Northwest Notes Nov. 28, 2020

| November 28, 2020 1:15 AM

Gonzaga women's opener now slated for Sunday

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Gonzaga women's season-opening contest against Oklahoma in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, scheduled for today, has been canceled.

Oklahoma’s program could not meet the player availability threshold for the event due to COVID-19 tracing.

The Bulldogs will now face top-ranked South Carolina at noon PST on Sunday, and South Dakota at noon PST on Monday.

Eastern men

visit WSU tonight

PULLMAN — Washington State (1-0) takes on regional rival Eastern Washington tonight (8 p.m., P12WA) in the regular season for the first time since 2012.

While the two teams haven’t met in the regular season in nearly a decade, the two have faced off in preseason scrimmages, including last season with WSU taking a 96-75 win at Cheney. Overall the Cougs are 55-11 all-time against the Eagles, including having lost just twice since 1952. EWU's last win came in 1997, 83-82 win in the Tri-Cities.

Tonight's matchup is the season opener for the Eagles, who had to postpone their scheduled Wednesday contest at Oregon due to COVID-19 concerns.

The Eagles were picked to repeat as Big Sky champs after coming off their most successful season in program history with 23 wins. Jacob Davison was selected as the preseason MVP as joined junior Kim Aiken Jr. on the six-person preseason All-Big Sky team.