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Eastern earns rematch

| March 3, 2011 8:00 PM

OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Jeffrey Forbes and Cliff Colimon each scored 17 points and Eastern Washington beat Weber State 75-59 on Wednesday to earn a rematch in the Big Sky Conference tournament quarterfinals.

Cliff Ederaine added 16 points, while Colimon drained three big second-half 3-pointers to keep Weber State at bay shortly after the Wildcats' Lindsey Hughey scored 11 points in 2? minutes to cut an 18-point halftime deficit down to four.

Weber State (17-11, 11-5) fell to the No. 3 seed in the Big Sky tournament and will host No. 6 Eastern Washington (10-19, 7-9) in Ogden on Saturday.

E. WASHINGTON (10-19)

Griffin 0-3 4-4 4, Ederaine 6-10 4-8 16, Dean 2-6 2-2 7, Colimon 5-11 3-4 17, Forbes 7-9 0-0 17, McRae 0-3 0-0 0, Johnson 1-7 7-9 9, Winford 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 23-52 20-27 75.

WEBER ST. (17-11)

Bullinger 5-8 0-0 13, Mahoney 2-4 1-3 5, Morris 2-7 5-6 9, Bamforth 2-5 1-2 5, Hughey 9-15 0-0 21, Richardson 0-2 0-0 0, Fulton 1-3 2-2 4, Tresnak 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 22-45 9-13 59.

Halftime_E. Washington 40-22. 3-Point Goals_E. Washington 9-19 (Colimon 4-6, Forbes 3-5, Winford 1-2, Dean 1-4, Johnson 0-2), Weber St. 6-15 (Bullinger 3-5, Hughey 3-6, Bamforth 0-2, Richardson 0-2). Fouled Out_Bullinger. Rebounds_E. Washington 29 (Griffin 9), Weber St. 29 (Bullinger, Mahoney, Morris 6). Assists_E. Washington 7 (Colimon, Dean, Griffin 2), Weber St. 9 (Bamforth, Bullinger, Hughey 2). Total Fouls_E. Washington 14, Weber St. 25. A_6,261.