2020-21 WEBER STATE @WeberStateMBB MEN’S BASKETBALL WeberStateSports.com #PurpleReign MEDIA COVERAGE GAME 16 Online: Pluto TV 1057 Date ...............Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 Tipoff ........................................... 5 p.m. Radio: 103.1 FM “The Wave” Location .......................... Missoula, MT • Steve Klauke Arena .......................... Dahlberg Arena Weber State Montana Series ........... Live stats: WeberStateSports.com WILDCATS Weber State leads 71-61 GRIZZLIES WEBER STATE SCHEDULE (11-4, 6-2) Streak: ..........................Montana 1 win (8-9, 4-6) Overall: 11-4 Big Sky: 6-2 In Missoula: ......Montana leads 39-23 Home: 8-0 Home: 3-0 Head Coach: Randy Rahe Head Coach: Travis DeCuire Away: 3-3 Away: 3-2 Career: 289-177 (15th) Career: 135-80 (7th) Neutral: 0-1 Big Sky: 179-77 Big Sky: 89-32 Date Opponent Time/Result TIPOFF 11/25 Adams State W 88-60 Fresh off a two-game sweep, Weber State hits the road for two games at Big Sky rival Montana this 11/28 at Dixie State canceled Thursday and Saturday in Missoula. Thursday’s game will begin at 5 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena and Saturday’s 12/08 Westminster W 85-73 game will start at 2:30 p.m. Both games will be streamed online on Pluto TV 1057 and WatchBigSky.com and will be broadcast on the radio on 103.1 FM “The Wave”. 12/12 Utah State canceled 12/13 at Boise State L 59-70 ABOUT THE WILDCATS 12/18 * at Portland State W 94-66 Weber State is 11-4 overall and 6-2 in Big Sky play. The Wildcats picked up a two-game home sweep 12/20 * at Portland State L 72-74 of Montana State last week and have now won four-straight games and eight of their last nine games. 12/23 ^ vs. BYU L 79-87 12/31 * at Idaho State canceled NATIONAL RANKINGS 01/02 * Idaho State canceled The Wildcats continue to rank high in the nation in several offensive categories. Weber State is cur- 01/02 Utah Valley W 70-62 rently second in the country in 3-point field goal percentage at 41 percent. The Wildcats are also seventh 01/07 * Eastern Washington canceled in the nation in scoring offense at 84.5 points per game. Weber State has scored at least 80 points in 01/09 * Eastern Washington canceled seven of the last eight games. 01/16 Yellowstone Christian W 124-44 In addition, WSU is 10th in the country in field goal percentage at 50.3 percent, 13th in scoring margin 01/17 Tarleton State W 94-79 at +15.3 and 14th in free throw percentage at 78.5 percent. WSU was 28 of 30 from the free throw line 01/21 * Southern Utah W 91-67 in Saturday’s win for 92.3 percent, tied for the third best in school history. 01/23 * at Southern Utah L 72-77 01/28 * at Idaho W 81-56 SEIKOU SISOHO JAWARA NAMED BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK After leading Weber State to a pair of home wins, WSU sophomore Seikou Sisoho Jawara has been 01/30 * at Idaho W 81-62 selected as the Big Sky Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Sisoho Jawara avenged 21 02/04 * Montana State W 96-88 points and shot 72 percent from the field in Weber State’s two wins over Montana State. 02/06 * Montana State W 82-74 In the two games he was 13 of 18 from the field, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range. He also was a 02/11 * at Montana 5 p.m. perfect 10 of 10 from the free throw line and averaged 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game. 02/13 * at Montana 2:30 p.m. He scored 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting in Thursday’s 96-88 win over the Bobcats and followed that 02/18 * Northern Arizona 7 p.m. up with a career-high 25 points in Saturday’s 82-74 win. In Saturday’s game he was 7 of 9 from the field, 02/20 * Northern Arizona 12 p.m. including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, and was 6 of 6 from the free throw line. He also dished out four as- 02/25 * at Sacramento State 6 p.m. sists and had three rebounds in the win. 02/27 * at Sacramento State 12 p.m. Sisoho Jawara, a native of Mataro, Spain, transferred to Weber State last summer after one season 03/04 * Northern Colorado 7 p.m. at Loyola Marymount. This season he has started all 15 games for the Wildcats and is third on the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game. He is shooting 50 percent from the field and 44 percent from 3-point 03/06 * Northern Colorado TBA range this season. 3/10-13 Big Sky Tournament TBA All times are Mountain - Big Sky Tournment - Boise, ID WEBER STATE’S PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last game) No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG 0 Zahir Porter F 6-6 180 Jr. Bronx, NY 13.3 3.4 2.1 21 Dontay Bassett F/C 6-9 245 Sr. Oakland, CA 9.8 4.5 0.9 34 Cody Carlson C 6-10 230 Sr. Duluth, MN 10.9 4.8 0.7 12 Isiah Brown G 6-2 185 Sr. Seattle, WA 17.7 4.1 3.3 5 Seikou Sisoho Jawara G 6-3 195 So. Mataro, Spain 11.7 2.5 3.1 Zahir Porter Dontay Bassett Cody Carlson Isiah Brown Seikou Jawara WEBER STATE QUICK FACTS BACK-TO-BACK CAREER-HIGHS FOR DONTAY BASSETT Weber State senior Dontay Bassett had career-highs of 17 points in back-to-back games Location: Ogden, Utah last week against Montana State. In the two games Bassett was 11 of 20 from the field and Enrollment: 29,596 9 of 10 from the free throw line and also averaged 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. Nickname: Wildcats On the season, the Oakland, California native leads the Big Sky in two categories. He is Conference: Big Sky first in the conference blocks at 1.3 per game and is also first in the league and 14th in the President: Dr. Brad Mortensen country in free throw percentage at 90 percent. Bassett is 36 of 40 on the line this season. Athletic Director: Tim Crompton He is averaging 9.8 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Wildcats. Dir. of Ath. Comm. (MBB contact): Paul Grua Office phone:(801) 626-7414 ISIAH BROWN NAMED TO SENIOR CLASS AWARD LIST Cell phone: (801) 452-3811 Weber State senior guard Isiah Brown has been selected as a candidate for the 2020-21 Email: [email protected] Senior CLASS Award. Brown is one of 30 men’s basketball seniors from across the country named to the award list. He is the only player on the list from the Big Sky Conference and .............................................................................................TEAM INFORMATION from a school in the state of Utah. 2019-20 record: 12-20 The senior CLASS Award is given to student-athletes who excel both on and off the court. 2019-20 Big Sky record / finish: 11-9 / t8th To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I Lettermen returning / lost: 3 / 7 senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, Starters returning / lost: 2 / 3 character and competition. Through 15 games this season, Brown leads Weber State in scoring and ranks fourth in the Big Sky at 17.7 points per game. He has started all 15 games and has scored in HISTORY double figures in 14 of the first 15 games of the season, and has reached 20 or more points First year (four-year school): 1962-63 five times. He also currently ranks fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at 47.3 All-time record: 1,079-634 (.629) percent and is fifth in assists and fifth in steals. The Seattle, Washington native, transferred All-time Big Sky record: 569-290 (.662) to Weber State from Grand Canyon University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Big Sky regular season titles: 22 -- ‘65, ‘66, ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, arts and digital film with an emphasis in screenwriting. He is pursuing a Master’s of English ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘76, ‘79, ‘80, -83, ‘84, ‘94, ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, ‘09, degree at Weber State. ‘10, ‘14, ‘16 Big Sky Tournament titles: 10 -- ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, ‘95, ’99, BIG SKY RANKINGS ‘03, ‘07, ‘14, ‘16 In addition to several national rankings, Weber State leads the Big Sky in seven differ- Big Sky Tournament appearaneces: 39 ent statistical categories and rank in the top three in four others. WSU is first in the league NCAA Tournament appearances: 16 - in scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, blocks, as- ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, sists and 3-pointers per game. The ‘Cats also rank second in free throw percentage, field ‘14, ‘16 goal defense and turnover margin and are third in steals. NIT Tournament appearances: 3 -- ‘84, ‘09, ‘10 Individually, WSU has the top to players in free throw percentage in the conference with CIT Tournament appearances: 3 -- ‘12, ‘13, ‘17 Dontay Bassett first and Zahir Porter second at 89.6 percent. Dillon Jones is third in the CBI Tournament appearances: 1 -- ‘11 conference in steals at 1.6 per game.