Bobcat Basketball GAME #22: Cats Look to Build Momentum After Huge Road Win Montana State, Eastern Washington Meet with Fourth Place at Stake Basketball SID: Bill Lamberty 406/994-5133 [email protected] www.msubobcats.com MISCELLANY... N E X T U P Montana State is 1-10 this season when Bobcats Eagles out-rebounded, with the win coming against ‘18-19 RECORD 9-12 8-13 Idaho State in Bozeman Home/Road/Neu 5-4/3-8/1-0 7-3/1-10/0-0 Montana State averages 16.0 free throws in Conf./Record Big Sky/6-5 Big Sky/6-4 its two Monday night conference games, 23.4 it its other nine Big Sky contests HEAD COACH Brian Fish Shantay Legans MSU’s 243 free throw attempts is second- Alma Mater Marshall/’89 Fresno State/’04 most in the Big Sky, while Eastern Washing- At School/Years 59-87/5th 28-28/2nd ton’s 171 attempts is 10th out of 11 Overall/Years same same Idaho and UNC are MSU’s only wins this vs. Opponent 2-5 (2-1/0-4/0-0) 2-0 (2-0/0-0/0-0) season with less than 80 points and fewer SCHOOL INFO than four players in double-digits scoring Nickname/colors Bobcats/Blue, gold Eagles/Red, white Tyler Hall has scored (153) or assisted (50) Location Bozeman, MT Cheney, WA on 194 of Montana State’s 534 baskets (36%) Arena Worthington Arena Reese Court GAME INFO vs. EASTERN WASHINGTON ON THE OFFENSE... In league play, the Bobcats lead the Big Game #22 Montana State vs. Eastern Washington in Bozeman Sky in scoring offense (82.3), stand third in Specifi cs Thursay, February 7 at 7 pm in Worthington Arena three-point percentage (.380), and are third in Audio Bobcat Radio Network/msubobcats.com fi eld goal percentage (.469) (Tom Schultz, Brian Priebe) MSU shot 37.2% from the arc at home last Video Pluto.tv, WatchBigSky.com season, and is 94-284 (37.7%) this season Last Time EWU 85-81 on January 19, 2019, in Cheney while hitting at a 33.1% clip (87-for-261) on Series 45-41 (30-12/12-26/3-3) the road this year Series Notes The home team has won six straight in this series Tyler Hall’s 3.57 three-pointers per game is TEAM STAT COMPARISON 11th nationally Harald Frey’s +3.29 assist-to-turnover ratio Shooting Other is 12th in Division I, and his 5.1 assists per FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg TO Avg Scoring Avg game is 60th Own/Opp Own/Otepp Own Own/Opp Own/Opp Own/Opp MSU .448/.486 .359/.370 .704 34.4/34.7 12.7/12.6 76.8/80.2 EWU .415/.466 .339/.384 .716 34.5/37.0 12.1/12.0 70.4/77.0 ON THE DEFENSE... Montana State is 2-8 this season when the A QUICK LOOK... opponent makes at least half its shots, with Montana State’s sprint through the middle portion of its league schedule one of those wins against Idaho State continues Thursday, when the Bobcats host Eastern Washington with Four straight Bobcat opponents had shot at fourth place in the Big Sky at stake. Eastern beat MSU 85-81 in Cheney least 50% before the UNC game on Monday on January 19, and have won fi ve of their last six contests. Mason Harald Frey’s four steals at EWU marked Peatling leads the Eagles with 15.9 points and 7.2 boards, but sophomore a career high and matched the most by a Jacob Davison scored 41 points vs. NAU Thursday. Bobcat this season MSU’s PROJECTED LINEUP... Ht Wt Cl Exp PPG RPG Quickly F #3 Tyler Hall ...................................... 6-5 215 Sr 3V 20.8 4.1 All-time MSU, Big Sky scoring champ F #2 Keljin Blevins (like heavens) ........6-6 200 Sr 1V 11.1 5.7 Grabbed eight boards in win at UNC C #31 Devin Kirby (rhymes with heaven) 6-11 205 So 1V/RS 7.7 5.3 Shooting 53.7% on the season G #13 Lassi Nikkarinen (LAW-see nick-uh-RIN-ehn) .6-1 180 So 1V 3.0 0.9 8 minutes at UNC low mark in 6 starts G #5 Harald Frey (fray) ........................ 6-2 180 Jr 2V 15.1 4.2 63rd in DI with 5.0 assists per game BOBCAT RESERVES #0 Zeke Quinlan ...............................6-7 220 Fr HS 1.4 2.0 Team-high 12.4 boards per 40 minutes #4 Sam Neumann............................. 6-5 225 Sr 3V 4.5 4.4 93 boards is third on team #11 Ladan Ricketts (LAY-duhn) ..........6-5 185 Jr JC 9.8 2.1 Second on team with 50 treys #12 Quentin Guliford (GULL-iff-ord) ...6-6 180 Fr HS 2.2 1.2 2 pts at UNC after 4 scoreless games #20 Russell Daniels ............................5-11 165 Jr JC 1.2 1.2 4 pts, 3 reb, 2 assists at UNC #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 30/32 13/15 8/6 2/0 J26 *Idaho State W 104-84 at No. Colo. 26/28 10/10 5/12 2/4 F2 *Montana L 78-83 East. Wash. F4 *at Northern Colo. W 69-66 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 18-22 12-15 Career 47-58 38-49 4 Sam Neumann, F 6-5 225 Sr 3V Business St. Paul, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall) Tyler Hall 18-19 6-6 2-2 5 Harald Frey, G 6-2 185 Jr 2V Psychology Oslo, Norway (Wang Sports Academy) Career 70-85 58-72 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 2 2 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 1-1 0-0 Fish Era 16-19 11-21 17-22 12-18 3-7 BOBCATS BY DAY OF THE WEEK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN In ‘18-19 1-2 1-2 0-2 2-1 0-1 3-4 2-0 Fish Era 4-6 3-8 5-6 16-23 4-4 23-33 4-7 SCOPING THE BOBCATS RACKING YLER Last Time Out On the Attack T T Tyler Hall hit a three-pointer, a short Brian Fish has preached and taught an In his career Tyler Hall..