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CALDWELL, Idaho -- The No. 10 Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team travels to The College of Idaho for the Wendy's Classic for games against Montana Tech and Portland Bible. The weekly notes are now available.

Games 4-5: No. 10 Eastern Oregon vs. No. 23 Carroll College and Walla Walla University
When: Friday, Nov. 11, 1 p.m. MT and Saturday, Nov. 12, 6 p.m. MT
Where: Caldwell, Idaho, J.A. Albertson Center
Live Stats: EOUSports.com                    
Live Video: EOUSports.com
Live Radio: KUBQ 98.7 FM                   
Live Audio: EOUSports.com
Series: The Mountaineers are 11-8 against Montana Tech and 2-0 versus Portland Bible.

GAME TIME
Tipoff on Friday and Saturday is scheduled for 1 p.m. MT and 6 p.m. MT. There are live video and audio streams on EOUSports.com. Live radio will be available locally on KUBQ 98.7 FM. Live stats will be on EOUSports.com.

THE SERIES
* The Mountaineers have won 11 of the 19 meetings with Montana Tech all-time.
* Eastern and the Orediggers met once last season, EOU won in La Grande, 86-66.
* Montana Tech and Eastern Oregon have played in each of the last seven years.
* EOU has won nine of the past 12 meetings in that seven-year span.
* Portland Bible and Eastern meet for the third time ever Saturday.
* The Mountaineers have won the first two meetings against the Wildcats.
* EOU beat Portland Bible, 102-66, last year and 85-72 two years ago in La Grande.
* PBC is in its fifth-year of basketball as a collegiate team.

QUICK HITS
• The EOU men are 5-5 in its last 10 games in the J.A. Albertson Center.
• Isaac Williams reached 50 wins faster than any coach in EOU men's basketball history with the victory at Walla Walla.
• Williams is four wins away from fifth on the most wins by a coach list in EOU history.
• The Mountaineers begin the season 3-0 for the second straight year, and fourth time out of the past five seasons.
• Eastern Oregon has started two seasons since 2000 winning its first five games.
• EOU had its best start to a season in 2006-07, when it started 7-0.
• The Mountaineers are first in the nation in offensive rebounds per game averaging 21.
• Eastern is third in NAIA Div. 2, averaging 51.6 rebounds per game, and its third in total rebound margin at 21.6.
• The Mountaineers 34-point scoring margin is sixth in the country.
• It took Eastern Oregon 12 games to reach 14 blocks last season. This year's team has 14 blocks after three games and is seventh in the country averaging 4.6 per game.
• Cody Thurmond is third in the nation in assist to turnover ratio at 6.0.
• The EOU men have won 65 of its last 70 games on its home court, Quinn Coliseum.

ABOUT THE OREDIGGERS
Montana Tech enters the weekend 2-0 after getting a pair of exhibition wins over Grand Prairie Regional College to open the season. The Orediggers responded with back-to-back wins over Dakota Athletic Conference opponents, Black Hills State, 70-49, and Dickinson State, 70-67. Tech is led by AJ Paine. The senior averaged 14.5 ppg and four rebounds in the pair of wins. He hit 57 percent of his field goals and 90 percent of his free throws. Against Dickinson State, the Orediggers had trailed for the entire game when Paine hit a three-pointer that tied the game and propelled Tech to the three point victory. Second team All-Frontier Conference performer, Tyree Haynie, returns for Montana Tech. Haynie averaged 12.6 PPG and 2.2 APG in Frontier Conference play.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS
Portland Bible College features a unique lineup in 2011-12. The Wildcats have 11 players on their roster this season, and all 11 are listed as guards. PBC's tallest player is 6-1. Tim Mahan returns for his junior year after averaging 15.7 pts, 3.1 rebs, 2.8 assists per game in 2010-11. He was named first team All-Pacific Coast Conference. Portland Bible enters the weekend 2-2, but is 0-1 against the NAIA after a 60-50 loss to No. 18 Montana State-Northern.