2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Anderson, Mack
Jersey Number 23
Mack Anderson
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 225
- Hometown:
- Bozeman, Mont.
- High School:
- Bozeman H.S.
Bio
2022-23 (5th Year): Anderson tied Montana’s program record for games played with 134 career appearances… appeared in 25 games, making three starts… averaged 12.0 minutes per game… averaged 1.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game… averaged 10.0 rebounds per 40 minutes… had his best performance of the season on the road against Northern Colorado (1/7), scoring 15 points and pulling down eight rebounds, both season highs… shot 5-of-6 from the floor in the road win against the Bears in 21 minutes… started the rivalry game against Montana State, scoring two points and grabbing seven rebounds… multiple rebounds in 12 games… ranked fourth on the team with 11 blocks… started the season with at least one block in six of the first eight games… had six games with at least five rebounds… shot 50 percent from the floor during the season, and made 69.6 percent of his free throws.
2021-22 (Senior): Academic All-Big Sky Conference for the fourth consecutive season… Started all 25 games in which he played in, averaging 15.6 minutes per game… In addition to 3.8 points per game, ranked second on the team for rebounding (3.3 per game), blocked shots (20) and shooting (.523)… Has been praised by Travis DeCuire as Montana’s most-athletic defender, in addition to being the team’s heart and soul… Ranked sixth in the Big Sky with 0.80 blocked shots per game, leading the Griz for blocks in a game a season-high 11 times… Scored a season-high 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting vs. Idaho State (Dec. 30)… Scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting, in addition to a season-high-tying eight rebounds, in a win over Air Force (Dec. 8)… Shot .680 (17-of-25) over a six-game stretch from Dec. 8 through Jan. 1, reaching double figures twice… Secured a team-high eight rebounds at Mississippi State (Nov. 13), one of four games with seven or more boards… Played in his 100th career game at Eastern Washington (Jan. 6)… Finished the 2021-22 season with 41 career starts, including 34 in a row prior to missing the final seven-plus games due to an elbow injury suffered vs. Northern Arizona (Feb. 10); Montana closed the season just 2-6 without Anderson in the lineup.
2020-21 (Junior): Selected as the team's Allan Nielsen Award winner, given annually to the player who best represents Griz basketball... Named Ryan Dick Award winner as the team's most-improved player... Captain's Award... Academic All-Big Sky Conference… Was given an expanded role late in the season and made the most of it, averaging 8.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game over the final seven contests… Had previously scored 44 total points through the first 21 games… Led Montana with 19 blocked shots, an average of one every 16 game minutes… Started 10 games on the season, including the final nine, when he averaged 20.3 minutes per game… Played a career-high 31 minutes at Idaho State (Feb. 25)… Was in double figures for scoring three times, including a career-high 16-point performance in a win over Weber State in the Big Sky quarterfinals (March 11)… Shot 8-of-10 from the floor, in addition to pulling down seven rebounds and blocking three shots, one in the closing seconds of a one-possession game… Scored 15 points in a road win at Idaho State (Feb. 27)… Shot 5-of-6 from the floor, in addition to pulling down six rebounds (four offensive)… Had a breakout series at Sacramento State (Jan. 21-23), scoring 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the series opener (Jan. 21), before totaling a career-high 10 rebounds in the second game (Jan. 23)… Entering that week, he had just 13 points and 18 rebounds on the season, playing more than 10 minutes just once… Shot a team-best .650 from the floor… Led the team with 9.7 rebounds per 40 minutes of action… After shooting .527 from the free-throw line through his first two seasons, converted at a .730 clip as a junior (27-of-37).
2019-20 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in all 31 games, earning six starts… Played 11.3 minutes per game, recording 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per contest while shooting .554 from the field… Added 22 blocked shots (second on the team), eight assists and six steals… Led Montana for blocking a team-high 12 times and rebounding twice… His Big Sky shooting percentage of .660 would have led the league, if he took enough shots to qualify… Did not miss more than three shots in a game once … Six times made four or more field goals in a game… Scored in double figures three times, including back-to-back games (Feb. 6-8), averaging 12.5 points per game on 10-of-15 shooting across those contests… Had at least one block in 16 games, including six in a row from Feb. 13-March 5… Secured multiple rebounds in five straight games from Jan. 25-Feb. 8… Scored a career-high 15 points at Idaho (Feb. 8), including 11 Griz points in a row to turn a second-half deficit into a permanent lead... Shot 6-of-8 while pulling down four rebounds in the win... Scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting at Weber State (Jan. 25), while playing a career-high 27 minutes... Made all five shots vs. Portland State (Jan. 13), scoring 10 points, including eight consecutive in the second half... Added two blocked shots... Scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting at Eastern Washington (Jan. 9), scoring six straight Griz points in the second half... Had a team-high and career-best seven rebounds at Stanford (Nov. 6), also scoring nine points and blocking two shots… Started the season making eight shots in his first 15 games (1.5 points per game on .320 shooting), before finding his form in early January… Earned starts in Montana’s first four games (Nov. 6-18), the first of his career.
2018-19 (Freshman): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 28 of 35 games, including the final 15… Became the first Montana native to play for the Griz as a true freshman since Mike Chavez in 2002-03… After beginning the season with three freshman post players, he asserted himself as the top one, averaging 8.5 minutes per game as one of the main rotation players off the bench… Averaged 4.7 points and 1.6 rebounds per game while shooting .659 from the floor (27-of-41)… Added five blocked shots… In the Big Sky quarterfinals vs. Sacramento State (March 14), played 18 minutes and scored six points while pulling down a career-high-tying five boards… Scored a career-best 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting while logging 22 minutes in a win at Idaho State (Feb. 16)… Saw seven minutes of action in a win over Idaho (Feb. 7), recording a career-high five rebounds, in addition to five points scored… In his return to his hometown of Bozeman (at Montana State, Feb. 2), scored four points within 20 seconds of checking in, including an alley-oop dunk… Was expected to redshirt, but instead made his collegiate debut vs. Incarnate Word (Nov. 16), during the third game of the season… Scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting.
High School: Is a 2018 graduate of Bozeman High School in Montana… Earned numerous all-state honors as a senior, including being named to USA Today’s All-USA Montana Boys Basketball First Team… Averaged 16.6 points, 12.9 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game as a senior… His rebounding and blocking numbers led the state (AA level), while his scoring average ranked in the top 10… Helped his school to three consecutive state title appearances… In 2018, he averaged 19.7 points per game in the state tournament, including a put-back dunk in the closing seconds to send the Hawks to the state title game, and 20 points and 12 boards in the championship game… Competed in the Montana-Wyoming All-Star Basketball Series, where he led all Montana players with 16 points… As a junior averaged 2.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per contest in a reserve role, and ranked fifth in the state for scoring efficiency, averaging 1.72 points per field-goal attempt.
Personal: Born in Fort Collins, Colorado... Raised in Bozeman, Montana... Parents are Zack and Casey Anderson... Has an older sister, Bobbi... Committed to Montana over reported offers from Air Force and Montana State, in addition to interest from Boise State, Denver and Washington State, among others… Earned his undergraduate degree in business administration in May 2022.
2021-22 (Senior): Academic All-Big Sky Conference for the fourth consecutive season… Started all 25 games in which he played in, averaging 15.6 minutes per game… In addition to 3.8 points per game, ranked second on the team for rebounding (3.3 per game), blocked shots (20) and shooting (.523)… Has been praised by Travis DeCuire as Montana’s most-athletic defender, in addition to being the team’s heart and soul… Ranked sixth in the Big Sky with 0.80 blocked shots per game, leading the Griz for blocks in a game a season-high 11 times… Scored a season-high 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting vs. Idaho State (Dec. 30)… Scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting, in addition to a season-high-tying eight rebounds, in a win over Air Force (Dec. 8)… Shot .680 (17-of-25) over a six-game stretch from Dec. 8 through Jan. 1, reaching double figures twice… Secured a team-high eight rebounds at Mississippi State (Nov. 13), one of four games with seven or more boards… Played in his 100th career game at Eastern Washington (Jan. 6)… Finished the 2021-22 season with 41 career starts, including 34 in a row prior to missing the final seven-plus games due to an elbow injury suffered vs. Northern Arizona (Feb. 10); Montana closed the season just 2-6 without Anderson in the lineup.
2020-21 (Junior): Selected as the team's Allan Nielsen Award winner, given annually to the player who best represents Griz basketball... Named Ryan Dick Award winner as the team's most-improved player... Captain's Award... Academic All-Big Sky Conference… Was given an expanded role late in the season and made the most of it, averaging 8.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game over the final seven contests… Had previously scored 44 total points through the first 21 games… Led Montana with 19 blocked shots, an average of one every 16 game minutes… Started 10 games on the season, including the final nine, when he averaged 20.3 minutes per game… Played a career-high 31 minutes at Idaho State (Feb. 25)… Was in double figures for scoring three times, including a career-high 16-point performance in a win over Weber State in the Big Sky quarterfinals (March 11)… Shot 8-of-10 from the floor, in addition to pulling down seven rebounds and blocking three shots, one in the closing seconds of a one-possession game… Scored 15 points in a road win at Idaho State (Feb. 27)… Shot 5-of-6 from the floor, in addition to pulling down six rebounds (four offensive)… Had a breakout series at Sacramento State (Jan. 21-23), scoring 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the series opener (Jan. 21), before totaling a career-high 10 rebounds in the second game (Jan. 23)… Entering that week, he had just 13 points and 18 rebounds on the season, playing more than 10 minutes just once… Shot a team-best .650 from the floor… Led the team with 9.7 rebounds per 40 minutes of action… After shooting .527 from the free-throw line through his first two seasons, converted at a .730 clip as a junior (27-of-37).
2019-20 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in all 31 games, earning six starts… Played 11.3 minutes per game, recording 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per contest while shooting .554 from the field… Added 22 blocked shots (second on the team), eight assists and six steals… Led Montana for blocking a team-high 12 times and rebounding twice… His Big Sky shooting percentage of .660 would have led the league, if he took enough shots to qualify… Did not miss more than three shots in a game once … Six times made four or more field goals in a game… Scored in double figures three times, including back-to-back games (Feb. 6-8), averaging 12.5 points per game on 10-of-15 shooting across those contests… Had at least one block in 16 games, including six in a row from Feb. 13-March 5… Secured multiple rebounds in five straight games from Jan. 25-Feb. 8… Scored a career-high 15 points at Idaho (Feb. 8), including 11 Griz points in a row to turn a second-half deficit into a permanent lead... Shot 6-of-8 while pulling down four rebounds in the win... Scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting at Weber State (Jan. 25), while playing a career-high 27 minutes... Made all five shots vs. Portland State (Jan. 13), scoring 10 points, including eight consecutive in the second half... Added two blocked shots... Scored eight points on 4-of-5 shooting at Eastern Washington (Jan. 9), scoring six straight Griz points in the second half... Had a team-high and career-best seven rebounds at Stanford (Nov. 6), also scoring nine points and blocking two shots… Started the season making eight shots in his first 15 games (1.5 points per game on .320 shooting), before finding his form in early January… Earned starts in Montana’s first four games (Nov. 6-18), the first of his career.
2018-19 (Freshman): Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 28 of 35 games, including the final 15… Became the first Montana native to play for the Griz as a true freshman since Mike Chavez in 2002-03… After beginning the season with three freshman post players, he asserted himself as the top one, averaging 8.5 minutes per game as one of the main rotation players off the bench… Averaged 4.7 points and 1.6 rebounds per game while shooting .659 from the floor (27-of-41)… Added five blocked shots… In the Big Sky quarterfinals vs. Sacramento State (March 14), played 18 minutes and scored six points while pulling down a career-high-tying five boards… Scored a career-best 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting while logging 22 minutes in a win at Idaho State (Feb. 16)… Saw seven minutes of action in a win over Idaho (Feb. 7), recording a career-high five rebounds, in addition to five points scored… In his return to his hometown of Bozeman (at Montana State, Feb. 2), scored four points within 20 seconds of checking in, including an alley-oop dunk… Was expected to redshirt, but instead made his collegiate debut vs. Incarnate Word (Nov. 16), during the third game of the season… Scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting.
High School: Is a 2018 graduate of Bozeman High School in Montana… Earned numerous all-state honors as a senior, including being named to USA Today’s All-USA Montana Boys Basketball First Team… Averaged 16.6 points, 12.9 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game as a senior… His rebounding and blocking numbers led the state (AA level), while his scoring average ranked in the top 10… Helped his school to three consecutive state title appearances… In 2018, he averaged 19.7 points per game in the state tournament, including a put-back dunk in the closing seconds to send the Hawks to the state title game, and 20 points and 12 boards in the championship game… Competed in the Montana-Wyoming All-Star Basketball Series, where he led all Montana players with 16 points… As a junior averaged 2.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per contest in a reserve role, and ranked fifth in the state for scoring efficiency, averaging 1.72 points per field-goal attempt.
Personal: Born in Fort Collins, Colorado... Raised in Bozeman, Montana... Parents are Zack and Casey Anderson... Has an older sister, Bobbi... Committed to Montana over reported offers from Air Force and Montana State, in addition to interest from Boise State, Denver and Washington State, among others… Earned his undergraduate degree in business administration in May 2022.
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