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Bobcat Basketball GAME #19: Bobcats, Bengals Set for Saturday Afternoon Cat Fight Montana State, Idaho State scrap to stay in Big Sky race Basketball SID: Bill Lamberty 406/994-5133 [email protected] www.msubobcats.com MISCELLANY... N E X T U P Montana State is 0-9 this season when it is Bobcats Bengals out-rebounded ‘18-19 RECORD 7-11 7-10 Montana State’s fi rst four foes shot 25.1 Home/Road/Neu 4-3/2-8/1-0 3-3/4-7/0-0 free throws per game to MSU’s 17.8, but in Conf./Record Big Sky/4-4 Big Sky/3-5 the last 15 games MSU has 304 free throw attempts (23.2) to the opponents’ 224 (16.1) HEAD COACH Brian Fish Bill Evans The Idaho is MSU’s only win this season Alma Mater Marshall/’89 Southern Utah/’72 when scoring less than 80 points, and its only At School/Years 57-86/5th 63-127/7th win when fewer than four players scored in Overall/Years same 270-347/22nd double-digits vs. Opponent 3-3 (2-1/1-2/0-0) 7-9 (6-2/1-7/0-0) Tyler Hall has scored (126) or assisted (45) SCHOOL INFO on 171 of Montana State’s 464 baskets (37%) Nickname/colors Bobcats/Blue, gold Bengals/Orange, black Location Bozeman, MT Pocatello, ID ON THE OFFENSE... Arena Worthington Arena Holt Arena Montana State lost Thursday for the second straight game when scoring at least 80 points, GAME INFO vs. IDAHO STATE the only two such occasions this season Game #19 Idaho State at Montana State in Bozeman Junior guard Harald Frey became the 38th Specifi cs Saturday, January 6 at 2 pm in Worthington Arena Bobcat to score 1,000 career points vs. PSU Audio Bobcat Radio Network/msubobcats.com MSU shot 37.2% from the arc at home last (Tom Schultz, Brian Priebe) season, and is 58-159 (36.5%) in this season Video Pluto.tv while hitting at a 33.3% clip (87-for-261) on Last Time ISU 101-78 on March 1, 2018 in Bozeman the road this year Series 113-87 (71-27/40-60/2-0) Tyler Hall’s 3.56 three-pointers per game is Series Notes Last year’s win was ISU’s fi rst in Bozeman since 2012 16th nationally TEAM STAT COMPARISON Harald Frey’s +3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio is 19th in Division I, and his 4.8 assists per Shooting Other game is 76th FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg TO Avg Scoring Avg Own/Opp Own/Otepp Own Own/Opp Own/Opp Own/Opp MSU .441/.485 .356/.374 .707 34.4/34.7 13.4/12.3 75.7/80.6 ON THE DEFENSE... ISU .435/.465 .366/.357 .745 34.4/34.4 12.2/10.4 73.2/76.8 Back-to-back opponents have topped 50% shooting against the Bobcats, and MSU is 1-7 A QUICK LOOK... this season in games make more than half Montana State looks to halt its three-game losing streak Saturday when their shots ancient rival Idaho State visits Worthington Arena. The Bobcats lost for Eastern’s 59.7% shooting vs. MSU matched the second straight game when topping 80 points, allowing league-leading the best by a Bobcat foe this season Weber State to shoot 54.5% from the fl oor with a dozen three-pointers. Harald Frey’s four steals at EWU marked Tyler Hall scored 28 points and Keljin Blevins added 17, but the remainder a career high and matched the most by a of the team shot 12-for-36. Bobcat this season MSU’s PROJECTED LINEUP... Ht Wt Cl Exp PPG RPG Quickly F #11 Ladan Ricketts (LAY-duhn) ..........6-5 185 Jr JC 9.9 2.0 Second on team with 43 treys F #2 Keljin Blevins (like heavens) ........6-6 200 Sr 1V 11.1 5.7 42 points in the last two games C #31 Devin Kirby (rhymes with heaven) 6-11 205 So 1V/RS 7.9 5.7 Team-high 54.3% shooting, 5.7 rpg G #5 Harald Frey (fray) ........................ 6-2 180 Jr 2V 14.6 4.2 79th in DI with 4.9 assists per game G #3 Tyler Hall ...................................... 6-5 215 Sr 3V 20.1 3.9 All-time MSU, Big Sky scoring champ BOBCAT RESERVES #0 Zeke Quinlan ...............................6-7 220 Fr HS 1.2 1.9 Team-high 11.9 boards per 40 minutes #4 Sam Neumann............................. 6-5 225 Sr 3V 3.9 4.2 72 boards is third on team #12 Quentin Guliford (GULL-iff-ord) ...6-6 180 Fr HS 2.4 1.3 Scoreless in his last two contests #13 Lassi Nikkarinen (LAW-see nick-uh-RIN-ehn) .6-1 180 So 1V 3.1 1.0 Career-hi 14 PT/4 A/4 S vs. Sac #20 Russell Daniels ............................5-11 165 Jr JC 1.2 1.2 Returned vs. UI after missing 3 games #21 Usman Haruna (OOS-mawn huh-ROO-nuh) 6-11 235 Sr Tr 1.9 1.5 East Carolina transfer #32 Maximilian Schuecker (SHOO-eck-er) . 6-9 230 Fr HS 0.8 0.4 Four points vs. Presentation Specialty Stats BOBCAT SCHEDULE In Paint Off Turnovers 2nd Chance Fast Break N6 Utah State L 71-101 Opponent MSU/Opp MSU/Opp MSU/Opp MSU/Opp N9 at Indiana L 35-80 Utah State 14/36 10/18 2/17 2/4 at Indiana 18/48 10/29 4/11 5/12 N11 Presentation W 83-68 Presentation 48/24 6/12 17/3 4/0 N14 at CSU L 77-81 at CSU 20/40 10/23 11/12 2/13 N17 at UCSB L 69-88 at UCSB 26/42 11/18 8/12 0/8 N21 at Arkansas L 68-90 at Arkansas 16/46 9/29 7/20 3/20 N24 at Omaha L 65-89 at Omaha 22/34 12/18 10/4 6/14 N27 North Dakota W 81-76 North Dakota 40/18 18/15 13/10 6/4 D9 Wash St at Kennewick W 95-90 vs. Wash. St. 30/30 13/21 10/6 0/4 D18 at Denver L 64-76 at Denver 20/16 15/13 11/7 18/9 at So. Utah 34/26 19/5 15/9 2/6 D29 *at Southern Utah W 92-62 at No. Ariz. 26/30 14/12 2/5 0/2 D31 *at Northern Arizona L 68-74 Portland St 28/32 22/15 11/12 6/0 J3 *Portland State W 98-88 Sac State 24/30 9/17 9/8 8/4 J5 *Sacramento State W 84-70 at Idaho 32/20 7/8 14/0 5/4 J10 *at Idaho W 77-67 No. Colo. 24/34 2/11 15/7 2/2 J14 *Northern Colorado L 70-73 at East. Wash. 32/36 18/5 14/8 5/12 J19 *at Eastern Wash. L 81-85 Weber St 32/28 24/9 9/18 2/2 J24 *Weber State L 84-93 Idaho St Montana J26 *Idaho State 2 pm at No. Colo. F2 *Montana 7 pm East. Wash. F4 *at Northern Colo. 7 pm Idaho F7 *Eastern Washington 7 pm at Idaho St F9 *Idaho 2 pm at Weber St F14 *at Idaho State 7 pm at Montana F16 *at Weber State 7 pm No. Arizona F23 *at Montana 7 pm So. Utah at Sac St M2 *Northern Arizona 2 pm at Portland St M4 *Southern Utah 7 pm M7 *at Sacramento State 8 pm MT M9 *at Portland State 8 pm MT *-Big Sky +-OT periods %-Cancun Challenge Free Throw Facts - Late & Close 2017-18 Montana State Active Roster Player Last 5 Min* Last 2 Min* 0 Zeke Quinlan, F 6-7 220 Fr HS Univ Stu Portland, OR (Hillcrest Prep/Life Christian) Keljin Blevins 18-19 2-3 1-2 2 Keljin Blevins, F 6-6 215 Sr 1V+ Socio Hot Springs, AR (Southern Miss/Bishop O’Connell) Career 10-13 5-8 3 Tyler Hall, G 6-5 210 Sr 3V Business Rock Island, IL (Rock Island) Harald Frey 18-19 16-20 12-15 Career 45-56 38-49 4 Sam Neumann, F 6-5 225 Sr 3V Business St. Paul, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall) Tyler Hall 18-19 2-2 0-0 5 Harald Frey, G 6-2 185 Jr 2V Psychology Oslo, Norway (Wang Sports Academy) Career 66-81 56-70 11 Ladan Ricketts, F 6-5 185 Jr JC Business Livingston, MT (Sheridan JC/Park) Devin Kirby 18-19 6-7 3-3 12 Quentin Guliford, F 6-6 180 Fr HS Univ Stu Peoria, AZ (Liberty) Career 6-7 3-3 13 Lassi Nikkarinen, G 6-1 180 So 1V Univ Stu Helsinki, Finland (Helsinki Basketball Academy) Sam Neumann 18-19 0-0 0-0 Career 13-18 8-10 20 Russell Daniels, G 5-11 165 Jr JC Engineering Baton Rouge, LA (Southwestern Florida) Zeke Quinlan 18-19 1-2 1-2 21 Usman Haruna, C 6-11 235 Sr Tr Comm Kaduna, Nigeria (ECU/Bismarck St/Potter’s House) Career 1-2 1-2 31 Devin Kirby, C 6-11 205 So 1V Business Chandler, AZ (Basha) Ladan Ricketts 18-19 4-5 4-5 32 Maximilian Schuecker, C 6-9 230 Fr HS Univ Stu Modling, Austria (Redwell Gunners Oberwart) Career 4-5 4-5 Gavin Gundlach, G 5-11 165 So JC Elect Eng Miles City, MT (Miles CC/Custer Co.) *-Single-digit margin Stats include OT *-has used redshirt season +-transferred to MSU current redshirt players in italics MSU DOUBLE-DOUBLES HEAD COACH: Brian Fish Assistants: Chris Haslam, Luke Fennelly, Silvey Dominguez Career ‘18-19 Director of Operations: Jack Murrey Athletic Trainer: Brett Ritter Keljin Blevins 3 2 Harald Frey 1 1 Tyler Hall 4 0 BOBCATS BY MONTH Devin Kirby 2 2 NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH Sam Neumann 2 0 In ‘18-19 2-6 2-2 3-3 0-0 0-0 Fish Era 16-19 11-21 16-22 11-17 3-7 BOBCATS BY DAY OF THE WEEK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN In ‘18-19 0-2 1-2 0-2 2-1 0-1 2-3 2-0 Fish Era 3-6 3-8 5-6 16-23 4-4 22-32 4-7 Scoring by Half Montana State All- Most OT Wins in Season First Second(OT) # Year Opponents defeated MSU-Opp MSU-Opp Time in Overtime 1.