Photo courtesy of: Jeff Barrett
By Easton Ralphs – USU Eastern Athletics

Ephraim, UT – USU Eastern had to take on the Badgers of Snow on Thursday night and had a pretty good showing. The Eagles led for 30 minutes of the game but a hot 5 minutes of Ross Reeves from Snow allowed the Badgers to pull ahead the last five minutes and not look back. Dontrell Hewlitt was able to have a good showing for the Eagles as he was able to score 27 points in just 22 minutes. The fact that the Eagles were able to assist on over half their baskets helped space the floor and allowed them to score with the high powered offense of Snow. The Eagles’ defense was also able to hold a good 3pt shooting team to just 28% from the 3 point line. The Eagles fell in this one by the final score of 86-79.

USU Eastern 70 – CSI 79

The Eagles had another tough battle against 11th ranked CSI on Saturday night in Twin Falls, Idaho. Once again lack of offensive production seemed to plague USU Eastern at the start of the game. They were able to get it going a little bit but ran out of time to complete the comeback. USU Eastern was led by Dontrell Hewlitt who had 22 second half points. Their rebounding was spread out pretty evenly throughout the roster but was led by Jesse White and Peter Filipovity both with 6 each. White also led the team in assists with five of them to help the team. However it was the turnovers that really stifled the USU Eastern offense as the Eagles struggled to take care of the basketball. USU Eastern’s defense was once again good and was able to allow them to compete with one of the top teams in the country even with their offensive struggles.

The Eagles look to bounce back with the next three games at home with the first being on Thursday night against the Coyotes of Southern Nevada. Tip-off for that game will be at 7 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door or can be puchases at www.usueasternathletics.com Social distancing and masks are required 100% of the time.