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WATCH: Big Sky men’s semifinal – EWU rips Montana, advances to title game

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In the second semifinal of the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball tournament, No. 2 Eastern Washington ripped No. 6 Montana 78-50 to advance to the championship for the third tourney in a row.

EWU lost to the Grizzlies in consecutive tournament title games but beat UM three times in row this season. Jacob Groves scored 21 points, Tanner Groves added 18 points and the Eagles won going away.

Following the game, EWU head coach Shantay Legans, Tanner Groves (left) and Jacob Groves along with Montana head coach Travis DeCuire and junior Cam Parker addressed the media.

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Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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