MSU Game Notes at Portland State
12/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MONTANA ST. (4-10/1-0) at Portland State (9-5/0-1)
The sun sets on Montana State’s tumultuous 2006 on Saturday, with the Bobcats on the up-tick. MSU heads to Portland to close a calendar year that saw the program finish .500 and lose in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament, change head coaches for the first time in nearly two decades, withstand a 3-10 non-conference season to open the Brad Huse era, then suffer through the loss of a beloved former player in Al Beye, but the ‘Cats head west fresh off a league road win over Eastern Washington. MSU is 1-0 in Big Sky play for the seventh straight season.
GAME FACTS
Montana State at Portland State
DATE: December 30, 2006
TIPOFF: 8:05 pm MST
SITE: Portland, OR
ARENA: Stott Center
RADIO: Bobcat Netw’k (Kris Atteberry)
TV: none
HIGHLIGHTS
* MSU has entered five of the previous 10 previous seasons with a record of .500 or lower five times, and posted winning conference records four times
* The Bobcats own a +2.5 rebound margin in road games
* MSU averages 10.6 three-pointers a game in the last five outings
STREAKS
* Montana State has won its last seven Big Sky openers
* The Bobcats have won their first league road game in the last three straight seasons
* MSU has held five straight opponents to less than 50% shooting, the longest such streak of the season
* The Cats have hit double-digit three-pointers in three straight, and have nailed at least six in the last six games
NOTEWORTHY
* MSU’s 15 treys against Great Falls set a new school record
* The Bobcats out-shot their opponents from the field in each the team’s four wins
Last Time Out
Carlos Taylor nailed a 25-footer at the buzzer to lift Montana State to a hard-fought, well-earned 82-79 win at Eastern Washington. Nick Dissly posted his third career double-double, with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Bobcats withstood Eastern’s unbelievable free throw advantage of 34 (21 made) to 16 (9 made).
Three After Three
MSU has hit at least one three-pointer in the last 367 games. From 1986 to late ‘92-93 MSU rolled up 197 straight games with a trey, giving MSU at least one three in 564 of the last 565 games.
Bombin’
Although Brad Huse has made it clear that his teams won’t rely on three-point field goals to a degree that makes it a one-dimensional outfit, the Bobcats have shown flashes of proficiency from behind the arc. In fact, the Bobcats nailed a school-record 15 triples against Great Falls and stands second in the Big Sky with 7.54 three-pointers a game despite shooting 33% from beyond the arc, seventh in the converence.
Glasswork
Montana State’s rebounding work stands as perhaps the team’s most pleasant surprise this season. MSU averages 36.4 boards a game, fourth in the league, but is tied for the Big Sky lead in rebound margin at +2.8 with NAU.
The Glass Master
Much of MSU’s rebounding resurgence is due to the play of Ted Morris, who is third in the Big Sky with 8.1 rebounds a game, just behind conference leaders Paul Butorac (EWU) and Ruben Boykin (NAU), who average 8.4 a game.
Triple Threats
Two of MSU’s three in-state starters are moving up the school’s three-point charts. Senior Nick Dissly has 130 three-pointers in his career, ninth in school history, while junior Casey Durham has 103 treys, 19 from wiping Johnny Mack from that list.
Stalking 1,000
Nick Dissly continues a pace that will move him well into MSU’s 1,000-Point Club. At his current rate of 15 points a game, Dissly would finish with just over 1,100 career points. That wouldn’t crack the school’s top 20 list in that category, but it would grab for him the honor as MSU’s most productive scorer ever from Bozeman. He currently has 891 points
First-Year Facts
Brad Huse is working against history during his first season as MSU’s head coach. Since 1960, only two of the school’s seven head coaches posted a winning mark in his first season... Huse is the third straight Bobcat basketball coach to have prevously served as an MSU assistant... MSU has now been coached by a native Montanan for 17 straight years.
BOBCAT RESULTS
N10 at Utah Valley L 37-69
N13 UC Santa Barbara L 56-88
N17 at Portland L 53-59
N19 at Idaho W 72-65
N22 UM Western W 84-59
N26 Oregon State L 63-72
N29 at Fresno State L 41-80
D2 Wyoming at Billings L 62-73
D6 Boise State L 69-64
D9 Fresno State L 77-82 OT
D16 Utah Valley State L 53-60
D18 Great Falls W 97-52
D22 at South Dakota State L 62-65
D28 *at Eastern Washington W 82-79
D30 *at Portland State
J6 *at Weber State
J13 *at Montana
J18 *Weber State
J20 *Idaho State
J25 *at Northern Colorado
J27 *at Northern Arizona
F1 *Eastern Washington
F3 *Portland State
F8 *Sacramento State
F10 *Montana
F14 *at Sacramento State
F21 *Northern Colorado
F25 *Northern Arizona
F27 *at Idaho State
The sun sets on Montana State’s tumultuous 2006 on Saturday, with the Bobcats on the up-tick. MSU heads to Portland to close a calendar year that saw the program finish .500 and lose in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament, change head coaches for the first time in nearly two decades, withstand a 3-10 non-conference season to open the Brad Huse era, then suffer through the loss of a beloved former player in Al Beye, but the ‘Cats head west fresh off a league road win over Eastern Washington. MSU is 1-0 in Big Sky play for the seventh straight season.
GAME FACTS
Montana State at Portland State
DATE: December 30, 2006
TIPOFF: 8:05 pm MST
SITE: Portland, OR
ARENA: Stott Center
RADIO: Bobcat Netw’k (Kris Atteberry)
TV: none
HIGHLIGHTS
* MSU has entered five of the previous 10 previous seasons with a record of .500 or lower five times, and posted winning conference records four times
* The Bobcats own a +2.5 rebound margin in road games
* MSU averages 10.6 three-pointers a game in the last five outings
STREAKS
* Montana State has won its last seven Big Sky openers
* The Bobcats have won their first league road game in the last three straight seasons
* MSU has held five straight opponents to less than 50% shooting, the longest such streak of the season
* The Cats have hit double-digit three-pointers in three straight, and have nailed at least six in the last six games
NOTEWORTHY
* MSU’s 15 treys against Great Falls set a new school record
* The Bobcats out-shot their opponents from the field in each the team’s four wins
Last Time Out
Carlos Taylor nailed a 25-footer at the buzzer to lift Montana State to a hard-fought, well-earned 82-79 win at Eastern Washington. Nick Dissly posted his third career double-double, with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Bobcats withstood Eastern’s unbelievable free throw advantage of 34 (21 made) to 16 (9 made).
Three After Three
MSU has hit at least one three-pointer in the last 367 games. From 1986 to late ‘92-93 MSU rolled up 197 straight games with a trey, giving MSU at least one three in 564 of the last 565 games.
Bombin’
Although Brad Huse has made it clear that his teams won’t rely on three-point field goals to a degree that makes it a one-dimensional outfit, the Bobcats have shown flashes of proficiency from behind the arc. In fact, the Bobcats nailed a school-record 15 triples against Great Falls and stands second in the Big Sky with 7.54 three-pointers a game despite shooting 33% from beyond the arc, seventh in the converence.
Glasswork
Montana State’s rebounding work stands as perhaps the team’s most pleasant surprise this season. MSU averages 36.4 boards a game, fourth in the league, but is tied for the Big Sky lead in rebound margin at +2.8 with NAU.
The Glass Master
Much of MSU’s rebounding resurgence is due to the play of Ted Morris, who is third in the Big Sky with 8.1 rebounds a game, just behind conference leaders Paul Butorac (EWU) and Ruben Boykin (NAU), who average 8.4 a game.
Triple Threats
Two of MSU’s three in-state starters are moving up the school’s three-point charts. Senior Nick Dissly has 130 three-pointers in his career, ninth in school history, while junior Casey Durham has 103 treys, 19 from wiping Johnny Mack from that list.
Stalking 1,000
Nick Dissly continues a pace that will move him well into MSU’s 1,000-Point Club. At his current rate of 15 points a game, Dissly would finish with just over 1,100 career points. That wouldn’t crack the school’s top 20 list in that category, but it would grab for him the honor as MSU’s most productive scorer ever from Bozeman. He currently has 891 points
First-Year Facts
Brad Huse is working against history during his first season as MSU’s head coach. Since 1960, only two of the school’s seven head coaches posted a winning mark in his first season... Huse is the third straight Bobcat basketball coach to have prevously served as an MSU assistant... MSU has now been coached by a native Montanan for 17 straight years.
BOBCAT RESULTS
N10 at Utah Valley L 37-69
N13 UC Santa Barbara L 56-88
N17 at Portland L 53-59
N19 at Idaho W 72-65
N22 UM Western W 84-59
N26 Oregon State L 63-72
N29 at Fresno State L 41-80
D2 Wyoming at Billings L 62-73
D6 Boise State L 69-64
D9 Fresno State L 77-82 OT
D16 Utah Valley State L 53-60
D18 Great Falls W 97-52
D22 at South Dakota State L 62-65
D28 *at Eastern Washington W 82-79
D30 *at Portland State
J6 *at Weber State
J13 *at Montana
J18 *Weber State
J20 *Idaho State
J25 *at Northern Colorado
J27 *at Northern Arizona
F1 *Eastern Washington
F3 *Portland State
F8 *Sacramento State
F10 *Montana
F14 *at Sacramento State
F21 *Northern Colorado
F25 *Northern Arizona
F27 *at Idaho State
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