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GAME #2: Bobcats Visit Utah State
11/13/2017 5:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MSU looks to stay hot at the start of 2017-18
A QUICK LOOK...
Montana State's tour of the I-15 corridor continues Monday when the Cats face Utah State at 7 pm. Montana State faces an Aggies squad that lost 65-59 at Weber State on Friday. USU owns a 51-9 record in home openers since 1957-58, collecting 23 straight wins in their first home game. MSU shot 44% against Omaha, while Utah State shot 37% against WSU.
MISCELLANY...
l MSU's 89-80 overtime win against Omaha gave the Cats their first season-opening win since topping Quinnipiac in MiamI in 2003-04
l The Bobcats' 89-80 win against Omaha was its highest total in a season opener since scoring 107 vs. Simon Fraser on 11/8/97, and it was MSU's first overtime opener since beating Washington 90-89 on 12/1/70
l Tyler Hall made the preseason Julius Erving Award (top small forward in the nation), Lute Olson Award (top player in his third or fourth Division I season) and Lou Henson Award (mid-major player of the year) watch lists
ON THE OFFENSE...
l Tyler Hall and Harald Frey, the top returning three-point tandem in the nation with 190 and sixth among all returning duos in combined points per game, teamed for 48 points and seven triples against Omaha
l MSU finished 10th in DI with 10.0 treys per game last season, and knocked down eight against Omaha on Friday
l Tyler Hall became the first Bobcat to score 700 points in a season in 2016-17, he has the top two single-season three-point marks in school history, and his 23.1 points a game was 7th in the NCAA while his 3.75 three-pointers a game was 3rd
ON THE DEFENSE...
l MSU was 13-6 when holding the opponent to under 50% shooting in 2016-17, and held Omaha to 42% on Friday
l The Cats forced 18 Omaha turnovers on Friday after forcing 13.4 a game last season
Montana State's tour of the I-15 corridor continues Monday when the Cats face Utah State at 7 pm. Montana State faces an Aggies squad that lost 65-59 at Weber State on Friday. USU owns a 51-9 record in home openers since 1957-58, collecting 23 straight wins in their first home game. MSU shot 44% against Omaha, while Utah State shot 37% against WSU.
MISCELLANY...
l MSU's 89-80 overtime win against Omaha gave the Cats their first season-opening win since topping Quinnipiac in MiamI in 2003-04
l The Bobcats' 89-80 win against Omaha was its highest total in a season opener since scoring 107 vs. Simon Fraser on 11/8/97, and it was MSU's first overtime opener since beating Washington 90-89 on 12/1/70
l Tyler Hall made the preseason Julius Erving Award (top small forward in the nation), Lute Olson Award (top player in his third or fourth Division I season) and Lou Henson Award (mid-major player of the year) watch lists
ON THE OFFENSE...
l Tyler Hall and Harald Frey, the top returning three-point tandem in the nation with 190 and sixth among all returning duos in combined points per game, teamed for 48 points and seven triples against Omaha
l MSU finished 10th in DI with 10.0 treys per game last season, and knocked down eight against Omaha on Friday
l Tyler Hall became the first Bobcat to score 700 points in a season in 2016-17, he has the top two single-season three-point marks in school history, and his 23.1 points a game was 7th in the NCAA while his 3.75 three-pointers a game was 3rd
ON THE DEFENSE...
l MSU was 13-6 when holding the opponent to under 50% shooting in 2016-17, and held Omaha to 42% on Friday
l The Cats forced 18 Omaha turnovers on Friday after forcing 13.4 a game last season
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