Weber St. ousts Eastern

| March 6, 2011 8:00 PM

OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Kyle Bullinger scored a career-high 26 points and Weber State overcame a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Eastern Washington 79-70 in a Big Sky Conference quarterfinal on Saturday night.

Scott Bamforth scored 13 points and hit a critical 3-pointer to give Weber State some separation at 75-68 with 2:31 remaining.

Trevor Morris added another 13 and Lindsey Hughey had 10 as the No. 3 seed Wildcats (18-11, 11-5) avenged a home loss to the No. 6 seed Eagles (10-20, 7-9) on Wednesday.

The Eagles' Cliff Colimon had a game-high 27 points but only five after the break as Weber State went on a 22-10 run to erase Eastern Washington's advantage.

Tremayne Johnson added 17 points and Cliff Ederaine 10 in Eastern's first appearance in the Big Sky tournament since 2005-06.

Weber State advances to face No. 2 seed Montana in a semifinal Tuesday.

E. WASHINGTON (10-20)

Colimon 8-15 6-9 27, Griffin 2-2 2-2 6, Ederaine 3-8 4-6 10, Dean 0-6 1-3 1, Forbes 2-5 0-0 5, Brown 1-4 0-0 2, McRae 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 5-8 4-4 17, Winford 1-2 0-0 2, Henry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 17-24 70.

WEBER ST. (18-11)

Bullinger 7-14 9-12 26, Mahoney 2-3 4-4 8, Morris 4-6 5-9 13, Bamforth 2-10 7-9 13, Hughey 2-9 4-4 10, Porter 0-0 0-0 0, Richardson 1-2 0-0 2, Fulton 0-2 0-0 0, Tresnak 3-4 1-2 7. Totals 21-50 30-40 79.

Halftime_E. Washington 45-33. 3-Point Goals_E. Washington 9-15 (Colimon 5-7, Johnson 3-5, Forbes 1-1, Winford 0-1, Dean 0-1), Weber St. 7-19 (Bullinger 3-7, Hughey 2-4, Bamforth 2-6, Richardson 0-1, Fulton 0-1). Fouled Out_Griffin. Rebounds_E. Washington 30 (Ederaine 8), Weber St. 36 (Bullinger 9). Assists_E. Washington 9 (Forbes 3), Weber St. 13 (Bamforth 5). Total Fouls_E. Washington 26, Weber St. 19. Technical_Colimon. A_3,683.

Geiger, Henderson lead Idaho in regular-season finale

MOSCOW (AP) - Deremy Geiger scored 15 points to lead Idaho to a 78-69 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.

Senior Shawn Henderson, a former standout at North Idaho College, added 13 points and Stephen Madison had a career-high 12 points as Idaho (18-12) closed out their home schedule against a nonconference opponent.

The Vandals made 11 of their 25 3-point attempts, and Henderson's 3 with 15:35 to go gave them their first lead of the game at 51-48.

The Redhawks led 24-12 midway through the first half, but Idaho pulled within 40-37 by halftime.

Seattle (11-19) was led by Sterling Carter, who added 18 points - all in the first half. Alex Jones scored 15 points and had five assists for the Redhawks.

The Vandals had a season-high 23 assists and Kyle Barone grabbed 10 rebounds for Idaho. Both teams shot 53 percent from the floor.

The Vandals play in the Western Athletic Conference tournament Thursday.

SEATTLE (11-19)

Lever 4-9 1-1 9, Broussard 2-4 3-4 7, Carter 5-9 3-4 18, Gilmore 4-5 0-0 8, Jones 6-7 3-6 15, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Burrell 4-9 0-0 8, Rasmussen 1-6 1-2 4. Totals 26-49 11-17 69.

IDAHO (18-12)

Ledbetter 3-8 0-0 9, Henderson 3-9 4-4 13, Wiley 3-3 3-7 9, Toledo 3-5 1-2 7, Geiger 3-7 6-6 15, Tatum 2-4 1-2 5, Barone 3-4 2-2 8, Madison 5-7 0-0 12, Kammerer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-47 17-23 78.

Halftime_Seattle 40-37. 3-Point Goals_Seattle 6-18 (Carter 5-9, Rasmussen 1-6, Broussard 0-1, Lever 0-2), Idaho 11-25 (Henderson 3-6, Geiger 3-7, Ledbetter 3-8, Madison 2-4). Fouled Out_Gilmore. Rebounds_Seattle 24 (Lever 8), Idaho 27 (Barone 10). Assists_Seattle 18 (Burrell, Jones 5), Idaho 23 (Henderson 5). Total Fouls_Seattle 19, Idaho 16. Technical_Gilmore. A_2,109.