Montana State University
Oral Roberts
Montana State Wraps Up Big Sky-Summit Challenge at Oral Roberts
12/6/2025 1:43:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bobcats open three-game road stretch in Tulsa
GAME 10
MONTANA STATE (4-5) vs ORAL ROBERTS (3-7)
Date: Saturday, Dec. 6
Time: 6 p.m. MT
Venue: Mabee Center
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
MSU Records: Home 2-1, Road 1-4, Neutral 1-0
ORU Records: Home 2-2, Road 0-4, Neutral 1-1
Series: ORU leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: L, 76-82 (1/3/24)
STORYLINES
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Bobcats hit the road on Saturday for their first contest of a three-game road trip, facing Oral Roberts in their second and final game of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge. The game will air on the Summit League Network at 6 p.m. MT, with the contest set to take place at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla.
ANOTHER CRACK AT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE: Saturday's contest against Oral Roberts marks the final of three games for the Bobcats against Summit League teams this season. Montana State faced Denver in the first of these matchups Nov. 9, falling to the Pioneers, 75-73, in a tight battle in Worthington Arena. The Bobcats took down preseason Summit League favorite St. Thomas in Bozeman, 82-74, on Dec. 3 behind 24 points from Patrick McMahon and head into Saturday's matchup seeking their second-straight victory. Both of this week's games will be played as part of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge.
MEETING NO. 3: Montana State and Oral Roberts are set to meet for just the third time in program history when the two teams take the floor on Saturday. The Golden Eagles emerged victorious in each of the last two contests, defeating the Bobcats, 116-68, in their first meeting in 1972 and 82-76 in the 2023-24 iteration of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge on Jan. 3, 2024. The Bobcats will look to etch their names in the win column for the first time in the all-time series on Saturday.
CAN'T STOP MCMAHON: Redshirt senior Patrick McMahon posted his second-straight 20-point performance in Montana State's 82-74 win over St. Thomas on Wednesday night, posting an impressive stat line of 24 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and one steal. McMahon is averaging 16 points per game this season, which ranks sixth in the Big Sky, and his .479 field goal percentage is good for ninth in the conference.
A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER: Bozeman native Seth Amunrud impressed in his Bobcat debut against St. Thomas, tallying 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-8 from three to help the Bobcats earn the victory over the Tommies. 14 of those points, including a a go-ahead three, came in the second half. Amunrud also tallied four steals in the contest.
TOP OF THE LEAGUE: Montana State checked in at 153rd in the nation in the KenPom College Basketball Ratings on Dec. 4, placing the Bobcats one spot ahead of Northern Colorado for the highest ranking by a Big Sky team. The Cats posted a No. 144 NET ranking on the same day, good for fourth in the conference.
TAKING CARE OF THE BALL: The Bobcats commit fewer turnovers than any other team in the Big Sky with just 10.8 giveaways per game. Their turnover margin of 2.2 ranks second in the conference.
SELFLESS BOBCATS: The 2025-26 Bobcats are known for their balanced scoring, with four or more Bobcats scoring in double figures in all but one contest this season. Ten different Bobcats have recorded at least one double-digit scoring performance through nine games.
A LOOK AT THE GOLDEN EAGLES: Oral Roberts looks to snap a two-game losing streak when the Bobcats come to town on Saturday. The Golden Eagles fell to Weber State, 92-66, in their first game of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge on Wednesday to cap off a five-game stretch of games outside of Tulsa. Oral Roberts leads the Summit League in three-pointers made per game (10.1), three-point attempts per game (29.2), and blocks per game (4.1). Senior guard Ty Harper leads the Golden Eagles in scoring with 16.6 points per game.
LOGIE CONTINUES HIS WINNING WAYS: Montana State head coach Matt Logie is no stranger to winning, owning a 312-99 (.759) career head coaching record across all NCAA divisions. Logie's 312 victories rank second among active Division I head coaches 45 years old or younger behind first-year Iowa head coach Ben McCollum with 432.
THE MATT LOGIE FILE: Third-year MSU head coach Matt Logie has taken his teams to the NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 14 seasons as a head coach, and is believed to be just the second men's coach in history to lead teams to the Big Dance at the Division I, Division II, and Division III levels (Tobin Anderson). Logie ranks 32nd in NCAA men's basketball history in career winning percentage (.760) and is 14th among active head coaches. Logie came to Montana State after four seasons at Point Loma (Division II), where his teams rolled up an 82-23 record with three conference championships, and eight seasons at Whitworth (Division III), where his teams went 194-35.
CAT TRACKS
+ The Bobcats are set to wrap up the Big Sky-Summit Challenge against Oral Roberts on Saturday as Montana State seeks its second win of the week. Montana State defeated St. Thomas, 82-74, in Bozeman on Wednesday and seeks to topple Oral Roberts for the first time when the two teams clash in Tulsa on Saturday.
+ Montana State ranks among the best in the Big Sky when shooting the ball, with the Bobcats ranking second in the conference with a .574 effective field goal percentage and 37.1% three-point field goal percentage, and third in the Big Sky with a 48.8% field goal percentage. Those numbers rank 36th, 65th, and 68th nationally. Additionally, Montana State ranks second in the conference in scoring defense, allowing 69.7 points per game.
+ Bobcat senior Jed Miller ranks among the Big Sky Conference's best in the steals department, tallying 14 total steals (4th in the Big Sky) and 1.56 swipes per game (5th). Miller, who led the Cats in steals last season, recorded two swipes in MSU's season opener at Colorado before tallying four each against Northwest Indian College and Denver. He also added a steal in four of the last five games, including one each at Boise State, against Nobel, at Long Beach State, and vs. St. Thomas.
+ The Bobcats continue to benefit from prolific production from multiple scorers, with four Cats scoring in double figures in eight of Montana State's first nine games to open the season. Jed Miller (12.6 ppg) tallied 10 or more points in eight contests so far while Patrick McMahon (16.0 ppg) scored in double figures in seven games. Davian Brown (13.7 ppg) and Christian King (9.9 ppg) have scored double-digit points six and five times, respectively, this season. Chris Hodges and Cavin Holden both scored in double figures twice this year while Seth Amunrud, Jeremiah Davis, Waka Mbatch, and Jaden Steppe have each surpassed the 10-point mark once.
+ Patrick McMahon had another career day against Utah State on Nov. 29, tallying a career-high 26 points to go with season highs in rebounds (8), assists (3), and steals (1) in a career-high 40 minutes played. The game was his sixth double-digit outing of the season and 30th of his career, as well as his second 20-point game this year and sixth of his career.
+ Five Bobcats – Jeremiah Davis (15), Chris Hodges (14), Davian Brown (13), Jed Miller (12), and Patrick McMahon (10) – tallied 10 or more points against Long Beach State on Nov. 21, the first time five or more Bobcats reached double figures in the same game since a 108-104 overtime loss to Eastern Washington on March 2, 2024.
+ Jeremiah Davis had the best game of his career so far against Long Beach State, tallying career highs in points (15), steals (3), and minutes (25). He shot an impressive 6-of-7 from the field to lead Montana State to a 78-72 victory and earned his first career start in the Bobcats' next game at Utah State. Chris Hodges also impressed in a breakthrough game that saw him achieve career highs in five categories with a stat line of 14 points, five rebounds, three assists, and one steal in 35 minutes against the Beach.
+ Graduate transfer Davian Brown eclipsed the 2,000-point milestone for his collegiate career during the Bobcats' win over Long Beach State on Nov. 21. The native of Pasadena, Calif., tallied 1,447 points during his four years at the NAIA level between The Master's University (2020-22) and Lewis-Clark State (2022-24) before pouring in 515 points in his lone season at Biola (2024-25). Brown has 2,026 career points and counting, including 111 over his first eight games as a Bobcat.
+ Christian King and Waka Mbatch each tallied career highs in points against Nobel on Nov. 20. King matched his career high for the third time with 14 points to go with six rebounds, two steals, and two blocks to lead the team in each category against the Knights. Mbatch recorded his first double-digit scoring performance with 13 points while adding four rebounds, two assists, and two blocks.
+ Montana State limited Boise State to just 62 points on Nov. 15, the Broncos' lowest points total in a game so far this season. The Cats outrebounded the Broncos, 36-35, while holding Boise State to just 17-of-51 (33.3%) from the field and 8-of-28 (28.6%) from three-point range.
+ Three Bobcats reached career milestones in Montana State's 75-73 loss to Denver on Nov. 9. Junior Cavin Holden tallied the 700th point and 200th assist of his collegiate career, Patrick McMahon surpassed 500 career points with his opening bucket against the Pioneers, and Davian Brown played in his 150th career college basketball game.
+ The Bobcats rewrote the record books against Northwest Indian College on Nov. 5, posting the third-highest field goal percentage (64.7%) and third-most three-pointers made in a game in school history (21) while matching MSU's records for fifth-highest field goal total (44), eighth-highest scoring effort (114), and ninth-most steals (15) in a game.
+ Montana State's 21 three-pointers against Northwest Indian College marked the Cats' first time making 20 or more threes in a game since Dec. 16, 2023, when they drained 20 against SAGU American Indian College. It was also MSU's highest three-point total since the Bobcats made 23 against Northwest Indian College on Dec. 27, 2022 en route to a 144-59 win. 144 points is the program record for points in a game.
+ With the Bobcats' win over Northwest Indian College on Nov. 5, Montana State has now won seven-straight home openers dating back to the 2019-20 season. The Bobcats' last home-opening loss came against Utah State, 101-71, to open the 2018-19 campaign.
+ Three Bobcats made their first career starts in the season opener at Colorado on Nov. 3. Senior Jed Miller received the first starting nod of his 72-game Bobcat career while Christian King and Chris Hodges also started for the first time in their MSU debuts. Central Washington transfer Cavin Holden and Bobcat returner Patrick McMahon rounded out the Cats' new-look starting five against Colorado.
+ Montana State debuts a new-look lineup in 2025-26 with 10 newcomers joining five returning Bobcats on the 15-man roster. Redshirt senior Patrick McMahon and senior Jed Miller lead a crop of returners that also features redshirt junior Jeremiah Davis, who missed most of last season with an injury, redshirt sophomore Calum Rutherfurd, and redshirt freshman Grayson Gaddis. MSU's seven-member transfer class includes Davian Brown (Biola), Cavin Holden (Central Washington), Christian King (Washington), Seth Amunrud (Dawson CC), Chris Hodges (Wisconsin), Waka Mbatch (Florida State) and Jaden Steppe (Colorado State). Freshmen Howie Keene, CJ Purdie, and James Steward round out the 2025-26 Bobcat roster.
+ Montana State faces two teams coming off of NCAA Tournament appearances in 2024-25, including at-large selection Utah State (Nov. 29) and defending Big Sky Champion Montana (Jan. 17 & Feb. 14). Both teams fell to Big Ten opponents in the Round of 64 as the No. 10 Aggies were ousted by No. 7 UCLA, 72-47, and No. 14 Montana fell to current Bobcat Chris Hodges and the No. 3 Badgers, 85-66.
+ Three current Bobcats have played in at least one NCAA Tournament game, and two others were members of teams that reached the tournament while they were on the roster. Patrick McMahon scored seven points in eight minutes against Texas Tech during the 2022 Round of 64, Chris Hodges appeared in NCAA Tournament games for Wisconsin in three-straight years from 2023-25, and Jed Miller recorded an assist in MSU's First Four game against Grambling State in 2024. Jaden Steppe played in seven games a member of Colorado State's Mountain West Championship team in 2024-2025, and Calum Rutherfurd redshirted during Montana State's most recent Big Sky Championship year in 2023-24.
+ The Cats concluded the 2024-25 season with a 15-18 record, including a 9-9 mark in conference play. Montana State finished fifth in the Big Sky regular season standings and defeated No. 4 Idaho State in dominant fashion, 80-60, in the Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals before falling to top-seeded Northern Colorado in the semis, 72-45. The defeat ended the Bobcats' run of three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 2022-24, which marked the longest tournament streak by a Big Sky team since Weber State appeared in three-straight NCAA Tournaments from 1978-80.
+ Redshirt senior Patrick McMahon enjoyed a breakout year last season, tallying 18 double-figure scoring performances in 2024-25. He posted four 20-point performances off the bench in conference play, including a then-career-high 23 points in the regular-season finale vs Idaho on March 3, 2025. The lone starter returning from last year's team, McMahon averaged 9.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game last season and owns an impressive .512 career field goal percentage in 80 games and counting as a Bobcat.
+ Jed Miller entered his fourth year in Bozeman with 71 games under his belt, one short of Patrick McMahon's 72 for the most among active players in a Bobcat uniform. Miller led MSU in steals last season with 43 while also dishing 74 assists in 33 games.
+ Junior guard Cavin Holden was a prolific scorer at the Division II level for Central Washington, averaging 15.1 points per game on 47.6% shooting during the 2024-25 season, including a 43.8% mark from deep. Holden tallied 674 points in just two seasons at CWU and earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Player of the Year honors during his sophomore season.
+ Davian Brown joins the Bobcats for his final year of collegiate eligibility in 2025-26, following in the footsteps of his older brother Darius, who played on MSU's Big Sky Championship and NCAA Tournament team in 2022-23. Darius played in 33 of 34 games and averaged 9.1 points on 46.5% shooting, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game en route to Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year honors and a Third-Team All-Conference Selection. Davian averaged 15.6 points per game last season at Division II Biola and enters the 2025-26 season with a total of 1,915 points scored across his five-year collegiate career at Biola (D-II), Lewis-Clark State (NAIA), and The Master's University (NAIA).
+ Chris Hodges provides 40 games of Big Ten experience for the Bobcats as a graduate transfer from Wisconsin. He was the Badgers' 2024 recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award during his third year in Madison.
+ Washington transfer Christian King adds another 20 games of Power Four experience from his time in the Big Ten, tallying 50 points and 31 rebounds during his redshirt freshman season in 2024-25. His father, Rich King, was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 14th pick in the 1991 NBA Draft.
+ Jeremiah Davis rejoins the Bobcats' rotation after missing the final 20 games of the 2024-25 season due to injury. During his eight-game stint with the Cats last season, Davis scored in double figures twice (vs. Northwest Indian, Nov. 11; at USC, Dec. 15).
+ Bozeman native Seth Amunrud returns home for his junior season after two years at Dawson Community College, where he was an NJCAA Second-Team All-American this past season after averaging 21.1 points per game and shooting 55.2% from the field, 46.8% from three, and 88.7% from the line.
+ Montana State was picked for a share of fifth in the Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll and sixth in the Big Sky Preseason Media Poll.
+ Logie's 312-99 career mark in 14 seasons is good for a .759 winning percentage, 14th-best among active coaches at four-year schools and the 32nd-highest winning percentage in the history of all NCAA men's college basketball coaches. Logie's teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 14 years as a head coach at three different institutions, and his teams have won at least 21 games in every season save two he has coached in his career.
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