Saturday, January 30
7:05 pm
Montana State University
4-59-12/ Big Sky
72
vs
80
Montana
8-113-7/ Big Sky
1
2
F
Montana
34
46
80
Montana State
37
35
72
Quinton Everett
Photo by: Kelly Gorham
Montana Uses Free Throws, Rebounds to Best Bobcats in Bozeman
1/30/2016 10:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Biggest Worthington Arena crowd in four seasons views contest
Montana rode enormous advantages in free throws and rebounds to an 80-72 win over Montana State in Bozeman on Saturday.
The visiting Grizzlies out-rebounded the Bobcats 41-to-28 and shot 15 more free throws than homestanding MSU, closing the game on a 17-8 run over the last five-and-a-half minutes. Walter Wright scored 24 for Montana, grabbing 10 rebounds, while Michael Oguine added 21. Marcus Colbert led the Bobcats with 21 points, while Tyler Hall added 17.
Colbert said Montana's advantage on the glass was too much to overcome. "I feel like you've got to credit them but at the same time there were a lot of things that they did that came down to us rebounding," he said. "They crashed the boards harder than we did and the numbers showed it. They were the more physical team."
That began on the game's first possession, when Montana turned a missed jumper by Wright into a second-chance score. Montana turned 15 offensive rebounds into a 16-3 advantage in second-chance points over the Bobcats.
"You can talk about a lot of different things," said Montana State coach Brian Fish, "but everything points to toughness. They were the tougher team tonight."
The Bobcats led for more than 26 minutes of Saturday's game, but Fish told his team at halftime that in spite of leading 37-34 it would need to alter its methodology. "I told them the lead was fraudulent," he said. "Nothing in the stats supported that we were playing better. We wanted to just shoot our way through that."
Montana State fell to 9-12 overall and 4-5 in the Big Sky with the loss. Montana is now 13-7 overall, 8-1 in the league. The game drew 5,407 fans, Montana State's largest home crowd since 6,018 witnessed the 2012 contest between the Cats and Griz.
The visiting Grizzlies out-rebounded the Bobcats 41-to-28 and shot 15 more free throws than homestanding MSU, closing the game on a 17-8 run over the last five-and-a-half minutes. Walter Wright scored 24 for Montana, grabbing 10 rebounds, while Michael Oguine added 21. Marcus Colbert led the Bobcats with 21 points, while Tyler Hall added 17.
Colbert said Montana's advantage on the glass was too much to overcome. "I feel like you've got to credit them but at the same time there were a lot of things that they did that came down to us rebounding," he said. "They crashed the boards harder than we did and the numbers showed it. They were the more physical team."
That began on the game's first possession, when Montana turned a missed jumper by Wright into a second-chance score. Montana turned 15 offensive rebounds into a 16-3 advantage in second-chance points over the Bobcats.
"You can talk about a lot of different things," said Montana State coach Brian Fish, "but everything points to toughness. They were the tougher team tonight."
The Bobcats led for more than 26 minutes of Saturday's game, but Fish told his team at halftime that in spite of leading 37-34 it would need to alter its methodology. "I told them the lead was fraudulent," he said. "Nothing in the stats supported that we were playing better. We wanted to just shoot our way through that."
Montana State fell to 9-12 overall and 4-5 in the Big Sky with the loss. Montana is now 13-7 overall, 8-1 in the league. The game drew 5,407 fans, Montana State's largest home crowd since 6,018 witnessed the 2012 contest between the Cats and Griz.
Team Stats
UM
MSU
FG%
.490
.419
3FG%
.455
.300
FT%
.758
.778
RB
41
28
TO
11
7
STL
3
3
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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