Bobcats Head to Missoula
1/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Bobcats put the wraps on their difficult, extended five-game road swing this weekend, traveling to Missoula to meet Montana on Saturday at 7:05 pm. The Grizzlies, selected by most to win the Big Sky this year, endured a three-game road trip to open league play that mirrored MSU’s, as the Grizzlies won their Big Sky opener at Portland State before dropping two straight road games (at Eastern Washington and Sacramento State). Sensational junior Andrew Strait (16.6 ppg, 2nd in Big Sky) leads a versatile, talented front-line that includes Matt Dlouhy (11.4 ppg) and Jordan Hasquet (10.9).
GAME FACTS
Montana State at Montana
DATE: January 13, 2007
TIPOFF: 7:05 pm MST
SITE: Missoula, MT
ARENA: Dahlberg Arena
RADIO: Bobcat Netw’k (Kris Atteberry)
TV: KPAX-TV
HIGHLIGHTS
* Not since 1974 have the Bobcats opened a Big Sky season with four consecutive road games(MSU lost at BSU and ISU that year, beating Gonzaga and Idaho)
* Montana State shoots 61% from the free throw line in its home games, but 65% away from Worthington Arena
* MSU averages 10.2 three-pointers a game in the last four outings
STREAKS
* MSU has held the opponent to less than 50% shooting in eight straight games, the longest such streak of the season
* Montana State has been out-rebounded in two straight games
* The Bobcats’ string of double-digit three-pointers ended at four games Saturday when MSU hit just four
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
After battling on near-even terms for most of the night, Weber State pulled away from MSU late for an 84-63 win in Ogden on Saturday. Weber’s David Patten scored 25 points, while Dan Henry added 21. Nick Dissly scored 21 for the Bobcats, who essentially played WSU to a statistical draw in every area except free throws, where the homestanding Wildcats shot 44 to MSU’s 20.
Three After Three
MSU has hit at least one three-pointer in the last 368 games. From 1986 to late ‘92-93 MSU rolled up 197 straight games with a trey, giving MSU at least one three in 565 of the last 566 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 long-range proficiency this season. The Bobcats nailed a school-record 15 triples against Great Falls, and leads the Big Sky with 7.81 three-pointers a game. MSU is eight in the league with a 33% rate from three-point land, but is second in three-point defense (also 33%).
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
MSU slipped to sixth in the league in rebound margin last weekend after Weber State out-rebounded the Bobcats 40-32, but remains just over a half-rebound a game out of second place in that category. Much of MSU’s rebounding resurgence is due to the play of Ted Morris, presently second in the Big Sky with 7.6 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 131 three-pointers in his career, ninth in school history, while junior Casey Durham has 106 treys, 15 short of joining the top 10.
Stalking 1,000
Nick Dissly continues a pace that will move him well into MSU’s 1,000-Point Club. Dissly enters the Weber game with 916 career points, and could finish with just over 1,100 in his career. That wouldn’t crack the school’s top 20 list in scoring, but it would grab for him the honor as MSU’s most productive scorer ever from Bozeman.
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 previously served as an MSU assistant... MSU has now been coached by a native Montanan for 17 straight years.
From Bobcat Coach Brad Huse
On facing Montana: “Ideally this is just another game on the conference schedule, but the fans make it more than that, and that’s what makes it special. My relationship with the University (of Montana) adds another component. I developed relationships with people in the department there and with the coaching staff and players, so there’s emotion riding on it. But we have a job to do this weekend, and it’s a hard task. Montana is a very talented team. I have a good feeling for their personnel and their individual skills, I’m familiar with some of the things they do and some of it’s new, but none of that means that you can stop them. Andrew Strait is a very efficient player, they are balanced. This is all part of what makes this a special game.” On the Bobcats: “I feel good where we’re at right now. It hasn’t translated into as many wins as we’d like, but we played competitively at Portland State and Weber State. We’ll have to deal with the environment Saturday night, I expect it to be fun and challenging. They have a great offensive attack, they work from the inside out, and we’ll have to find a way to slow them down.”
GRIZZLY NOTES
Montana has won three straight in the series, dating to the 2005 Big Sky Tournament semifinal game in Portland... like MSU, the Grizzlies earned a road victory in the league opener at Portland State, but have dropped two straight, losing at Eastern Washington and Sacramento State... Andrew Strait leads the team with 16 points and six rebounds a game, while his front-court mates Matt Dlouhy (12 pts, five rebounds) and Jordan Hasquet (11 points, five rebounds) provide strong support... Montana was picked by most to win the league title after capturing the Big Sky Tournament championship the past two seasons... last spring, after winning the league tourney as the second seed, Montana drilled Nevada in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
GAME FACTS
Montana State at Montana
DATE: January 13, 2007
TIPOFF: 7:05 pm MST
SITE: Missoula, MT
ARENA: Dahlberg Arena
RADIO: Bobcat Netw’k (Kris Atteberry)
TV: KPAX-TV
HIGHLIGHTS
* Not since 1974 have the Bobcats opened a Big Sky season with four consecutive road games(MSU lost at BSU and ISU that year, beating Gonzaga and Idaho)
* Montana State shoots 61% from the free throw line in its home games, but 65% away from Worthington Arena
* MSU averages 10.2 three-pointers a game in the last four outings
STREAKS
* MSU has held the opponent to less than 50% shooting in eight straight games, the longest such streak of the season
* Montana State has been out-rebounded in two straight games
* The Bobcats’ string of double-digit three-pointers ended at four games Saturday when MSU hit just four
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
After battling on near-even terms for most of the night, Weber State pulled away from MSU late for an 84-63 win in Ogden on Saturday. Weber’s David Patten scored 25 points, while Dan Henry added 21. Nick Dissly scored 21 for the Bobcats, who essentially played WSU to a statistical draw in every area except free throws, where the homestanding Wildcats shot 44 to MSU’s 20.
Three After Three
MSU has hit at least one three-pointer in the last 368 games. From 1986 to late ‘92-93 MSU rolled up 197 straight games with a trey, giving MSU at least one three in 565 of the last 566 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 long-range proficiency this season. The Bobcats nailed a school-record 15 triples against Great Falls, and leads the Big Sky with 7.81 three-pointers a game. MSU is eight in the league with a 33% rate from three-point land, but is second in three-point defense (also 33%).
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
MSU slipped to sixth in the league in rebound margin last weekend after Weber State out-rebounded the Bobcats 40-32, but remains just over a half-rebound a game out of second place in that category. Much of MSU’s rebounding resurgence is due to the play of Ted Morris, presently second in the Big Sky with 7.6 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 131 three-pointers in his career, ninth in school history, while junior Casey Durham has 106 treys, 15 short of joining the top 10.
Stalking 1,000
Nick Dissly continues a pace that will move him well into MSU’s 1,000-Point Club. Dissly enters the Weber game with 916 career points, and could finish with just over 1,100 in his career. That wouldn’t crack the school’s top 20 list in scoring, but it would grab for him the honor as MSU’s most productive scorer ever from Bozeman.
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 previously served as an MSU assistant... MSU has now been coached by a native Montanan for 17 straight years.
From Bobcat Coach Brad Huse
On facing Montana: “Ideally this is just another game on the conference schedule, but the fans make it more than that, and that’s what makes it special. My relationship with the University (of Montana) adds another component. I developed relationships with people in the department there and with the coaching staff and players, so there’s emotion riding on it. But we have a job to do this weekend, and it’s a hard task. Montana is a very talented team. I have a good feeling for their personnel and their individual skills, I’m familiar with some of the things they do and some of it’s new, but none of that means that you can stop them. Andrew Strait is a very efficient player, they are balanced. This is all part of what makes this a special game.” On the Bobcats: “I feel good where we’re at right now. It hasn’t translated into as many wins as we’d like, but we played competitively at Portland State and Weber State. We’ll have to deal with the environment Saturday night, I expect it to be fun and challenging. They have a great offensive attack, they work from the inside out, and we’ll have to find a way to slow them down.”
GRIZZLY NOTES
Montana has won three straight in the series, dating to the 2005 Big Sky Tournament semifinal game in Portland... like MSU, the Grizzlies earned a road victory in the league opener at Portland State, but have dropped two straight, losing at Eastern Washington and Sacramento State... Andrew Strait leads the team with 16 points and six rebounds a game, while his front-court mates Matt Dlouhy (12 pts, five rebounds) and Jordan Hasquet (11 points, five rebounds) provide strong support... Montana was picked by most to win the league title after capturing the Big Sky Tournament championship the past two seasons... last spring, after winning the league tourney as the second seed, Montana drilled Nevada in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
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