SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP

Eastern Washington 87, Cal State Northridge 80--The Eagles (12-9, 6-5) beat the Matadors (8-13, 4-7) at their own up-tempo, full-contact game at Northridge.

Northridge was coming off its most impressive performance--an 87-78 victory at Montana State. But Northridge came out cold in the second half and did not make a field goal until a 39-38 Eastern Washington lead had grown to 54-41 with 13:45 to play.

Carl Holmes made the Matadors’ first field goal of the half 10 seconds later, but Eastern Washington (12-9, 6-5) made several fast-break baskets in building a 76-59 lead with five minutes left.

Karim Scott, Eastern Washington’s leading scorer, scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half after playing only seven minutes in the first half because of foul trouble.

Scott made eight of 11 shots and guard Deon Williams made seven of 13 to pace Eastern Washington’s 54.7% shooting.