Saturday, March 5
6:35 pm
Montana State University
vs
at NAU - Big Sky Tournament
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcat Men Travel to Northern Arizona for First-Round Game
3/4/2011 4:38:08 PM | Men's Basketball
Montana State makes its seventh straight trip to the Big Sky Conference Tournament on Saturday, traveling to Flagstaff, Ariz., to face NAU at 6:35 pm.
Montana State makes its seventh straight trip to the Big Sky Conference Tournament on Saturday, traveling to Flagstaff, Ariz., to face NAU at 6:35 pm. The game is televised on Fox College Sports and University house, and available on Dish Network (9411). Fresh off the team's best shooting game of the season, MSU visits a destination that has not treated the Bobcats kindly. Montana State has lost nine straight in Flagstaff, and that is the only Big Sky locale where MSU's current group of seniors has not won. A pair of explosive perimeter players, Cameron Jones (19.8 ppg, second in the Big Sky) and Gabe Rogers (13.0 ppg). A pair of senior standouts also lead the Bobcats, Bobby Howard (14.9) and Erik Rush (15.0), who combined for 40 points in MSU's win Wednesday.
Click here for MSU-NAU Game Notes (PDF)
NEXT UP: Montana State at Northern Arizona
DATE: March 5, 2011
TIPOFF: 6:35 pm
SITE: Flagstaff, AZ
ARENA: Rolle Activity Center
RADIO: Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky)
TV: Fox College Sports/Dish Network 9411
LAST TIME: NAU 61-41, 2/3/11 at Flagstaff
MISCELLANY...
* Montana State's 11.8 turnovers per game stands as the 38th-best rate in Division I basketball
* Wednesday's win marked MSU's first halftime lead in 13 games
SERIES NOTES...
* MSU has lost nine straight games in Flagstaff
ON THE OFFENSE...
* MSU's season-best 56.9% shooting night snapped a 16-game string of games below 50%
* The team's 14 turnovers against ISU was its most in the last eight games
* The Bobcats turn the ball over a league-best 11.8 times a game, the 38th-best rate in the nation
* MSU has just 78 turnovers in the last seven games
* Seniors Bobby Howard and Erik Rush combine to score 898 of the team's 2,017 points (44%)
* Of MSU's 2,017 points, 34% (693) have been scored on three-point shots
ON THE DEFENSE...
* After a five-game stretch allowing 67% shooting after halftime, MSU's last four foes shot 41% (61-for-150)
* After a five-game stretch in which four Bobcat foes topped 50% shooting, MSU has held five straight under 50%
* MSU's last six opponents shoot 67-for-157 (43%) from the arc
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