Idaho hosts Lehigh in the second-round FCS playoff game

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The eighth-seeded Idaho Vandals host Lehigh in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome in Moscow.

The Mountain Hawks (9-3) will travel to Moscow on Saturday following their surprising 20-16 win over No. 9 Richmond, while the Vandalls will take the field after a first-round bye.

The winner of Idaho-Lehigh will face the winner of No. 1 Montana State-UT Martin. If the Vandals win and UT Martin pulls off the upset, a second playoff game would be held at the Kibbie Dome, but if Idaho and the Big Sky Champion Bobcats win, the Vandals would be playing Bozeman for the second time this season after their loss to Montana State 38-7 on October 12th.

“I’m really looking forward to our third home game here in December in the last two years,” Idaho coach Jason Eck said. “I’m excited for the opportunity to play against a good Lehigh team.”

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLWashington State 68, Nevada 57

RENO – Washington State’s Isaiah and LeJuan Watts combined for 30 points and the Cougars held off Nevada in a non-conference road contest on Monday.

Isaiah Watts had 17 points, LeJuan Watts, unrelated, added 13 and the Cougars (7-2) defeated a Wolf Pack (6-2) team that was undefeated at home entering the game.

The victory was a “Quad 1” victory on day one of the 2024-25 NCAA NET Rankings for the Cougs.

Isaiah Watts hit five 3-pointers in the second half and LeJuan Watts led the team with nine rebounds. Nate Calmese and Ethan Price joined the pair in double figures with 10 points each.

Kobe Sanders led Nevada with 14 points.

The turning point came with the score tied at 13-13 with nine minutes left in the first half, when Washington State went on an 18-8 run to gain a lead that it held for the rest of the game.

WASHINGTON ST. (7-2)

Erikstrup 1-6 0-0 2, Price 4-14 1-2 10, L.Watts 5-8 2-3 13, Calmese 4-12 0-0 10, I.Watts 6-10 0-0 17, Thrastarson 1-3 0-0 3, Okafor 1-3 1-2 3, Gerrits 1-1 0-0 2, Vavers 2-3 2-2 8. Total 25-60 6-9 68.

NEVADA (6-2)

T. Coleman 1-4 0-0 2, Davidson 2-8 2-4 6, Love 1-3 0-0 2, DuSell 1-8 0-0 3, Sanders 4-6 5-7 14, Rolison 3- 7 0-0 7, Foster 1-2 0-0 2, McBride 5-12 0-0 11, Bailey 3-3 2-2 8, Hymes 1-4 0-0 2nd total 22-57 9-13 57.

Halftime – Washington St. 31-21. 3-point goals – Washington St. 12-29 (I.Watts 5-8, Vavers 2-3, Calmese 2-6, L.Watts 1-1, Thrastarson 1-3, Price 1-4, Erikstrup 0- 4 ), Nevada 4-20 (McBride 1-2, Rolison 1-2, Sanders 1-2, DuSell 1-8, T. Coleman 0-2, Davidson 0-4). Fouled_Erikstrup. Rebounding – Washington St. 34 (L.Watts 9), Nevada 29 (Davidson 8). Assists – Washington St. 19 (Calmese 7), Nevada 11 (Sanders 4). Total Fouls – Washington St. 17, Nevada 13. A – 7,748 (11,536).

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALLWSU gets NIVC spot

Washington State has secured a spot in the National Volleyball Invitational Tournament and will face Utah Valley on Thursday at 3 p.m. on the University of Wyoming campus, it was announced Sunday.

WSU coach Korey Schroeder maintained the Cougars’ nine-year postseason streak with a 16-11 record in his first year at the helm and the Cougars’ first appearance in the West Coast Conference after former coach Jen Greeny moved to the same position moved to West Virginia.

WSU replaced the architect of eight consecutive NCAA Tournament teams with Schroeder, an assistant coach on last year’s Round of 16 tournament team.

The Cougars retained five players from last year’s team, including senior Katy Ryan, an all-conference first-team selection, and redshirt freshman Lucie Blažková, an all-conference second-team and freshman team selection.