Eastern Washington 76, Cal Poly-SLO 62

Freshman guard scored 18 of his game-high 24 points in the second half as Eastern Washington held off Cal Poly-SLO 76-62 in a non-conference basketball game Friday.

Stuckey, who is averaging nearly 20 points per game, had seven steals, seven assists and no turnovers for the Eagles (5-5), who pulled away from the Mustangs (2-7) with a 15-3 second-half run to turn a 50-all tie into a 65-53 lead.

Five EWU players scored during the spurt, capped by Paul Butorac's dunk off a lob pass from Stuckey with 3:55 left.

Cal Poly had rallied from a 36-25 deficit early in the second half behind Tyler McGinn, who scored seven of his team-high 18 points during that stretch. McGinn finished 8 of 11 from the floor.

Butorac had 16 points including four dunks and seven rebounds for EWU, which shot 63 percent from the floor in the second half. The Eagles held Cal Poly to 33 percent shooting in the first half and 40 percent for the game.

Kellen Williams chipped in seven points and eight rebounds and Matt Penoncello four steals for Eastern, which committed a season-low 12 turnovers.

Dawin Whiten, Clayton Osborn and Chaz Thomas each scored eight for Cal Poly.