Thursday, January 2
Greeley, CO
7 p.m.
Montana State University
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68
Northern Colorado
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Montana St.
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Northern Colo.
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Photo by: Jack Murrey
Bobcats Unable to Overcome Slow Start in Loss to Bears
1/2/2020 10:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Amin Adamu scored a career-high 26 points but Montana State was unable to mount a second-half comeback at Northern Colorado Thursday
GREELEY, Colo. – Montana State and Northern Colorado played on even terms in the second half, but the Bears shot 50% from the field in the first half to jump out to a lead and closed out a 68-59 men's basketball victory over the Bobcats on Thursday, Jan. 2, at Bank of Colorado Arena.
MSU (8-6, 2-1 Big Sky) went 14-for-22 shooting (63.6%) in the second half and was led by Amin Adamu who scored 14 of his career-high 26 points during the contest's final 20 minutes. The Bobcats and Bears traded baskets throughout the second half as MSU was able to cut the deficit to four with 10:48 remaining on an Adamu jumper.
Northern Colorado responded. The Bears went on a six-point run to push the lead to 10, and despite MSU trimming the UNC edge down to six multiple times, the Bobcats were unable to break through. UNC had four offensive rebounds in the second half which led to seven points. The Bears committed just two turnovers in the final 20 minutes of play to pick up their first conference win of the season and improve to 8-5 overall.
Bodie Hume scored 11 points, which was capped by a 3-pointer at the buzzer, to put Northern Colorado up 36-26 at halftime. The Bears took advantage offensively early by hitting 14 of 28 shots in the game's opening 20 minutes, while five of their six 3-pointers came during that span.
Hume eventually scored 14 points. Jonah Radebaugh served as the Bears' top scorer with 17 and added four rebounds and two steals to his tally. Trent Harris joined them in double figures with 10 and Kai Edwards had a game-high 11 rebounds.
Montana State had two score in double digits. Adamu went 11 of 18 from the floor for the Bobcats and made all four of his free throw attempts. The junior guard also had six rebounds and four assists. Jubrile Belo recorded 13 points and had a team-high seven boards. Zeke Quinlan had seven points and six rebounds for MSU as well. The Bobcats shot just 9 of 26 from the floor in the first half and only connected on four 3-pointers.
The Bobcats return to action on Saturday, Jan. 4, when Montana State takes on Southern Utah at the America First Event Center at 2 p.m.
MSU (8-6, 2-1 Big Sky) went 14-for-22 shooting (63.6%) in the second half and was led by Amin Adamu who scored 14 of his career-high 26 points during the contest's final 20 minutes. The Bobcats and Bears traded baskets throughout the second half as MSU was able to cut the deficit to four with 10:48 remaining on an Adamu jumper.
Northern Colorado responded. The Bears went on a six-point run to push the lead to 10, and despite MSU trimming the UNC edge down to six multiple times, the Bobcats were unable to break through. UNC had four offensive rebounds in the second half which led to seven points. The Bears committed just two turnovers in the final 20 minutes of play to pick up their first conference win of the season and improve to 8-5 overall.
Bodie Hume scored 11 points, which was capped by a 3-pointer at the buzzer, to put Northern Colorado up 36-26 at halftime. The Bears took advantage offensively early by hitting 14 of 28 shots in the game's opening 20 minutes, while five of their six 3-pointers came during that span.
Hume eventually scored 14 points. Jonah Radebaugh served as the Bears' top scorer with 17 and added four rebounds and two steals to his tally. Trent Harris joined them in double figures with 10 and Kai Edwards had a game-high 11 rebounds.
Montana State had two score in double digits. Adamu went 11 of 18 from the floor for the Bobcats and made all four of his free throw attempts. The junior guard also had six rebounds and four assists. Jubrile Belo recorded 13 points and had a team-high seven boards. Zeke Quinlan had seven points and six rebounds for MSU as well. The Bobcats shot just 9 of 26 from the floor in the first half and only connected on four 3-pointers.
The Bobcats return to action on Saturday, Jan. 4, when Montana State takes on Southern Utah at the America First Event Center at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
MSU
UNC
FG%
.479
.464
3FG%
.308
.261
FT%
.900
.556
RB
29
32
TO
12
5
STL
1
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
11
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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Inside The Brick (Amin Adamu)
Friday, November 05
Inside The Brick (Nick Gazelas)
Monday, November 01
Inside The Brick (Abdul Mohamed)
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