MSU vs. Ukraine Game Notes
11/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MONTANA STATE (0-0) vs. MBC Nikolaev (Ukraine)
Montana State’s exhibition season ends Friday with a familiar foe, by exhibition standards, at least. The ‘Cats host MBC Nikolaev, a Ukrainian team comprised of players from ages 15 to 33. This squad beat the Bobcats 91-85 three seasons ago, with holdovers Oleksandr Chausov (24 points) and Oleksandr Rayevskyy (29 points) leading the team in that 2000 contest. NEXT UP: MSU plays Quinnipiac at Miami on Friday, Nov. 21.in Florida International’s tourney.
GAME FACTS
TIPOFF 7:05 pm MST
SITE Bozeman, MT
ARENA Worthington Arena
RADIO Bobcat Radio Network
(Kris Atteberry)
TELEVISION none
HIGHLIGHTS
l The Ukrainian squad includes five players that faced the Bobcats three seasons ago, while MSU has only two players (Danny Faaborg and Jason Erickson) back from that team
l Oleksandr Rayevskyy and Evgen Podorvannyy play for the Ukrainian National Team
STREAKS
l MSU has won five straight exhibition games
NOTEWORTHY
l MSU coach Mick Durham plans to redshirt only freshman guard Casey Durham entering the season
l Jason Erickson was Big Sky MVP and AP Honorable Mention All-America as a sophomore, but played last year with a broken wrist
l Four of Montana State’s five projected starters for Monday night have started games at MSU previously
The Bobcats Ukraine
‘03-04 RECORD 0-0 NA
Home/Road/Neu 0-0/0-0/0-0 NA
Conf./Record Big Sky/0-0 NA
HEAD COACH Mick Durham Valentin Berestnyev
Alma Mater MSU/’80 NA
Overall/Years 203-171/14th NA
At School/Years same NA
vs Opponent vs. SFU: 6-0 vs. MSU: 1-0
6-0/0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0/0-0
SCHOOL INFO
Colors Blue, gold NA
Location Bozeman, MT Burnaby, BC
Enrollment 12,000 NA
Arena Worthington NA
SERIES CAPSULES
MSU vs. Ukraine 0-0 (0-0/0-0/0-0)
PROJECTED MSU STARTERS Ht Wt Cl Pt Re A/B/S
F #33-Danny Faaborg 6-5 200 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
F #4-Calvin Ento 6-7 215 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
C #52-Matt Towsley 7-0 255 Jr 0.0 0.0 0.0
G #11-Frank Brown 6-2 160 So 0.0 0.0 0.0
G #10-Jason Erickson 6-3 185 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
BOBCAT RESERVES
#3-Nick Dissly 6-4 205 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#5-Dennis Woodall 6-5 225 Jr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#20-Carson Durr 6-6 200 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#22-Wes Morales 6-5 190 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#23-Marcus Clift 6-2 175 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#24-Josh Barsh 6-3 195 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#30-PJ Owsley 6-8 210 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#50-Martrel Johnson 6-5 225 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
*-has used redshirt season +-transferred to MSU
Montana State’s exhibition season ends Friday with a familiar foe, by exhibition standards, at least. The ‘Cats host MBC Nikolaev, a Ukrainian team comprised of players from ages 15 to 33. This squad beat the Bobcats 91-85 three seasons ago, with holdovers Oleksandr Chausov (24 points) and Oleksandr Rayevskyy (29 points) leading the team in that 2000 contest. NEXT UP: MSU plays Quinnipiac at Miami on Friday, Nov. 21.in Florida International’s tourney.
GAME FACTS
TIPOFF 7:05 pm MST
SITE Bozeman, MT
ARENA Worthington Arena
RADIO Bobcat Radio Network
(Kris Atteberry)
TELEVISION none
HIGHLIGHTS
l The Ukrainian squad includes five players that faced the Bobcats three seasons ago, while MSU has only two players (Danny Faaborg and Jason Erickson) back from that team
l Oleksandr Rayevskyy and Evgen Podorvannyy play for the Ukrainian National Team
STREAKS
l MSU has won five straight exhibition games
NOTEWORTHY
l MSU coach Mick Durham plans to redshirt only freshman guard Casey Durham entering the season
l Jason Erickson was Big Sky MVP and AP Honorable Mention All-America as a sophomore, but played last year with a broken wrist
l Four of Montana State’s five projected starters for Monday night have started games at MSU previously
The Bobcats Ukraine
‘03-04 RECORD 0-0 NA
Home/Road/Neu 0-0/0-0/0-0 NA
Conf./Record Big Sky/0-0 NA
HEAD COACH Mick Durham Valentin Berestnyev
Alma Mater MSU/’80 NA
Overall/Years 203-171/14th NA
At School/Years same NA
vs Opponent vs. SFU: 6-0 vs. MSU: 1-0
6-0/0-0/0-0 1-0/0-0/0-0
SCHOOL INFO
Colors Blue, gold NA
Location Bozeman, MT Burnaby, BC
Enrollment 12,000 NA
Arena Worthington NA
SERIES CAPSULES
MSU vs. Ukraine 0-0 (0-0/0-0/0-0)
PROJECTED MSU STARTERS Ht Wt Cl Pt Re A/B/S
F #33-Danny Faaborg 6-5 200 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
F #4-Calvin Ento 6-7 215 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
C #52-Matt Towsley 7-0 255 Jr 0.0 0.0 0.0
G #11-Frank Brown 6-2 160 So 0.0 0.0 0.0
G #10-Jason Erickson 6-3 185 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
BOBCAT RESERVES
#3-Nick Dissly 6-4 205 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#5-Dennis Woodall 6-5 225 Jr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#20-Carson Durr 6-6 200 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#22-Wes Morales 6-5 190 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#23-Marcus Clift 6-2 175 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#24-Josh Barsh 6-3 195 Sr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#30-PJ Owsley 6-8 210 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
#50-Martrel Johnson 6-5 225 Fr 0.0 0.0 0.0
*-has used redshirt season +-transferred to MSU
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