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2018-19 M W' B Game 24: Montana State Saturday, Feb. 23 :: 2 p.m. :: Dahlberg Arena :: Missoula, Mont. Game 25: Northern Colorado Monday, Feb. 25 :: 7 p.m. :: Bank of Colorado Arena :: Greeley, Colo. Montana Montana State Northern Colorado 2018-19 Schedule/Results Lady Griz Bobcats Bears 12-11 7-7 Overall Record: 12-11 Overall Record: 13-12 Overall Record: 16-8 Overall Big Sky Streak: Won 2 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 1 Home Record: 8-3 Home Record: 7-5 Home Record: 8-3 11.7 at Gonzaga L, 52-76 Road Record: 3-8 Road Record: 5-7 Road Record: 8-5 Neutral-Site Record: 1-0 Neutral-Site Record: 1-0 Neutral-Site Record: 0-0 11.20 Providence (MT) W, 90-45 Big Sky Record: 7-7 Big Sky Record: 8-7 Big Sky Record: 11-4 11.24 South Dakota L, 41-64 Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Lady Griz Classic Shannon Schweyen Tricia Binford Jenny Huth 12.1 Northern Illinois W, 86-70 3rd year 14th year 1st year 12.2 UC Davis W, 62-56 Record at UM: 33-51 Record at MSU: 225-193 Record at UNC: 16-8 Career Record: Same Career Record: Same Career Record: Same 12.5 at Arizona L, 51-100 12.7 at Grand Canyon W, 69-47 Leaders (Ac ve) Leaders Leaders Jace Henderson: 11.6 ppg Oliana Squires: 10.6 ppg Savannah Smith: 21.0 ppg Husky Classic Jace Henderson: 8.5 rpg Blaire Braxton: 5.8 rpg Ali Meyer: 11.4 rpg 12.15 at Washington L, 54-69 12.16 vs. Saint Francis W, 79-77 Series History Big Sky Conference vs. Montana State: UM leads 78-28 vs. Northern Colorado: UM leads 17-11 12.29 Northern Arizona W, 78-62 Current streak: MSU 1 win Current streak: UNC 5 wins At Missoula: UM leads 46-7 At Greeley: UM leads 7-5 12.31 Southern Utah W, 79-57 Last UM win: 87-63 at UM (2.24.18) Last UM win: 72-66 (ot) at UNC (3.4.16) 1.3 at Sacramento State W, 88-86 (2ot) Last MSU win: 74-52 at MSU (2.2.19) Last UNC win: 73-62 at UM (1.12.19) 1.5 at Portland State L, 60-78 1.10 Eastern Washington L, 62-68 1.12 Northern Colorado L, 62-73 1.19 Idaho W, 82-79 1.24 at Idaho State L, 34-50 1.26 at Weber State W, 72-60 2.2 at Montana State L, 52-74 2.7 at Idaho L, 68-76 2.9 at Eastern Washington L, 64-67 Harrington Fatkin Henderson Johnston Stockholm 2.14 Weber State W, 64-56 2.16 Idaho State W, 60-59 Probable starters ... 2.23 Montana State 2 p.m. No. Name Pos. GP/GS MPG PPG RPG 2.25 at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 3 Gabi Harrington (5-9, R-So.) G 23/16 26.9 11.3 6.7 3.2 at Southern Utah 1 p.m. 5 Sammy Fatkin (5-11, So.) G 14/8 26.7 8.1 2.2 3.4 at Northern Arizona 6:30 p.m. 3.7 Portland State 7 p.m. 24 Jace Henderson (6-0, R-Sr.) F 23/23 33.1 11.6 8.5 3.9 Sacramento State 2 p.m. 32 McKenzie Johnston (5-7, R-Jr.) G 22/22 36.6 11.5 5.0 44 Emma Stockholm (6-2, Jr.) F 23/23 25.1 9.8 6.2 Off the bench ... No. Name Pos. GP/GS MPG PPG RPG 11 Abby Anderson (6-2, R-Fr.) F 22/0 7.5 1.2 1.3 Big Sky Conference Tournament 12 Lee Camel (5-9, So.) G --/-- -- -- -- (at Boise, Idaho) 13 Kylie Frohlich (6-0, Fr.) F 19/0 5.8 0.8 1.4 3.11 First-round games 20 Carmen Gfeller (6-1, Fr.) F 22/0 10.1 3.5 1.6 3.12 Quarterfi nal games 22 Jordyn Schweyen (5-11, Fr.) G 23/0 11.2 1.7 1.0 3.13 Semifi nal games 3.15 Championship game 2018-19 M W' B The Montana women’s basketball team will all four have at least one game remaining Lady Griz Essen als host Montana State and turn around and against another team from that group, three Location: Missoula, Mont. play a road game two days later at Northern with mul ple games? Giddy-up. Enrollment: 10,500 Colorado as the hec c end of the Big Sky Colors: Maroon and silver Conference regular season commences later 2. Those four teams will make up four of the Arena: Dahlberg Arena (7,200) this week. fi ve that will be receiving a bye to Tuesday’s Conference: Big Sky quarterfi nals in Boise. The fi h team will The Lady Griz will face the Bobcats at 2 p.m. likely come from a group of three teams: 2017-18 Record: 14-17 on Saturday at Dahlberg Arena in Mis- Montana State (8-7 BSC), Montana (7-7) and 2017-18 Big Sky Record: 9-9 (t-7th) soula, then travel to Colorado on Sunday Eastern Washington (6-8). Head Coach: Shannon Schweyen (Montana, ’93) for a game on Monday at 7 p.m. in Greeley Record at Montana: 33-51, third year against the Bears, who will have had nine It’s not a desirable place to be, si ng out- Career Record: Same days between games when Montana rolls side the top fi ve at regular season’s end, not Assistant Coaches: into town. as it follows immediately on the heels of the Sonya Stokken (Montana, ’09), sixth year demanding schedule above. Mike Petrino (MSU Billings, ’99), third year That’s only the start of six games in 15 days Jordan Sullivan (Montana, ’14), second year for the Lady Griz, who will return from Colo- If Montana does not fi nish in the top fi ve, rado next Tuesday, only to leave on Friday the Lady Griz would have to play on Monday National Tournament Appearances: 27 for Saturday-Monday games at Southern in Boise to escape the fi rst round, turn NCAA Tournament Appearances: 21 Utah and Northern Arizona. around and play again on Tuesday to make Regular-Season Conference Championships: 24 it through the quarterfi nals and again on A er arriving home that Tuesday, the Lady Wednesday to make it through the semifi - Women’s basketball SID: Joel Carlson Griz will have a short turnaround before nals. Cell phone: 406-370-9669 closing out the regular season by hos ng Email: [email protected] Portland State and Sacramento State on If that’s how it played out, that would make Website: gogriz.com Thursday, March 7, and Saturday, March 9. it nine games in 18 days for Montana in fi ve diff erent loca ons. Plus all the travel 2018-19 Big Sky Conference Montana will travel to Boise on Sunday, between those loca ons. That’s NBA-level Standings March 10, for the Big Sky Conference scheduling, and the pros aren’t prepping for BSC Overall tournament. The Lady Griz will play either a that upcoming organic chemistry exam. Portland State 11-3 19-4 fi rst-round game on Monday of tournament Idaho 11-3 14-9 week or get a bye to Tuesday’s quarterfi nals. “We’ll really try to pay a en on to how our Idaho State 11-4 16-8 bodies are feeling. We’ll try to get the kids Northern Colorado 11-4 16-8 Whew. rested and recovered as best as possible,” Montana State 8-7 13-12 said Lady Griz coach Shannon Schweyen. “At Montana 7-7 12-11 Coverage: All of Montana’s games can be this point of the season, having energy head- Eastern Washington 6-8 7-16 heard on KMPT 930 AM/99.7 FM in Missoula ing into games is the No. 1 priority.” Sacramento State 6-9 10-13 or viewed anywhere at WatchBigSky.com or Northern Arizona 5-10 9-15 Pluto TV. 3. Which leads to the conundrum Schweyen Southern Utah 3-12 6-18 fi nds herself in. She has fi ve starters who are Weber State 2-14 5-21 Saturday’s game will have the added bonus playing heavy minutes and providing a bulk of SWX coverage, with Riley Corcoran of the scoring, and will through Boise. returning to his roots and calling a women’s basketball game. He’ll be joined by Krista The four ac ve Lady Griz on the bench are Redpath. all fi rst-year players: one redshirt freshman and three true freshmen. Montana needs Since Corcoran has been covering the Mon- those players to con nue to develop, which tana men’s basketball team all winter, let’s comes through prac ce. get him up to speed on all things women’s basketball for the benefi t of the broadcast But she also wants to limit prac ce me 2018-19 Big Sky Conference and its spectators. for her starters. But her team’s success Preseason Coaches’ Poll over the next four weeks might depend on The 25 things people will expect Corcoran how much support that bench can provide, 1. Idaho (9) ................................................. 99 to speak knowledgably about: which would require long prac ces, which 2. Portland State (2) ................................... 87 Schweyen doesn’t want because the team’s 3. Idaho State ............................................