Montana State University
South Dakota
Bobcats Open MIdwest Swing at South Dakota on Wednesday
12/6/2016 3:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Montana State’s longest regular season road trip this season begins Wednesday, when the Cats play at South Dakota and concludes Saturday at Omaha. MSU’s first multi-game road trip starts with a 6-4 Coyotes squad that is 4-0 at home. USD out-rebounds its foes by nearly four per game, its losses are at Houston, Hofstra, UMKC and Nebraska. Matt Mooney (14.6 ppg) is one of four players in double-digits scoring.
A QUICK LOOK...
Montana State's longest regular season road trip this season begins Wednesday, when the Cats play at South Dakota and concludes Saturday at Omaha. MSU's first multi-game road trip starts with a 6-4 Coyotes squad that is 4-0 at home. USD out-rebounds its foes by nearly four per game, its losses are at Houston, Hofstra, UMKC and Nebraska. Matt Mooney (14.6 ppg) is one of four players in double-digits scoring.
MISCELLANY...
* Montana State has out-scored its opponents in 11 of the team's 18 halves, been tied in two others, and even in the losses has out-scored the opponent in at least one half
* The Cats have out-rebounded three opponents by double-digits, and have been out-rebounded by 10 or more three times
* MSU's five November wins is the most in school history, and the five non-league wins is already the most since 2009-10
* MSU's first four Division I opponents averaged 42.3 free throws a game, but the last two have shot just 21.3
ON THE OFFENSE...
* Montana State's 11.2 three-pointers per game is 4th in the nation (after hitting 9.6 a game last year, 19th nationally), and Tyler Hall's 4.0 treys per game is 3rd
* Freshman Harald Frey has led the Cats in assists in eight of the team's nine games
* Four of Zach Green's top six career scoring games have come in the last month
* Freshman point guard Harald Frey has assisted on 18% (44) of MSU's 243 baskets this season
* After scoring 24% of his team's points a year ago, Tyler Hall has accounted for 29.8% (223 of 748) in the early going of 2016-17
* Tyler Hall shot 2.9 free throws a game last year, a figure he's raised to 5.8 in 2016-17
ON THE DEFENSE...
* UWM shot better from three-point range than any other MSU foe has from the floor
* Milwaukee became the first Bobcat opponent to top 50% this year, and the only three halves of 50% shooting the Cats have allowed have come in the last two games
