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Bobcat Basketball GAME #20: Bobcats Host League-Leading Grizzlies on Saturday UM brings great balance and stingy defense to Worthington Arena Basketball SID: Bill Lamberty 406/994-5133 [email protected] www.msubobcats.com MISCELLANY... N E X T U P Montana State is 1-9 this season when it is Bobcats Grizzlies out-rebounded, with the win coming against ‘18-19 RECORD 8-11 14-6 Idaho State on Saturday Home/Road/Neu 5-3/2-8/1-0 7-1/5-4/2-1 Montana State has shot (401 to 348) and Conf./Record Big Sky/5-4 Big Sky/7-2 made (283 to 239) more free throws than its opponents, but last week’s Idaho State game HEAD COACH Brian Fish Travis DeCuire was MSU’s fi rst win this season when the op- Alma Mater Marshall/’89 Montana/’94 ponent shoots more free throws At School/Years 58-86/5th 97-55/5th Idaho is MSU’s only win this season when Overall/Years same same scoring less than 80 points and when fewer vs. Opponent 1-7 (1-3/0-4/0-0) 7-1 (4-0/3-1/0-0) than four players scored in double-digits SCHOOL INFO Tyler Hall has scored (135) or assisted (47) Nickname/colors Bobcats/Blue, gold Grizzlies/Maroon, silver on 182 of Montana State’s 505 baskets (36%) Location Bozeman, MT Missoula, MT Arena Worthington Arena Dahlberg Arena ON THE OFFENSE... Montana State has scored at least 80 GAME INFO vs. MONTANA points in three straight games for the fi rst time Game #20 Montana vs. Montana State in Bozeman this season and leads the Big Sky in scoring Specifi cs Saturday, February 2 at 7 pm in Worthington Arena average (conference games) at 84.2 Audio Bobcat Radio Network/msubobcats.com MSU shot 37.2% from the arc at home last (Tom Schultz, Brian Priebe) season, and is 70-185 (37.8%) in this season Video SWX Montana (Chris Byers, Jeff Riggs, Aunica Koch) while hitting at a 33.3% clip (87-for-261) on Last Time UM 90-63 on February 24, 2018 in Missoula the road this year Series 113-87 (71-27/40-60/2-0) Tyler Hall’s 3.58 three-pointers per game is Series Notes MSU has lost 15 of the last 16 in this series 14th nationally TEAM STAT COMPARISON Harald Frey’s +3.17 assist-to-turnover ratio is 17th 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 .450/.488 .362/.380 .706 34.3/34.6 12.9/12.5 77.2/80.8 ON THE DEFENSE... UM .481/.421 .362/.333 .669 33.8/32.5 12.0/14.3 75.6/67.8 Montana State is 2-7 this season when the opponent makes at least half its shots, but A QUICK LOOK... one of those wins came against Idaho State One of the Big Sky’s best offensive teams collides with one of its best last Saturday defenses when Montana State hosts the Grizzlies on Saturday at 7 pm. Three straight Bobcat opponents have The Bobcats lead the Big Sky in scoring offense and three-pointers made topped 50% shooting per game, while Montana stands second in scoring defense and fi eld goal Harald Frey’s four steals at EWU marked percentage defense. UM is balanced offensively, with fi ve players among a career high and matched the most by a the league’s top 25 scorers. Bobcat this season MSU’s PROJECTED LINEUP... Ht Wt Cl Exp PPG RPG Quickly F #3 Tyler Hall ...................................... 6-5 215 Sr 3V 20.4 4.0 All-time MSU, Big Sky scoring champ F #2 Keljin Blevins (like heavens) ........6-6 200 Sr 1V 11.3 5.6 Averages 18.7 in last 3 games C #31 Devin Kirby (rhymes with heaven) 6-11 205 So 1V/RS 7.7 5.6 Team-high 53.1% shooting, 5.6 rpg G #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 G #5 Harald Frey (fray) ........................ 6-2 180 Jr 2V 15.4 4.2 76th in DI with 4.8 assists per game BOBCAT RESERVES #0 Zeke Quinlan ...............................6-7 220 Fr HS 1.1 1.9 Team-high 11.4 boards per 40 minutes #4 Sam Neumann............................. 6-5 225 Sr 3V 4.4 4.4 84 boards is third on team #11 Ladan Ricketts (LAY-duhn) ..........6-5 185 Jr JC 9.9 2.0 Second on team with 45 treys #12 Quentin Guliford (GULL-iff-ord) ...6-6 180 Fr HS 2.3 1.3 Scoreless in his last four contests #20 Russell Daniels ............................5-11 165 Jr JC 1.4 1.1 Scored 4 points vs. ISU last time out #21 Usman Haruna (OOS-mawn huh-ROO-nuh) 6-11 235 Sr Tr 1.8 1.4 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 44/32 29/4 11/12 2/2 Montana J26 *Idaho State W 104-84 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 4-3 0-0 0-0 Fish Era 16-19 11-21 17-22 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 3-3 2-0 Fish Era 3-6 3-8 5-6 16-23 4-4 23-32 4-7 SCOPING THE BOBCATS RACKING YLER Last Time Out On the Attack T T Montana State grabbed an early lead and Brian Fish has preached and taught an at- In his career Tyler Hall..