Miller Drops Career-High 27 Points to Lead Montana State to 91-88 Victory Over Weber State

Saturday, January 24

Bozeman, Mont.

6 p.m.

Montana State University

13-8,7-1Big Sky

Weber State

10-11,4-4Big Sky

Weber St.

Montana St.

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Miller Drops Career-High 27 Points to Lead Montana State to 91-88 Victory Over Weber State

1/24/2026 9:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Bobcats secure seventh-straight home win to move to 7-1 in Big Sky play

By: Pershelle Rohrer

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Jed Miller led Montana State with a career-high 27 points, and five total Bobcats scored in double figures as the Bobcats triumphed over Weber State in a thrilling 91-88 battle in Bozeman on Saturday night.

Miller made nine of his 14 shots and sunk five threes in his second 20-point outing in as many games to help the Bobcats to improve to 7-1 in Big Sky play. Montana State (13-8) has won each of its last four games and pushed its home winning streak to seven-straight games with its win over the Wildcats.

"He [Miller] just epitomizes the attitude that we want this program to be about, and it's been incredible to watch him do it," head coach Matt Logie said. "It's been incredible to watch his teammates rally with him. This team has been through so much, more than anybody even knows, and they just keep showing up and stepping up for one another and I couldn't be prouder."

Montana State and Weber State traded buckets early on, with neither team scoring twice in a row until the Wildcats scored five-straight points to take a 10-8 lead at the 14:10 mark in the first half. The back-and-forth action continued through the second media timeout as the Bobcats made three-straight shots heading into the break, holding a 16-15 advantage at the 11:43 mark. All of Montana State's points were scored by Jed Miller (6), Christian King (5), or Jaden Steppe (5) in the game's opening 10 minutes.

Weber State retook the lead, 18-16, with 9:56 left in the frame, and the battle continued through the remainder of the half as the Bobcats and Wildcats combined for seven ties and 10 lead changes in the opening 20 minutes. Neither team led by more than three points until the two-minute mark when Davian Brown knocked down a jumper to give Montana State a 41-37. The Bobcats pushed their lead to five points, 45-40, on a pair of Patrick McMahon free throws, and Weber State countered with a jumper with 20 seconds remaining as the Bobcats took a 45-42 lead into halftime.

Both teams shot lights out in the first half as Weber State posted a 55.2% clip (16-of-29) from the field and 72.7% (8-of-11) from three while Montana State knocked down 53.6% (15-of-28) of its shots, including 40.0% (6-of-15) from three. The Bobcats outrebounded the Wildcats, 13-9, in the frame, with seven of those boards coming from Chris Hodges. Brown tallied 11 points to lead the Bobcats before leaving the game with an injury with just under a second remaining. King added 10 points, and McMahon posted nine to provide the bulk of the Bobcats' scoring in the first half.

The second half picked up where the first left off as the Bobcats and Wildcats continued to trade buckets to start the frame. Weber State scored five of the half's first seven points to tie the game at 47 at the 17:19 mark, and the Bobcats retook the lead as King and Miller each knocked down a shot to put Montana State up, 51-47, with 14:36 remaining. From that point, Miller took over, scoring 10-straight points for the Bobcats to put Montana State up, 59-53, at the 11:55 mark. Seth Amunrud then went on a 9-3 run against the Wildcats by himself, and King capped off the 12-3 Montana State outburst with a three-point shot to push the lead to 13 points, 71-58, by the 8:54 mark.

After Weber State hit a pair of free throws, King sunk his fourth three of the game to give the Bobcats a game-high 14-point lead before the Wildcats went on a 22-6 run over the next six minutes to retake the lead, 82-80, with 2:24 to go. McMahon responded with a three-point play, drawing a foul on a made layup and sinking the awarded free throw to put the Cats back in front by one. Weber State's Tijan Saine Jr. sent the Wildcats back up by one point with a layup on the next possession before King scored his 20^th point on a layup to put Montana State up for good with 37 seconds remaining. The Bobcats made their free throws down the stretch as Amunrud and Miller shot a combined 6-of-7 from the stripe in the closing seconds, and Montana State held on to close out the Wildcats, 91-88, to complete an undefeated January at home.

Both teams shot 51.7% from the field on Saturday, with the Bobcats shooting 12-of-29 (41.4%) from three and the Wildcats knocking down 11-of-19 (57.9%) from deep. The Bobcats made 19 of their 21 free throws for a critical 90.5% clip and outrebounded Weber State, 30-22.

Miller tied the mark for the most points by a Bobcat this season with a career-high 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-9 from three. He added five rebounds, a team-best three assists, and one steal in 33 minutes of action. King added 20 points, shooting 6-of-11 from the floor, while chipping in three rebounds and one block. Five Bobcats scored in double figures in the same game for the third time this season as Amunrud posted 13 points and Brown and McMahon added 11 each. Hodges led the team in rebounds with 11 boards, marking his second double-digit rebounding effort of the season. He also recorded a block for the eighth-straight game.

Montana State will conclude January with a West Coast trip next weekend, facing Sacramento State on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. MT before clashing with Portland State on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 3 p.m. MT. Both games will air live on ESPN+.

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