Eastern Washington 67 - 89 Weber State
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Lillard's 36 points lead Weber State to 89-67 win

Jan 24, 2010 - 4:17 AM OGDEN, Utah(AP) -- Damian Lillard scored a career-high 36 points, including 25 in the first half, to lead Weber State to an 89-67 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday.

The sophomore scored the first eight points of the game as the Wildcats (13-7, 7-1 Big Sky) jumped out to an 18-5 lead.

Steve Panos added 19 points for Weber State, and Lindsey Hughey and Trevor Morris each finished with 10.

Glen Dean led the Eagles (6-15, 2-6) with 16 points. Laron Griffin had 11 and Jeffery Forbes added 10.

Eastern Washington pulled within 34-30 on a basket by Forbes with 4:37 left in the first half. But Lillard took over again, scoring 12 points in the next two minutes to give the Wildcats a 46-32 lead.

After leading 50-34 at halftime, WSU stretched its lead to 61-39 five minutes into the second half and never trailed by less than 12 points the rest of the game.






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