MSU Game Notes vs. UM
3/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
It’s now or never time for much of the college basketball world, March, when a loss can spell the end of the season. Montana State faces that scenario this weekend, when the Bobcats and Grizzlies get together in Missoula on Saturday at 7:05 pm. MSU enters the post-season looking for its first Big Sky Tournament victory since 1999, a decade in which the Bobcats own an 0-6 record. Two of those losses came at the hands of Montana, one in Bozeman and the other in Portland. Saturday’s game is the first post-season contest between the ancient rivals in Dahlberg Arena. Montana enters this weekend’s game as one of the hottest, most talented teams in the league, while the Bobcats have dropped five straight, seven of eight and 10 of their last 13. Sharp-shooter Anthony Johnson and inside-out threat Jordan Hasquet lead the Grizzlies.
NEXT UP...
Montana State vs. Montana
DATE -- March 7, 2009
TIPOFF -- 7:05 pm
SITE -- Missoula, MT
ARENA -- Dalhberg Arena
RADIO -- Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky)
VIDEO -- Big Sky TV
LAST TIME UM -- 78-63 @MSU, 2/7/09
TOURNEY TALK...
* Montana State’s trip to Missoula Saturday marks the team’s first-ever post-season game in Dahlberg Arena
* Montana State enters the Big Sky Tournament as the sixth seed for the second straight year and the 7th time in history, and owns a 6-5 record in Big Sky Tourney play as the sixth seed
* MSU is 13-21 all-time in Big Sky Tournament play, 6-11 in the first round, 4-6 against Montana
SERIES NOTES...
* Montana swept the season series against Montana State this year, and has won eight of the last nine against the Bobcats
* The Grizzlies have beaten MSU four straight times in Missoula
ON THE OFFENSE...
* The Big Sky’s worst free throw shooting team in conference games (64.3%), Montana State has shot 73% from the line in the last seven games
* MSU is 2-8 when turning the ball over 15 times or more, but averages just 11 TOs in the last 10 games
* MSU is 9th in the Big Sky in conference games in field goal, three point, and free throw percentage
ON THE DEFENSE...
* MSU has forced 14.1 turnovers in its 12 wins this year, 11.1 in its 16 losses
* The Bobcats have forced just 149 turnovers in the last 12 games (12.4)
NEXT UP...
Montana State vs. Montana
DATE -- March 7, 2009
TIPOFF -- 7:05 pm
SITE -- Missoula, MT
ARENA -- Dalhberg Arena
RADIO -- Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky)
VIDEO -- Big Sky TV
LAST TIME UM -- 78-63 @MSU, 2/7/09
TOURNEY TALK...
* Montana State’s trip to Missoula Saturday marks the team’s first-ever post-season game in Dahlberg Arena
* Montana State enters the Big Sky Tournament as the sixth seed for the second straight year and the 7th time in history, and owns a 6-5 record in Big Sky Tourney play as the sixth seed
* MSU is 13-21 all-time in Big Sky Tournament play, 6-11 in the first round, 4-6 against Montana
SERIES NOTES...
* Montana swept the season series against Montana State this year, and has won eight of the last nine against the Bobcats
* The Grizzlies have beaten MSU four straight times in Missoula
ON THE OFFENSE...
* The Big Sky’s worst free throw shooting team in conference games (64.3%), Montana State has shot 73% from the line in the last seven games
* MSU is 2-8 when turning the ball over 15 times or more, but averages just 11 TOs in the last 10 games
* MSU is 9th in the Big Sky in conference games in field goal, three point, and free throw percentage
ON THE DEFENSE...
* MSU has forced 14.1 turnovers in its 12 wins this year, 11.1 in its 16 losses
* The Bobcats have forced just 149 turnovers in the last 12 games (12.4)
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