2020-21 SEASON J=J 4 M��l A�A �l l ;,�\\\; 13 , 1 MEN'S BASKEIBALt Postseason guide SCHEDULE/RESULTS DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT LEADERS (P/R) Wednesday November 25 UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. W, 91-78 Bishop (22), Belo (8) Wednesday December 2 Pacific Stockton, Calif. L, 74-70 (OT) Adamu (17), Belo (8) Sunday December 13 Yellowstone Christian Bozeman W, 114-74 Hood (21), Hood (12) Friday December 18 Washington State Pullman, Wash. L, 82-54 Adamu (12), Belo (6) Tuesday December 22 Portland Portland, Ore. L, 62-59 Bishop (17), Mohamed (10) Friday January 1 Montana Western Bozeman W, 96-67 Belo (19), Adamu (12) Thursday January 7 * Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo. W, 79-67 Bishop (28), Bishop/Belo (7) Saturday January 9 * Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo. W 76-74 (OT) Adamu (36), Adamu (9) Thursday January 14 * Portland State Bozeman W, 71-64 Hood (19), Belo (12) Saturday January 16 * Portland State Bozeman W, 69-64 Bishop (22), Belo (10) Thursday January 21 * Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. W, 62-51 Belo (14), Adamu (8) Saturday January 23 * Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. W, 58-53 Adamu (21), Mohamed (7) Thursday February 4 * Weber State Ogden, Utah L, 96-88 Mohamed (18), Mohamed (6) Saturday February 6 * Weber State Ogden, Utah L, 82-74 Adamu (19), Belo (11) Thursday February 11 * Eastern Washington Bozeman L, 93-77 Adamu (16), Adamu (9) Saturday February 13 * Eastern Washington Bozeman L, 85-69 Belo (11), Fernandez (6) Friday February 26 * Idaho Moscow, Idaho L, 74-69 Belo (24), Adamu (5) Sunday February 28 * Idaho Moscow, Idaho W, 71-61 Adamu (21), Adamu/Mohamed (7) Friday March 5 * Sacramento State Bozeman W, 77-75 Adamu (18), Belo/Mohamed (7) Saturday March 6 * Sacramento State Bozeman L, 74-73 Belo (32), Mohamed (7) Thursday March 11 % Idaho State Boise, Idaho 2 PM | Pluto TV 2021 Big Sky Conference * Big Sky Conference game Men’s Basketball Championship March 10-13 % Big Sky Tournament Idaho Central Arena - Boise, Idaho Big Sky regular season series originally scheduled versus Southern Utah (Dec. 31- Jan. 2), Montana (Jan. 28-30) and Idaho State (Feb. 18-20) canceled due to Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday coronavirus protocols March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 #1 Southern Utah #8 Northern Colorado GAME 4 Game 4 Winner The six lowest seeds compete in the three GAME 1 11:00 a.m. First Round games on March 10. The men’s 9:00 a.m. Game 1 Winner GAME 8 #9 Sacramento State Game 8 Winner championship takes up game action at the 5:00 p.m. #4 Idaho State Big Sky Tournament on March 13. The March GAME 5 Game 5 Winner 12 schedule consists of the women’s 2:00 p.m. #5 Montana State championship game with the men’s semifinal GAME 10 contests to follow. All men’s rounds up to the 6:00 p.m. 2021 championship will be streamed on Pluto TV #2 Eastern Washington Tournament Champion and WatchBigSky.com. The championship #7 Portland State GAME 6 Game 6 Winner 5:00 p.m. GAME 2 game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Game 2 Winner 12:00 p.m. #10 Northern Arizona GAME 9 Game 9 Winner 8:00 p.m. #3 Weber State #6 Montana GAME 7 Game 7 Winner 8:00 p.m. GAME 3 Game 3 Winner 3:00 p.m #11 Idaho ® ® #BigSkyInBoise 2 GENERAL INFO UNIVERSITY INFORMATION BASKETBALL HISTORY School Name: Montana State University First Year of Basketball: 1901-02 Location: Bozeman, Mont. All-Time Record: 1,589-1,355 Founded: 1893 All-Time Big Sky Record: 434-439 Enrollment: 16,249 (Fall 2020) Big Sky Championship Record: 16-30 Nickname: Bobcats NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 Colors: Blue & Gold NCAA Tournament Record: 0-3 Arena: Worthington Arena (6,772) NIT Appearances: 2 Conference: Big Sky President: Dr. Waded Cruzado BOBCATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Athletics Director: Leon Costello Facebook: /MSUBobcatsMBB Faculty Representative: George Haynes Twitter: @MSUBobcatsMBB Athletic Department Phone: 406-994-4221 Instagram: @msubobcatsmbb Athletics Ticket Office Phone: 406-994-2287 School Name: MSUBobcats.com BOBCAT SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Twitter: @MSUBobcats Play-by-Play Announcer: Zach Mackey Facebook & Instagram: @montanastatebobcats Twitter: @MSUBobcatsRadio Email: [email protected] BASKETBALL STAFF Learfield General Manager: Quinn Pacini Office Phone: 406-994-4442 Phone: 406-994-4244 Head Coach: Danny Sprinkle, 2nd season Assistant Coach: Chris Haslam, 8th season WORTHINGTON ARENA Assistant Coach: Dan Russell, 2nd season Assistant Coach: Ken Moses, 1st season Player Personnel: Carlos Taylor, 1st season Strength and Conditioning Coach: John Sauer Athletic Trainer: Brett Ritter Communications (SID): Andrew Pedersen Student Managers: Brayden Hall, Alec Nys Equipment Manager: Gabe Neef Administrative Assistant: Paulette McLane TEAM INFORMATION 2019-20 Record: 16-15 2019-20 Big Sky Record: 10-10 (T-4th place) 2020 Big Sky Championship: Quarterfinals 2020 Postseason: No game in BSC quarterfinals Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/5 Newcomers: 9 Percent of Scoring Returning: 52.2% Percent of Rebounding Returning: 60.0% Percent of Assists Returning: 34.2% POSTSEASON GUIDE 3 PHOTO ROSTER 0 1 2 3 4 Abdul Mohamed Xavier Bishop Nick Gazelas Finn Fleute Bilal Shabazz F | 6-7 | 200 | Sr. G | 5-8 | 155 | R-Sr. G | 6-4 | 190 | So. F | 6-10 | 235 | So. G| 6-8 | 210 | Jr. Ottawa, Ontario Springfield, Ill. Humble, Texas Essen, Germany Milwaukee, Wis. 5 10 11 12 13 Amin Adamu Caleb Bellach Tyler Patterson Mike Hood Jubrile Belo G | 6-5 | 190 | Sr. G | 6-6 | 195 | So. G | 6-8 | 180 | Fr. G |6-2 | 185 | Jr. F | 6-9 | 240 | Jr. London, England Manhattan, Mont. Snoqualmie, Wash. Kansas City, Mo. London, England 15 20 23 24 31 Carter Ash Jesse Owens Borja Fernandez Kellen Tynes Devin Kirby G | 6-0 | 165 | Fr. G | 5-9 | 170 | R-Fr. F | 6-7 | 230 | So. G | 6-3 | 165 | Fr. F | 6-11 | 225 | Sr. Bozeman, Mont. Billings, Mont. Bilbao, Spain Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Chandler, Ariz. Danny Sprinkle Chris Haslam Dan Russell Ken Moses Carlos Taylor Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Player Personnel Second Season Eighth Season Second Season First Season First Season 4 ALPHABETICAL/NUMERICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School/Team) 0 Abdul Mohamed F/G Sr. 6-7 200 Ottawa, Ontario (North Texas) 1 Xavier Bishop G R-Sr. 5-8 155 Springfield, Ill. (UMKC) 2 Nick Gazelas G So. 6-4 190 Humble, Texas (Jacksonville College) 3 Finn Fleute F So. 6-10 235 Essen, Germany (Uni Baskets Paderborn) 4 Bilal Shabazz F Jr. 6-8 210 Milwaukee, Wis. (Trinidad State) 5 Amin Adamu G Sr. 6-5 190 London, England (Casper College) 10 Caleb Bellach G So. 6-6 195 Manhattan, Mont. (Manhattan Christian) 11 Tyler Patterson G Fr. 6-8 180 Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si HS) 12 Mike Hood G Jr. 6-2 185 Kansas City, Mo. (Southern Idaho) 13 Jubrile Belo F Jr. 6-9 240 London, England (Lamar CC) 15 Carter Ash G Fr. 6-0 165 Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS) 20 Jesse Owens G R-Fr. 5-9 170 Billings, Mont. (Billings West HS) 23 Borja Fernandez F So. 6-7 230 Bilbao, Spain (FC Barcelona U18) 24 Kellen Tynes G Fr. 6-3 165 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Rothesay Netherwood) 31 Devin Kirby F Sr. 6-11 225 Chandler, Ariz. (Basha HS) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School/Team) 5 Amin Adamu G Sr. 6-5 190 London, England (Casper College) 15 Carter Ash G Fr. 6-0 165 Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS) 10 Caleb Bellach G So. 6-6 195 Manhattan, Mont. (Manhattan Christian) 13 Jubrile Belo F Jr. 6-9 240 London, England (Lamar CC) 1 Xavier Bishop G R-Sr. 5-8 155 Springfield, Ill. (UMKC) 23 Borja Fernandez F So. 6-7 230 Bilbao, Spain (FC Barcelona U18) 3 Finn Fleute F So. 6-10 235 Essen, Germany (Uni Baskets Paderborn) 2 Nick Gazelas G So. 6-4 190 Humble, Texas (Jacksonville College) 12 Mike Hood G Jr. 6-2 185 Kansas City, Mo. (Southern Idaho) 31 Devin Kirby F Sr. 6-11 225 Chandler, Ariz. (Basha HS) 0 Abdul Mohamed F/G Sr. 6-7 200 Ottawa, Ontario (North Texas) 20 Jesse Owens G R-Fr. 5-9 170 Billings, Mont. (Billings West HS) 11 Tyler Patterson G Fr. 6-8 180 Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si HS) 4 Bilal Shabazz F Jr. 6-8 210 Milwaukee, Wis. (Trinidad State) 24 Kellen Tynes G Fr. 6-3 165 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Rothesay Netherwood) STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach Danny Sprinkle (Montana State, 2000) Amin Adamu: awe-min ah-da-mu Assistant Coaches Caleb Bellach: bell-etch Chris Haslam (Wyoming, 1997) Jubrile Belo: juh-brill bell-oh Dan Russell (Wyoming, 2010) Borja Fernandez: bore-ha Ken Moses (CSU Pueblo, 2010) Finn Fleute: floy-tey Director of Player Personnel Nick Gazelas: gah-zey-les Carlos Taylor (Montana State, 2008) Bilal Shabazz: bi-lall sha-baws Strength and Conditioning Coach John Sauer Athletic Trainer Brett Ritter POSTSEASON GUIDE 5 2020-21 Montana St. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Mar 06, 2021 OVERALL STATISTICS All games Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 11-9 5-3 6-6 0-0 CONFERENCE 8-6 3-3 5-3 0-0 Montana St. 715 768 14 1497 NON-CONFERENCE 3-3 2-0 1-3 0-0 Opponents 697 737 16 1450 Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No.