Montana State University
Sacramento State
Bobcats Battle Sac State in Hornets Nest Sunday Afternoon
1/16/2010 9:56:50 PM | Men's Basketball
Montana State faces an unusually-configured road trip this weekend, as the Bobcats play Sacramento State at the Hornets Nest on Sunday afternoon before taveling down the road for a Monday night contest at Cal State Bakersfield. The Bobcats fell victim to the balance of the Big Sky Conference last Sunday, when Eastern Washington snuck out of Bozeman with a 75-73 win just two days after the Bobcats had knocked league-leading Portland State from the ranks of the Big Sky unbeaten. The Bobcats square off with a pair of ascending programs. Sacramento State already owns seven wins after claiming just two a season ago, and the Hornets are playing solid basketball under second-year head coach Brian Katz. Bakersfield is in its fourth year of transition to Division I, and playing a brutally difficult schedule stands 2-14 on the season.
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Montana State vs. Sacramento State
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Montana State vs. CS Bakersfield
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First meeting None Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky) Rabobank Arena Bakersfield, CA 8 pm MT/7 pm PT January 18, 2010 MSU 69-65, 1/29/09 at Bozeman BigSkyTV.org Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky) Hornets nest Sacramento, CA 2 pm MT/1 pm PT
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Montana State has not finished positive in rebound margin in nine gamesl
After three league weekends every Big Sky team has at least one loss, and seven of the nine own more than one
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The Cats have lost eight of the last 10 games at Sacramento Statel
MSU has never met CS BakersfieldON THE OFFENSE...
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Montana State leads the Big Sky and stand 36th nationally in turnovers allowed per gamel
The Bobcats have 12 turnovers or less in nine of the last 12 games, and stand 49th in the nation in turnovers per game (12.4)ON THE DEFENSE...
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Portland State's 20 turnovers marked the most forced by the Bobcats against a Division I opponentl
Bobcat opponents shoot 46% in the first half, 39% in the secondl
Bobcat opponents finished last weekend 19-for-39 from the three-point circle January 17, 2010
