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Bobcat Basketball GAME #14: Returning to the Road, Bobcats Visit Idaho on Thursday Cats look to build on momentum gained with weekend home sweep Basketball SID: Bill Lamberty 406/994-5133 [email protected] www.msubobcats.com MISCELLANY... N E X T U P Montana State’s fi rst four opponents at- Bobcats Vandals tempted 101 free throws to MSU’s 71, but in ‘18-19 RECORD 6-8 4-11 the last 10 games MSU has 240 free throw Home/Road/Neu 4-1/2-7/0-0 3-5/1-4/0-2 attempts to the opponents’ 161 Conf./Record Big Sky/3-1 Big Sky/1-3 The Portland State game marked the 44th time (out of 76 opportunities) that Tyler Hall HEAD COACH Brian Fish Don Verlin and Harald Frey have each scored in double- Alma Mater Marshall/’89 CS Stanislaus/’91 digits in the same game At School/Years 56-83/5th 176-160/11th Tyler Hall has scored (86) or assisted (36) Overall/Years same same on 122 of Montana State’s 352 fi eld goals this vs. Opponent 2-5 (1-2/1-3/0-0) 6-2 (4-0/2-2/0-0) season (35%) SCHOOL INFO Devin Kirby has either led MSU or shared Nickname/colors Bobcats/Blue, gold Silver, gold the team lead in rebounding in eight of the 14 Location Bozeman, MT Moscow, ID games Arena Worthington Arena Cowan Spectrum GAME INFO vs. IDAHO ON THE OFFENSE... Montana State scored 80 points or more in Game #15 Montana State at Idaho fi ve of the team’s last seven contests, three Specifi cs Thursday, January 9 at Moscow, Idaho, Cowan Spectrum of them on the road, and has hit 90 points in Audio Bobcat Radio Network/msubobcats.com three of the last six contests (Tom Schultz) Junior guard Harald Frey became the 38th Video Pluto.tv Bobcat to score 1,000 career points vs. PSU Last Time UI 78-68 on Feb. 15, 2018 in Moscow Montana State shot 37.2% from the arc at Series 61-50 (39-16/19-31/3-3) home last season, and is 39-104 (37.5%) in Series Notes The Cats have lost four straight in Moscow fi ve home games this season while hitting at a TEAM STAT COMPARISON 35.2% clip (86-for-244) away from home Tyler Hall’s 10-for-10 effort from the free Shooting Other throw line vs. PSU tied a school record for FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg TO Avg Scoring Avg most charity tosses without a miss Own/Opp Own/Otepp Own Own/Opp Own/Opp Own/Opp MSU .439/.485 .359/.372 .696 34.6/34.4 15.1/11.8 74.3/81.8 UI .460/.428 .363/.320 .698 36.1/35.7 12.8/9.8 73.1/74.5 ON THE DEFENSE... Southern Utah’s 38.2% shooting marked A QUICK LOOK... the best effort by the MSU defense against a Montana State heads back to the road Thursday, facing a youthful Idaho Division I opponent this season team that shows many of the positive characteristics as recen Vandals After six straight Bobcat opponents hit at teams. Idaho is 1-3 in Big Sky play, with the victory at home against least 10 treys against the Bobcats, MSU held Eastern Washington, but UI holds hopponents to 42.8% shooting, 32.0% Southern Utah (8) and NAU (7) to below that from the three-point arc. Trevon Allen leads the Vandals with 14.7 points a Tyler Hall and Harald Frey lead the Cats game, while Cameron Tyson chips in 14.3. with 13 steals each MSU’s PROJECTED LINEUP... Ht Wt Cl Exp PPG RPG Quickly F #11 Ladan Ricketts (LAY-duhn) ..........6-5 185 Jr JC 10.1 2.0 Second on team with 35 treys F #2 Keljin Blevins (like heavens) ........6-6 200 Sr 1V 9.9 5.3 Second on team with 5.3 rpg C #31 Devin Kirby (rhymes with heaven) 6-11 205 So 1V/RS 8.3 6.0 Team-high 56.2% shooting, 6.0 rpg G #5 Harald Frey (fray) ........................ 6-2 180 Jr 2V 15.0 4.1 Averaging 22.1 points in last 6 games G #3 Tyler Hall ...................................... 6-5 215 Sr 3V 18.7 3.8 All-time MSU scoring champ BOBCAT RESERVES #0 Zeke Quinlan ...............................6-7 220 Fr HS 1.3 2.0 Team-high 10.3 boards per 40 minutes #4 Sam Neumann............................. 6-5 225 Sr 3V 3.5 4.4 62 boards is third on team #12 Quentin Guliford (GULL-iff-ord) ...6-6 180 Fr HS 3.0 1.4 29 points in last fi ve games #13 Lassi Nikkarinen (LAW-see nick-uh-RIN-ehn) .6-1 180 So 1V 3.4 0.9 Career-hi 14 PT/4 A/4 S vs. Sac #20 Russell Daniels ............................5-11 165 Jr JC 1.5 1.3 Possible to return for Idaho game #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 1.0 0.5 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 Presntation 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 J10 *at Idaho 8 pm MT No. Colo. J14 *Northern Colorado 7 pm at East. Wash. J19 *at Eastern Wash. 3 pm MT Weber St J24 *Weber State 7 pm 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 1-1 0-0 2 Keljin Blevins, F 6-6 215 Sr 1V+ Socio Hot Springs, AR (Southern Miss/Bishop O’Connell) Career 9-11 4-6 3 Tyler Hall, G 6-5 210 Sr 3V Business Rock Island, IL (Rock Island) Harald Frey 18-19 10-14 8-11 Career 39-50 34-45 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 3-4 0-0 12 Quentin Guliford, F 6-6 180 Fr HS Univ Stu Peoria, AZ (Liberty) Career 3-4 0-0 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 4-4 4-4 32 Maximilian Schuecker, C 6-9 230 Fr HS Univ Stu Modling, Austria (Redwell Gunners Oberwart) Career 4-4 4-4 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 2-0 0-0 0-0 Fish Era 16-19 11-21 15-19 11-17 3-7 BOBCATS BY DAY OF THE WEEK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN In ‘18-19 0-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-2 2-0 Fish Era 3-5 3-8 5-6 15-22 4-4 22-31 4-7 SCOPING THE BOBCATS RACKING YLER Last Time Out On the Attack T T Montana State shot a scorching 58% in the Brian Fish has preached and taught an at- In his career Tyler Hall..