Both Eastern men's, women's basketball must fill big holes

Both the Eastern Washington men's and women's basketball teams have big shoes and roles to fill. Each needs to replace their program's all-time leading scorer.

For the Eagle men that is Bogdan Bliznyuk who was the league MVP and an honorable All-American selection last season, finishing with 2,169 points in his career. Bliznyuk set the record that was held for just one year by Venky Jois.

There will not be a player with the last name of Hodgins on the Eagles' roster for the first time since the 2010-11 season for the EWU women. Hayley Hodgins played from 2011 to 2015 and set the then all-time...