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1-17-1973

Grizzlies host University of Washington Saturday

University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations

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Information Services Univer "ty m tana. missoula, montana 59801. (406) 243-2522 MISSOULA •••• Two teams \-lith three game losing streaks; the University of Hontana Grizzlies and the University of Washington Huskies, collide in Missoula Saturday in the first coaching meeting between UM coach and his former employer .

Heathcote was an assistant to Harshman at Washington State before coming to the

University of Montana. At WSU Heathcote served as freshman coach and as varsity assistant.

The Huskies, who were rated in the top 20 nationally earlier in the season, have lost five of their last six games and bring an 8-6 record into Saturday's contest. Montana is 7-7 for the season.

Louie Nelson, a three year starter at guard, leads Washington and the Pacifie-S in overall scoring with a 22.5 average. The 6-2~ senior is connecting on close to SO per cent of his field goal attempts. Forwards Reggie Ball and Ray Price are also scorins in double figures for UW. Price, a 6-6~ junior, is averaging 15.1 points and Ball, a 6 .. :· senior, is averaging 11.2 points. Washington's other starters are 6-2 Ron Williams ~· guard and 6-11 Lars Hansen at center.

Hansen and UM center Ken McKenzie \vere teammates on the Canadian National B team that toured Asia last summer.

Mike Murray continues to lead Montana in scoring through 14 games. He is averaging

18.4 points after a subpar 13 point performance in the Grizzlies 70-65 loss to Montana

State Tuesday night. McKenzie, Nho had one of his better games with 22 points and 11 rebounds against Montana State, is the second-leading scorer with a 13.3 average and the leading rebounder with a 9.4 average.

The UM Cubs play at 5:30 Saturday evening against Malmstrom Air Fdrce base as the preliminary to the 7:30 varsity contest. The cubs are 4-4 on the season.

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1972-73 GRIZZLY BASKETBALL STATS 7 Wins 7 Losses

Player G FG/FGA Pet. FT/FTA Pet. Reb. Avg. PF Pts, Avg. High

~1ike Murray 14 106-196 .541 46-66 ,697 38 2.7 17-1 258 18.4 29 Ken McKenzie 14 75-165 .455 36-58 .621 131 9.4 47-2 186 13.3 23 Eric Hays 5 13-27 .481 16-19 .842 20 4,0 19-3 42 8.4 20 Robin Selvig 6 17-45 .378 1-3 .333 11 1.8 18-2 35 5.8 10 Larry Smedley 14 39-92 .424 18-26 .692 65 4.6 32 96 6.9 17 Earl Tye 14 41-77 .532 17-20 .850 103 7.4 42-2 99 7.1 16 Dale Parker 14 25-54 .463 9-12 .750 36 2.6 25-1 59 4.2 16 Mark Nord 14 18-38 .474 5-10 .500 17 1.2 24-1 41 2.9 8 Kevin Rocheleau 9 14-35 .400 7-9 .778 11 1.2 14 35 3.9 13 Cris Anderson 13 7-20 .350 4-8 .500 13 1.0 8 18 1.4 4 Scott Hol1ebeck 11 5-18 .277 3-6 .600 21 1.9 9 13 1.2 5 Tom Peck 11 5-16 .313 3-5 .600 6 0,5 6 13 1.2 6 Blake Lyman 6 4-8 .500 2-2 1.000 2 0.3 7 10 1.7 6 Carnail Banks 7 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 0.1 6 6 0.9 4 Team: 67 UM TOTAL 14 371-794 .467 169-246 .687 542 38.7 264-12 911 65.1 75 OPP. TOTAL 14 337-834 .404 198-286 .692 543 38.8 292-5 872 62.3 79

UM OPPONENT 2!!_. Site Top ill-1 Scorer To ill-1 Rebounde~

75 Morningside 44 Missoula Murray 29 McKenzie 12 71 Stout State 60 ~tissoula McKenzie 23 McKenzie 9 44 *Puget Sound 67 Tacoma, Wash. .Mur.r.ay 10 .Parker 8 74 *Portland State 76 Tacoma, \1ash ~furray 26 McKenzie 13 72 Washington State 49 Missoula McKenzie 20 Tye 7 58 . . Wyoming 49 ~1issoula Murray 22 Mc..Xenzie 10 75 Cal State-Hayward 62 ~1issoula Murray 18 Smedley 11 62 Oregon State 79 Corvallis, Ore. Murray 16 McKenzie 11 73 C. of Great Falls 52 Missoula Parker, Tye 16 McKenzie. 16 48 **\Iieber State 61 Ogden, Utah 1--1\.u-ray' 17 ~tcKenzie 8 70 **Northern Arizona 62 Flag-£taff., Ariz Hays 20 Tye 13 70 Southern Colorado 72 Pueblo, Colo, Murray 25 ~1cKenzie,. T.ye 9 54 Air Force 69 Colorado Sprg, ·MUrJ:ay 19 McKen.zi.er, ·:· Hays 5 Colo. 65 **Montana State 70 Missoula ~-tcKenzie 22 McKenzie 11 *Daffodil C~assic **Big Sky Conference game