Bobcat Basketball GAME #17: Bobcats Back on Road for Saturday Matinee at Eastern Montana State faces talented Eagles team as Hall Seeks Big Sky Record 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 foes shot 25.1 Bobcats Eagles free throws per game to MSU’s 17.8, but in ‘18-19 RECORD 7-9 4-12 the last 12 games MSU has 268 free throw Home/Road/Neu 4-2/2-7/1-0 4-3/0-9/0-0 attempts (23.1) to the opponents’ 187 (15.6) Conf./Record Big Sky/4-2 Big Sky/2-3 MSU’s win at Idaho was its fi rst of 2018-19 when scoring fewer than 80 points, and its HEAD COACH Brian Fish Shantay Legans fi rst when fewer than four players scored in Alma Mater Marshall/’89 Fresno State/’04 double-digits At School/Years 57-84/5th 24-27/2nd Tyler Hall has scored (107) or assisted (41) Overall/Years same same on 148 of Montana State’s 406 fi eld goals this vs. Opponent 4-3 (3-1/1-2/0-0) 1-0 (1-0/0-0/0-0) season (36%) SCHOOL INFO Keljin Blevins has 10 rebounds in two of Nickname/colors Bobcats/Blue, gold Red, white MSU’s last three games Location Bozeman, MT Cheney, WA Arena Worthington Arena Reese Court ON THE OFFENSE... Montana State scored 80 points or more GAME INFO vs. EASTERN WASHINGTON in fi ve of the team’s last nine contests, four Game #17 Montana State vs. Eastern Washington in Cheney of them on the road, and has hit 90 points in Specifi cs Saturday, January 19 at 3:05 pm MT at Reese Court three of them Audio Bobcat Radio Network/msubobcats.com Junior guard Harald Frey became the 38th (Tom Schultz) Bobcat to score 1,000 career points vs. PSU Video SWX Montana Montana State shot 37.2% from the arc at Last Time EWU 84-79 on February 17, 2018 in Cheney home last season, and is 49-131 (37.5%) in Series 45-40 (30-12/12-25/3-3) six home games this season while hitting at a Series Notes Eastern has won six straight vs. MSU at Reese Court 34.7% clip (94-for-271) away from home TEAM STAT COMPARISON Tyler Hall’s 3.44 three-pointers per game is 17th nationally Shooting Other Harald Frey’s +3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio is FG Pct 3FG Pct FT Pct Reb Avg TO Avg Scoring Avg 28th in Division I Own/Opp Own/Otepp Own Own/Opp Own/Opp Own/Opp MSU .441/.476 .356/.363 .712 35.1/33.9 14.1/11.7 74.8/79.6 EWU .394/.472 .317/.385 .702 33.9/38.2 11.6/12.1 66.9/76.4 ON THE DEFENSE... After six of MSU’s 10 non-league foes shot A QUICK LOOK... 50% or better from the fl oor, the Cats have Tyler Hall doesn’t track his pursuit of records and milestones, but Bobcat held every Big Sky opponent below 46% fans will pay close attention Saturday when MSU’s all-time leading scorer After MSU’s last six non-conference foes takes aim at the Big Sky Conference record in that category in the home hit more than 10 treys, the Bobcats have held gym of the man who currently holds that record. Hall’s 2,168 career points fi ve of its six Big Sky foes to 10 or less is one shy of Bogdan Bliznyuk’s total. The Eagles own six straight wins Tyler Hall leads the Bobcats with 15 steals against Montana State at Reese Court. MSU’s PROJECTED LINEUP... Ht Wt Cl Exp PPG RPG Quickly F #11 Ladan Ricketts (LAY-duhn) ..........6-5 185 Jr JC 9.9 2.0 Second on team with 39 treys F #2 Keljin Blevins (like heavens) ........6-6 200 Sr 1V 9.7 5.6 Double-digit rebounds in 2 of last 3 C #31 Devin Kirby (rhymes with heaven) 6-11 205 So 1V/RS 8.4 5.9 Team-high 56.6% shooting, 5.9 rpg G #5 Harald Frey (fray) ........................ 6-2 180 Jr 2V 14.9 4.3 79th in DI with 4.9 assists per game G #3 Tyler Hall ...................................... 6-5 215 Sr 3V 19.3 3.9 All-time MSU scoring champ BOBCAT RESERVES #0 Zeke Quinlan ...............................6-7 220 Fr HS 1.1 2.0 Team-high 11.9 boards per 40 minutes #4 Sam Neumann............................. 6-5 225 Sr 3V 3.9 4.3 69 boards is third on team #12 Quentin Guliford (GULL-iff-ord) ...6-6 180 Fr HS 2.6 1.3 Scoreless in last two contests #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 1.4 1.3 Returned vs. UI after missing 3 games #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 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. 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 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 5-6 2-2 12 Quentin Guliford, F 6-6 180 Fr HS Univ Stu Peoria, AZ (Liberty) Career 5-6 2-2 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 3-1 0-0 0-0 Fish Era 16-19 11-21 16-20 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 2-0 0-1 2-2 2-0 Fish Era 3-6 3-8 5-6 16-22 4-4 22-31 4-7 SCOPING THE BOBCATS RACKING YLER Last Time Out On the Attack T T Northern Colorado used an early 11-2 run Brian Fish has preached and taught an at- In his career Tyler Hall..