Montana struggled to find much flow or rhythm for much of the night at Idaho Central Arena and saw its bid for a second straight trip to the NCAA tournament fall short.

Kolton Mitchell had 26 points in Idaho's 81-68 victory over Eastern Washington on Tuesday night in the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

Montana makes 49.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.0 percentage points higher than Idaho has allowed to its opponents (43.2%).