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MONTANA BASKETBALL Game Notes | Contact: Nic Hallisey, MBB Sports Information Director | (970) 231-4789 | [email protected] SCHEDULE GAME 8: MONTANA AT ARIZONA TUESDAY, DEC. 22 / 5 P.M. (MT) / TUCSON, ARIZONA / MCKALE CENTER (14,644) Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 28 at USC L, 76-62 MONTANA GRIZZLIES STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 3 at Southern Utah* L, 64-63 2020-21 Record ................... 3-4 (0-2 Big Sky) Minutes/Game ......... B. Whitney (30.7) Dec. 5 at Southern Utah* L, 75-74 2019-20 Record ............. 18-13 (14-6 Big Sky) Points/Game ................ K. Owens (13.1) Head Coach ....... Travis DeCuire (7th Season) Rebounds/Game ............ K. Owens (7.6) Dec. 8 at Georgia L, 63-50 Record at UM ......... 130-75 (85-29 Big Sky) Three-Pointers ............... J. Vazquez (12) Dec. 12 YELLOWSTONE CHRISTIAN W, 102-42 Career Record .................................... Same Assists .............................. C. Parker (31) Blocks .......................... M. Anderson (5) Dec. 16 at Washington W, 66-58 Steals ............................. B. Whitney (9) Dec. 18 DICKINSON STATE W, 78-51 ARIZONA WILDCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 22 at Arizona 5 p.m. 2020-21 Record ................... 5-1 (0-1 Pac-12) Minutes/Game .............. J. Akinjo (33.2) Jan. 2 Northern Colorado* TBD 2019-20 Record ............. 21-11 (10-8 Pac-12) Points/Game ............... J. Baker Jr. (16.7) Jan. 4 Northern Colorado* TBD Head Coach ........... Sean Miller, 12th Season Rebounds/Game ............. J. Brown (7.0) Record at UA ................................ 290-101 Three-Pointers ............... J. Baker Jr. (20) Jan. 14 Northern Arizona* TBD Career Record ............................... 410-148 Assists ............................... J. Akinjo (28) Jan. 16 Northern Arizona* TBD Blocks ................................ C. Koloko (9) Jan. 21 at Sacramento State* 6 p.m. Steals .................... J. Akinjo/D. Terry (9) Jan. 23 at Sacramento State* 12 p.m. Jan. 28 Montana State* TBD BY THE NUMBERS GAME COVERAGE Jan. 30 at Montana State* TBD MONTANA ARIZONA TV: Pac-12 Networks Feb. 4 at Portland State* 8 p.m. Rank Avg Category Avg Rank Stream: bitly.com/grizbb-ua Feb. 6 at Portland State* 1 p.m. 211 ...... 70.7 .......... Points/Game .......... 78.2 ......... 92 ............ PxP: TBD Feb. 11 Weber State* TBD 43 ........ 61.3 ...... Opp. Points/Game ...... 62.3 ......... 52 ............ Color: TBD 109 ...... +9.4 ......... Scoring Margin ........ +15.9 ........ 50 Audio: Montana Grizzly Radio Network Feb. 13 Weber State* TBD 81 ........ .472 ................. FG% ................. .463 ........ 103 ...... KGVO (1290 AM/98.3 FM) Feb. 18 at Eastern Washington* 7 p.m. 59 ........ .387 ............. Opp. FG% ............. .394 ......... 77 ...... bitly.com/grizhoopslisten or TuneIn app Feb. 20 Eastern Washington* TBD 158 ...... .337 ................ 3FG% ................ .393 ......... 35 ............ PxP: Riley Corcoran Feb. 25 at Idaho State* 7 p.m. 49 ........ .276 ............ Opp. 3FG% ............ .286 ......... 72 304 ....... 4.9 ...... 3-Ptrs Made/Game ...... 8.0 ......... 113 Live Stats: GoGriz.com Feb. 27 at Idaho State* 12 p.m. 86 ........ .735 ................. FT% ................. .713 ........ 139 Twitter: @MontanaGrizBB March 4 Idaho* TBD 205 ...... 35.4 ....... Rebounds/Game ....... 41.5 ......... 56 March 6 Idaho* TBD 140 ...... +2.6 ..... Rebounding Margin .... +12.8 ........ 13 197 ...... 13.1 .......... Assists/Game .......... 15.5 ......... 80 SERIES HISTORY March 10 Big Sky First Round ^ TBD 189 ...... 14.3 ....... Turnovers/Game ....... 14.3 ........ 191 March 11 Big Sky Quarterfinals ^ TBD 185 ....... -0.1 ....... Turnover Margin ....... +0.2 ........ 181 Overall: 0-2 March 12 Big Sky Semifinals ^ TBD 202 ....... 0.9 ..... Assist-Turnover Ratio ..... 1.1 ......... 125 In Missoula: 0-0 March 13 Big Sky Finals ^ TBD 252 ....... 5.6 ........... Steals/Game ........... 7.0 ......... 138 In Tucson: 0-2 296 ....... 1.7 ........... Blocks/Game ........... 5.2 .......... 34 All start times listed as Mountain Time Neutral Court: 0-0 * Big Sky Conference game ^ Big Sky Championship (Boise, Idaho) GRIZ HOOPS ROSTER No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) GP-GS MPG PPG RPG AST BLK STL 0 Kyle Owens So. F 6-8 205 Calabasas, Calif. (Crespi Carmelite H.S.) 7-5 29.9 13.1 7.6 7 0 4 1 Michael Steadman R-Sr. F 6-10 215 Union City, Calif. (San Jose State) 7-7 23.6 12.0 4.7 2 4 2 2 Darius Henderson Jr. F 6-9 220 Pasadena, Calif. (UMass Lowell) 4-0 2.3 0.5 0.8 1 0 0 3 Josh Vazquez So. G 6-3 180 Torrance, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery H.S.) 7-5 25.7 7.7 2.4 12 0 7 5 Robby Beasley III Fr. G 6-3 190 Dublin, Calif. (Dublin H.S.) 1-0 11.0 5.0 1.0 0 0 0 10 Eddy Egun R-So. G 6-4 204 Woodland Hills, Calif. (El Camino Real H.S.) 6-1 11.2 3.0 1.7 4 0 0 11 Cameron Parker Jr. G 6-2 170 Beaverton, Ore. (Sacred Heart) 7-1 24.9 9.1 2.6 31 0 6 12 Brandon Whitney Fr. G 6-1 178 Mission Hills, Calif. (Bishop Alemany H.S.) 7-6 30.7 9.7 1.6 16 0 9 13 Josh Bannan Fr. F 6-9 215 Melbourne, Australia (UC Lake Ginninderra) 7-7 25.4 9.9 6.6 8 1 7 23 Mack Anderson Jr. F 6-9 208 Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman H.S.) 6-0 7.5 1.7 2.5 0 5 1 24 Freddy Brown III R-So. G 6-2 178 Seattle, Wash. (Nathan Hale H.S.) 3-0 7.0 3.3 0.7 2 0 0 35 Derrick Carter-Hollinger So. F 6-5 212 San Diego, Calif. (Foothills Christian H.S.) 4-2 20.5 3.8 2.8 5 2 0 44 Hunter Clarke Fr. G 6-5 185 Kaleen, Australia (UC Lake Ginninderra) 1-0 5.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 Head Coach: Travis DeCuire, 7th Season (Montana, ‘94) Associate Head Coach: Chris Cobb, 7th Season (Menlo College, ’09) Assistant Coach: Jay Flores, 5th Season (Chico State, ‘12) Assistant Coach: Zach Payne, 2nd Season (Whitworth, ‘14) Graduate Managers: Anderson Clarke, 3rd Season (Concordia Irvine, ‘18); Jordan Gregory, 2nd Season (Montana, ‘15) GRIZ ROSTER 0 101 1122 3 5 KYLE MICHAEL DARIUS JOSH ROBBY OWENS STEADMAN HENDERSON VAZQUEZ BEASLEY III SO. | F | 6-8/205 R-SR. | F | 6-10/215 JR. | F | 6-9/220 SO. | G | 6-3/180 FR. | G | 6-3/190 CALABASAS, CALIF. UNION CITY, CALIF. PASADENA, CALIF. TORRANCE, CALIF. SAN RAMON, CALIF. CRESPI CARMELITE H.S. SAN JOSE STATE UMASS LOWELL BISHOP MONTGOMERY H.S. DUBLIN H.S. 10 112 12 13 EDDY CAMERON BRANDON JOSH EGUN PARKER WHITNEY BANNAN R-SO. | G | 6-4/204 JR. | G | 6-2/170 FR. | G | 6-1/178 FR. | F | 6-9/215 WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. BEAVERTON, ORE. MISSION HILLS, CALIF. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA EL CAMINO REAL H.S. SACRED HEART BISHOP ALEMANY H.S. UC LAKE GINNINDERRA 230 24 35 44 MACK FREDDY DERRICK HUNTER ANDERSON BROWN III CARTER-HOLLINGER CLARKE JR. | F | 6-9/208 R-SO. | G | 6-2/178 SO. | F | 6-5/212 FR. | G | 6-5-185 BOZEMAN, MONT. SEATTLE, WASH. SAN DIEGO, CALIF. KALEEN, AUSTRALIA BOZEMAN H.S. NATHAN HALE H.S. FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN H.S. UC LAKE GINNINDERRA TRAVIS CHRIS JAY ZACH ANDERSON JORDAN DECUIRE COBB FLORES PAYNE CLARKE GREGORY HEAD COACH ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH GRADUATE MANAGER GRADUATE MANAGER 7TH SEASON 7TH SEASON 5TH SEASON 2ND SEASON 3RD SEASON 2ND SEASON MONTANA, 1994 MENLO COLLEGE, 2009 CHICO STATE, 2012 WHITWORTH, 2014 CONCORDIA IRVINE, 2018 MONTANA, 2015 2 GAME MATCHUP LAST TIME VS WASHINGTON... OPPONENT PREVIEW TUCSON, Ariz. – Montana held Arizona to a season-low-tying 22 first-half SCOUTING ARIZONA points, but while the defense was dominant, the Grizzlies couldn’t get their • Arizona enters Tuesday’s matchup with a 5-1 mark, most-recently offense going, scoring just 42 points in a 61-42 defeat. Montana played lock-down defense in the first half, at one point holding the dropping its first contest of the season (78-75 at Stanford). The Wildcats without a made basket for more than 10 minutes. During that stretch, Wildcats own victories over Grambling State, Eastern Washington, Arizona shot 0-for-9 from the floor with six turnovers. Northern Arizona, CSU Bakersfield and UTEP. The Grizzlies were within two points, 17-15, with 5:15 to play in the first half, • Arizona is averaging 41.5 rebounds per game (56th nationally) but couldn’t score for the remainder of the period, allowing Arizona to build a and owns a +12.8 rebounding margin that is the 13th-best in the lead it would keep for the remainder of the night. Seniors Ahmaad Rorie and Michael Oguine combined for 29 points, but one of country. Just on the offensive end, Arizona averages 13.2 rebounds the main highlights was the play of Kelby Kramer. The freshman replaced senior per game. big man Jamar Akoh in the starting lineup and held his own against Duke transfer • The Wildcats rank in the top 100 nationally for scoring offense, but are and McDonald’s All-American Chase Jeter. even better on defense, allowing just 62.3 points per game (52nd). Kramer entered the night averaging just 9.4 minutes over seven career games, • In Arizona’s win over UTEP, the Wildcats shot 0-of-9 from 3-point but played 30 on Wednesday, including all but 43 seconds in the first half. Kramer scored two points while recording three rebounds, one blocked shot and one steal. range, marking the first time 2009 that they did not make a Arizona improved to 88-4 on its home court dating back to 2013-14, the best 3-pointer in a game. Even still, the Wildcats rank 35th nationally winning percentage in the country during that stretch.