Montana hosts league co-leader PSU
1/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
THE GAME: The University of Montana Grizzlies (5-3/11-9) begin the second half of their Big Sky Conference season by hosting the league???s co-leader, the Portland State Vikings (6-1/15-5), Thursday, Jan. 29th, with tip-off slated at 7:05 p.m. (Mountain Time) in UM???s Dahlberg Arena (7,321).
RADIO/TV: Veteran Mick Holien calls the play-by-play action and Greg Sundberg provides color commentary on UM???s flagship station, KXGZ-FM (101.5) of Missoula. There is no TV coverage, but the game may be watched for free on bigskytv.org.
NEXT?: Montana hosts Eastern Washington on Saturday, Jan. 31st in a 7:05 p.m. game.
CAPSULES OF MONTANA???S LAST TWO GAMES:
AT MONTANA 68, NORTHERN COLORADO 59: Anthony Johnson and Jordan Hasquet combined for 31 points to lead the Grizzlies. The Griz jumped to a early 5-2 lead on a three-pointer by Ryan Staudacher and led the rest of the way. UM had a 21-point lead (65-44) with 3:15 left to play, but UNC closed the gap to seven points when Chris Kaba made a three-pointer with 25 seconds to go, making the score 66-59. Johnson had a game-high 18 points, while Hasquet had 13. UM???s Jack McGillis grabbed a game and career-high 8 rebounds, while Hasquet and Kyle Sharp pulled down 7 boards each. UNC was led by forward Jabril Banks with 17 points and 7 rebounds and Kaba with 14 points.
MONTANA 63, at EASTERN WASHINGTON 50: Johnson had a game-high 21 points. Staudacher???s three-pointer at the 13:32 mark in the first half gave Montana a 10-9 lead), which it never relinquished. Griz sophomore center Brian Qvale scored 10 points and grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds. EWU was led by guard Benny Valentine with 15 points, and forward Mark Dunn added 14.
HASQUET MOVES UP ON CAREER SCORING LIST: With his 13 points against UNC, Hasquet now has 1,295 career points, moving him up to eighth all-time at Montana. He passed Derrick Pope (1,289 points, 1980-83) and Shawn Samuelson (1,293 points, 1993-96).
MONTANA GRIZZLIES (5-3/11-9) PPG RPG MISC. NOTES
F-2-Jordan Hasquet, 6-9, 245, Sr., 2V 10.9 5.9 5th in the Sky in rebounding
F-40-Kyle Sharp, 6-7, 220, Sr., 3V 5.3 4.1 18th in the league in rebs.
F-44-Jack McGillis, 6-6, 215, Jr., TR/RS 8.6 3.2 8 rebounds in UNC win
G-3- Ryan Staudacher, 6-4, 205, Jr., 2V 8.5 1.4 5x9 treys last 2 games
G-23-Anthony Johnson, 6-2, 195, Jr., JC 16.2 2.7 Averages 22.0 ppg in Big Sky
6-41-Brian Qvale, C, 6-11, 255, So., 1V 6.0 5.3 15/16//3 blks in last 2 games
6-13-Michael Taylor, G, 6-4 190, So,.TR/RS 3.4 1.1 31 points last 5 games
6-24-Derek Selvig, F-C, 7-0, 225, Fr., HS/RS 3.2 2.6 6 boards at EWU
Head Coach: Wayne Tinkle (42-40, 3rd year at UM)
FIRST MEETING (Dec. 20): at Portland State 72, Montana 45: Johnson led the Griz with 15 points going 7-of-10 from the field, but the the rest of the team shot just 25% (9-of-36), and Montana lost its Big Sky opener. It took Montana nearly four minutes to score their first points as PSU took a 10-0 lead. PSU extended its Big Sky winning streak to 15 games.
PSU VIKINGS (6-1/15-5) PPG RPG MISC. NOTES
F-14-Kyle Coston, 6-8, 210, Jr., 2V 6.4 3.8 two-year starter
F-21-Phil Nelson, 6-7, 220, So., RS/TR 12.5 3.5 22 points in EWU win
F-44-Jamie Jones, 6-7, 215, Jr., RS/TR 9.2 5.7 7th (tie) in Sky in rebs.
G-3-Andre Murray, 6-2, 200, Sr., 1V 10.9 4.0 4th PSU double-fig. scorer
G-10-Jeremiah Dominguez, 5-6, 150, Sr., 1V 12.0 2.7 43.2% 3-pt. shooter
6-1-Julius Thomas, F, 6-5, 220, Jr., 2V 6.2 5.4 10th in Sky in rebs.
6-11-Dominic Waters, G, 6-1, 170, Jr., RS/TR 12.3 2.4 PSU???s 2nd leading scorer
Head Coach: Ken Bone (69-44/4th year at PSU)
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