MOSCOW, Idaho – The Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team fell to the University of Idaho Vandals, 77-65, in an exhibition contest on Friday night at Memorial Gym.
 
Bryan McGriff led the Mountaineers with 27 points and De'Sean Mattox followed with 14. Michael Crane collected eight rebounds, to lead EOU.
 
The Mountaineers battled and stayed locked in a tight contest for the first half. Mattox gave EOU a one point lead, 17-16, after hitting a three pointer with 14:32 left in the first half. The Vandals responded by going on a 19-3 run to take a 15 point lead.
 
EOU slowly started to mount a comeback in the first half. The Mountaineers held the Vandals scoreless for the final 3:25 of the half, and went on a 7-0 run to trim Idaho's lead to one point, 37-36 at halftime.
 
Idaho responded early in the second half by taking an 11 point lead, 51-40, after a layup by Ty Egbert. EOU continued to battle and trimmed the Vandals lead down to seven points, 59-52, after a three pointer by Crane.
 
EOU could not get closer than seven points the rest of the game and Idaho extended the lead back to 17 points, 74-57, with just over two minutes to go in the game. EOU fell 77-65 to the University of Idaho.
 
Eastern Oregon's next game will be at home on Nov. 28 when they take on Northwest Indian College at 7 p.m