-2 2-2 5, Johnson 3-6 0-0 7, Winford 0-0 0-0 0, Hickert 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 27-54 17-24 82.

MONTANA ST. (5-7)

Blount 1-7 3-4 5, Johnson 5-10 1-2 11, Fall 2-5 0-1 4, Singleton 1-4 5-6 7, Moon 5-11 7-7 20, Stewart 1-1 2-4 4, Brumwell 0-0 0-0 0, Dison 2-6 0-0 5, Reid 3-7 2-6 8, Allou 1-1 0-0 2, Budinich 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 20-30 66.

Halftime_E. Washington 37-29. 3-Point Goals_E. Washington 11-27 (Colimon 4-9, Chiverton 2-8, Ederaine 1-1, Forbes 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Kelly 1-2, Hickert 1-3), Montana St. 4-11 (Moon 3-5, Dison 1-4, Budinich 0-1, Reid 0-1). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_E. Washington 31 (Ederaine 7), Montana St. 35 (Fall 8). Assists_E. Washington 8 (Colimon, Ederaine 3), Montana St. 12 (Fall 4). Total Fouls_E. Washington 22, Montana St. 23. A_3,052.