Sunday, November 25
Corvallis, OR
3:00 p.m.
Montana State University
at
OREGON STATE
Antonio Biglow leads the Bobcats in scoring
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcats Visit Oregon State for Sunday Matinee
11/23/2012 2:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MSU looks to slow down hot Beavers
Brad Huse's focus for Montana State's visit to Oregon State Sunday is a simple one.
“We've got to slow them down,” Montana State's seventh-year head coach said of his team's third road game in its first four outings, which begins at 4 pm MT. “We can't let the score get up into the 80s. We've played two road games and allowed 80 points (or more) each time.”
The task shapes up as a tall one for the Bobcats. OSU enters Sunday game with a 3-1 record, averaging 75.2 points per game overall and 86.5 in its two home games, with each victory over Division I opposition. The Beavers own wins over Purdue of the Big 10 and New Mexico State of the WAC (along with Niagara), with the team's only loss a three-point defeat by Alabama.
“We have to deal with their length and their ability to score,” said Huse, who owns a pair of wins in Gill Coliseum. “They're off to a great start and have had a lot of time to prepare for this game. We'll have to overcome the travel and the things that accompany that against a top tier Pac 12 team.
“We have to rebound the basketball,” Huse said. “They are long and athletic and big, and if we don't limit them to one shot attempt per possession it could be a long afternoon.”
A pair of Bobcat forwards made their 2012-13 debuts at Air Force Wednesday. Senior Xavier Blount scored 13 points, while junior Jeff Budinich added three. Junior guard Antonio Biglow leads the Bobcats with 16.7 points, 2.7 steals and 2.0 assists per game, while junior forward Calen Coleman has added scoring off the bench. In three games as a reserve, Coleman has scored in double-digits each time.
While Sunday's contest caps a difficult stretch to begin the season – three road games, all guarantee contests that provide no return visit by the opponent and all four against Division I competition – it also marks MSU's final non-league road game of the 2012-13 season. “These games will prepare us for our conference schedule (which begins with a road trip to Northern Arizona on Dec. 17 and Sacramento State on Dec. 19).”
The Bobcats play Pepperdine in Bozeman on Nov. 29 as part of a men's-women's doubleheader, then host San Jose State on Dec. 1 at 12 noon. That game was rescheduled to accommodate MSU's FCS Playoff game that day at 5 pm.
MISCELLANY...
* Xavier Blount (13 points) and Jeff Budinich (3 points) made their season debuts at Air Force
* Montana State has forced 22.0 turnovers a game this season, while the Falcons have committed just 10.0 per outing
* MSU has shot 39 three-pointers in 2012-13, the same number as its foes
SERIES NOTES...
* Montana State owns two straight wins in the series, both at Corvallis
* The series began with a 56-36 Bobcat win in Bozeman on January 7, 1928
ON THE OFFENSE...
* The Bobcats shot 50% from three-point range in the win over Portland, but just 28.2% (13-for-46) in the losses
* Montana State has trimmed its turnover total in each game
* MSU posted its first positive assist-to-turnover game of the season at Air Force (11-to-9)
ON THE DEFENSE...
* After forcing 44 turnovers in its first two games, MSU got just 13 at AFA
* MSU opponents shoot 59.1% from inside the three-point circle
STARTER NOTES...
G-Marcus Colbert is tied for second on the team with 5 assists, owns 5-to-3 A-to-TO ratio in last two after 0-to-6 in opener at Seattle
G-Antonio Biglow leads the team with 16.7 points a game, 8 steals, and 6 assists...shoots team-best (min. 10 attempts) 45.2% from the floor
F-Jamie Stewart is 3-for-6 from three-point range, 4-for-12 from inside the arc and 5-for-14 from the line
F-Flavien Davis double-digits scoring each time out, second on the team with 14.0 points per game
C-Paul Egwuonwu registered a double-double in the opener at Seattle, 13 pts, 10 reb), averages team-high 6.7 rebounds a game
6-Calen Coleman, MSU's sixth man, has scored in double-digits off the bench each time out
“We've got to slow them down,” Montana State's seventh-year head coach said of his team's third road game in its first four outings, which begins at 4 pm MT. “We can't let the score get up into the 80s. We've played two road games and allowed 80 points (or more) each time.”
The task shapes up as a tall one for the Bobcats. OSU enters Sunday game with a 3-1 record, averaging 75.2 points per game overall and 86.5 in its two home games, with each victory over Division I opposition. The Beavers own wins over Purdue of the Big 10 and New Mexico State of the WAC (along with Niagara), with the team's only loss a three-point defeat by Alabama.
“We have to deal with their length and their ability to score,” said Huse, who owns a pair of wins in Gill Coliseum. “They're off to a great start and have had a lot of time to prepare for this game. We'll have to overcome the travel and the things that accompany that against a top tier Pac 12 team.
“We have to rebound the basketball,” Huse said. “They are long and athletic and big, and if we don't limit them to one shot attempt per possession it could be a long afternoon.”
A pair of Bobcat forwards made their 2012-13 debuts at Air Force Wednesday. Senior Xavier Blount scored 13 points, while junior Jeff Budinich added three. Junior guard Antonio Biglow leads the Bobcats with 16.7 points, 2.7 steals and 2.0 assists per game, while junior forward Calen Coleman has added scoring off the bench. In three games as a reserve, Coleman has scored in double-digits each time.
While Sunday's contest caps a difficult stretch to begin the season – three road games, all guarantee contests that provide no return visit by the opponent and all four against Division I competition – it also marks MSU's final non-league road game of the 2012-13 season. “These games will prepare us for our conference schedule (which begins with a road trip to Northern Arizona on Dec. 17 and Sacramento State on Dec. 19).”
The Bobcats play Pepperdine in Bozeman on Nov. 29 as part of a men's-women's doubleheader, then host San Jose State on Dec. 1 at 12 noon. That game was rescheduled to accommodate MSU's FCS Playoff game that day at 5 pm.
MISCELLANY...
* Xavier Blount (13 points) and Jeff Budinich (3 points) made their season debuts at Air Force
* Montana State has forced 22.0 turnovers a game this season, while the Falcons have committed just 10.0 per outing
* MSU has shot 39 three-pointers in 2012-13, the same number as its foes
SERIES NOTES...
* Montana State owns two straight wins in the series, both at Corvallis
* The series began with a 56-36 Bobcat win in Bozeman on January 7, 1928
ON THE OFFENSE...
* The Bobcats shot 50% from three-point range in the win over Portland, but just 28.2% (13-for-46) in the losses
* Montana State has trimmed its turnover total in each game
* MSU posted its first positive assist-to-turnover game of the season at Air Force (11-to-9)
ON THE DEFENSE...
* After forcing 44 turnovers in its first two games, MSU got just 13 at AFA
* MSU opponents shoot 59.1% from inside the three-point circle
STARTER NOTES...
G-Marcus Colbert is tied for second on the team with 5 assists, owns 5-to-3 A-to-TO ratio in last two after 0-to-6 in opener at Seattle
G-Antonio Biglow leads the team with 16.7 points a game, 8 steals, and 6 assists...shoots team-best (min. 10 attempts) 45.2% from the floor
F-Jamie Stewart is 3-for-6 from three-point range, 4-for-12 from inside the arc and 5-for-14 from the line
F-Flavien Davis double-digits scoring each time out, second on the team with 14.0 points per game
C-Paul Egwuonwu registered a double-double in the opener at Seattle, 13 pts, 10 reb), averages team-high 6.7 rebounds a game
6-Calen Coleman, MSU's sixth man, has scored in double-digits off the bench each time out
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