Eagles fall behind big, but second-half rally falls short in opener
Eastern Washington's Venky Jois battles a Georgetown player for the ball in last Thursday's 84-74 loss in the opening round of the NCAA basketball tournament at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. After falling behind by 23 points at one point, the Eagles rallied to once close to within seven points late in the game.
In Eastern Washington's first return trip to the NCAA Tournament, they ran out of that prescription of rally pills.
Or, perhaps, in last Thursday's opening round 84-74 loss to the No. 4 seeded and 22nd ranked giant Georgetown Hoyas, the 13th-seeded Eagles needed a stronger version in front of 14,279 at Portland's Moda Center.
To get to their first NCAA appearance since 2004, the Eagles had a number of big-time come-from-behind victories along the way, most recently, their Big Sky Conference tournament title-clinching 69-65 win at Montana.
The 23-point deficit Eastern faced with 13 minutes, 27...
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