Big Sky Basketball Thread, 2016-17

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UND 91-89 SUU; Geno Crandall scores 31, but teammate Quinton Hooker makes the game-winner
  UNC 50-63 NAU; The Bears catch NAU's disease and shoot 28%
  EWU 72-60 UMT; With their top-two scorers suspended, Montana gets a season-low in points
  ID 91-94 MSU (2OT); The Vandals shoot 59% from the line in a game with nearly 80 total free throws
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 57-64 EWU; UM led by 10+ for the first time in over 2 months, but they missed their last 6 shots
  MSU 66-61 ID; Bobcats win turnovers 22-2
  NAU 64-75 UNC; The two Smiths combine for 48 points and 76% shooting
  SUU 70-75 UND; Suutah went on a 20-6 run to cut the deficit to 2 with :18 left, but NoDak made their FTs

[SACCAT]

• Men
  
  UND 91-89 SUU; Geno Crandall scores 31, but teammate Quinton Hooker makes the game-winner
  UNC 50-63 NAU; The Bears catch NAU's disease and shoot 28%
  EWU 72-60 UMT; With their top-two scorers suspended, Montana gets a season-low in points
  ID 91-94 MSU (2OT); The Vandals shoot 59% from the line in a game with nearly 80 total free throws
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 57-64 EWU; UM led by 10+ for the first time in over 2 months, but they missed their last 6 shots
  MSU 66-61 ID; Bobcats win turnovers 22-2
  NAU 64-75 UNC; The two Smiths combine for 48 points and 76% shooting
  SUU 70-75 UND; Suutah went on a 20-6 run to cut the deficit to 2 with :18 left, but NoDak made their FTs

Question....Why were your two best players benched? They were practicing with the scout team on wednesday as well...Whats up (I know you know)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Question....Why were your two best players benched? They were practicing with the scout team on wednesday as well...Whats up (I know you know)

I have no idea. Sounds like a team discipline issue. Wright also didn't play the first half against Sac State.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 74-96 WEB; Bengals lose badly despite committing just 4 turnovers

[Wildcat Ryan]

Would like to thank Montana State and Northern Arizona for giving Weber a little breathing room.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Wow… every single men's game went against my expectations. I'm not sure that's ever happened before.

• Men
  
  PSU 77-80 SAC (OT); Hornet G Jiday Ugbaja makes 3 free throws with 1 second left to force overtime
  UNC 89-71 SUU; DJ Miles & Jordan Davis combine for 52 points for the Bears
  UND 67-68 NAU; Lumberjacks win consecutive DI games for the first time since their 2015 CIT run
  ID 85-77 UMT (OT); Rorie & Wright return, but combine to shoot just 31%
  EWU 90-91 MSU (OT); Bobcats win 5 straight conference games for the first time in 12 years
  
  
  
  Women
  
  MSU 72-61 EWU; Caudill & Nordgaard combine for 39 points (all on treys), 12 boards, and 11 assists for MSU
  SAC 77-68 PSU; Hornets start the fourth quarter on a 17-0 run
  UMT 50-75 ID; The Vandals win the second half 40-19
  WEB 52-57 ISU; Neither team shot well, but Idaho State made 12 more free throws
  SUU 55-74 UNC; Darri Frandsen had 22 points and 10 rebounds for SUU, but she got little help
  NAU 69-88 UND; Fighting Hawks shoot 73% in the second half

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Weber State___________7-1_____12-7_____ W3
    2. North Dakota _________7-3_____12-8_____ L1
    3. Eastern Washington___6-3_____14-8_____ L1
    4. Montana State ________6-4_____11-12____ W5
    5. Idaho _________________5-4_____10-10____ W1
    6. Portland State_________4-4_____11-8_____ L2
    7. Sacramento State _____4-4______7-12____ W2
    8. Montana ______________5-5_____10-13____ L4
    0. Northern Colorado____4-6______8-13____ W1
    9. Northern Arizona _____3-6______6-16____ W2
    10.Southern Utah ________2-7______4-18____ L7
    11.Idaho State ___________1-7______3-17____ L3

• • Women
    
    1. Northern Colorado___10-0_____18-3_____ W10/W11
    2. North Dakota _________9-1_____14-7_____ W5
    3. Montana State ________8-2_____15-5_____ W4
    4. Eastern Washington___6-3_____11-9_____ L1
    5. Idaho _________________5-4_____10-10____ W1
    6. Idaho State ___________4-4_____10-9_____ W1
    7. Portland State_________4-4_____10-10____ L2
    8. Sacramento State _____4-4______8-11____ W1
    9. Weber State___________2-6______8-11____ L5
    10.Northern Arizona _____2-7______6-14____ L3
    11.Southern Utah ________0-9______5-15____ L10/L9
    12.Montana ______________0-10_____3-18____ L11/L12

[AZGrizFan]

What in the actual fuck is going on here? Those men's standings are starting to look a lot like football..

[Wildcat Ryan]

What in the actual **** is going on here? Those men's standings are starting to look a lot like football..

I wish the football standings looked like that

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 72-77 EWU; Jake Wiley puts up 38 points and 12 rebounds in another huge performance
  PSU 72-89 ID; Victor Sanders scores a career-high 40 as the Vandals find some offense for once
  NAU 90-91 ISU (OT); Idaho State wins FT attempts 26-2 after halftime as they overcome a 20-point deficit
  SUU 74-90 WEB; Weber was dominated in the paint, but they made 9 more treys and 7 more free throws
  
  
  
  Women
  
  ID 72-66 PSU; The Viks shot better from the field, but Idaho made 11 more threes
  EWU 72-65 SAC; The Hornets are held under 70 for the first time this season
  WEB 73-68 SUU; Weber ends a 5-game skid by handing SUU their 10th. straight loss
  ISU 64-51 NAU; Bengals win the boards 40-22

[Mvemjsunpx]

Interesting… Former Weber PBP guy Carl Arky is doing the PBP for the Griz/Cat TV cast tonight. Thankfully no Dutch Belnap.

[JALMOND]

In what may be the craziest game in the Big Sky all season, EWU finally got past PSU, 130-124 in 3OT.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The home team won every men's game this week, while the road team won every women's game.

• Men
  
  PSU 124-130 EWU (3OT); Wiley & Bliznyuk each get 45 points in the highest-scoring Big Sky game ever
  SAC 67-81 ID; Victor Sanders gets it done again with 31 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals
  SUU 68-94 ISU; Bengals win points-off-turnovers 31-8 in a surprisingly easy victory
  NAU 80-86 WEB; Weber has won 5 straight despite losing the boards in 4 of those 5 games
  MSU 84-90 UMT; Montana makes their last 23 free throws as they even the all-time series
  UNC 77-87 UND (OT); The F-Hawks overcome a 14-point deficit to stay in striking distance
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 68-62 PSU; The shooting numbers were identical, but Eastern slightly won most every other stat
  ID 72-58 SAC; In a battle of prolific perimeter teams, only the Vandal sharpshooters showed up
  ISU 71-68 SUU (2OT); Suutah blew a 12-point lead late in regulation & an 8-point lead in double OT
  WEB 75-64 NAU; The Wildcats make 11 treys and only commit 7 turnovers
  MSU 75-69 UMT (OT); Peyton Ferris gets 27 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 blocks, and 2 steals
  UND 57-51 UNC; Terrible shooting caused this first-place showdown to have more rebounds than points

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Weber State___________9-1_____14-7_____ W5
    2. North Dakota _________8-3_____13-8_____ W1
    3. Eastern Washington___8-3_____16-8_____ W2
    4. Idaho _________________7-4_____12-10____ W3
    5. Montana ______________6-5_____11-13____ W1
    6. Montana State ________6-5_____11-13____ L1
    7. Portland State_________4-6_____11-10_____ L4
    8. Sacramento State _____4-6______7-14____ L2
    0. Northern Colorado____4-7______8-14____ L1
    9. Idaho State ___________3-7______5-17____ W2
    10.Northern Arizona _____3-8______6-18____ L2
    11.Southern Utah ________2-9______4-20____ L9

• • Women
    
    1. North Dakota ________10-1_____15-7_____ W6
    2. Northern Colorado___10-1_____18-4_____ L1
    3. Montana State ________9-2_____16-5_____ W5
    4. Eastern Washington___8-3_____13-9_____ W2
    5. Idaho _________________7-4_____12-10____ W3
    6. Idaho State ___________6-4_____12-9_____ W3
    7. Weber State___________4-6_____10-11____ W2
    8. Portland State_________4-6_____10-12____ L4
    9. Sacramento State _____4-6______8-13____ L2
    10.Northern Arizona _____2-9______6-16____ L5
    11.Southern Utah ________0-11_____5-17____ L12/L11
    12.Montana ______________0-11_____3-19____ L12/L13

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Jake Wiley (EWU) - 41.5 ppg, 14.5 rpg, 2 apg, 2 bpg, 70% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Peyton Ferris (MSU) - 27 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 blocks, 2 steals (1 game)

[kalm]

There is 9 minutes to go. Both UND and EWU have 3 players with 4 fouls and EWU has one that has already fouled out.

Jesus...

[kalm]

EWU has two fouled out with over 7 minutes left.

[kalm]

Hayford just go ejected...

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 69-74 PSU; Geno Luzcando's 7 steals were bested by Zach Gengler's 8
  WEB 74-77 SAC; Jeremy Senglin goes 4/14 from the field and 1/8 from the arc
  UMT 70-55 SUU; These two teams combined to go 7/42 from the arc
  MSU 63-69 NAU; Jordyn Martin gets 23 points and 14 rebounds and shoots 89%
  ID 88-76 UNC; Idaho shoots above 50% for the second-straight game after shooting over 50% just once prior
  EWU 86-95 UND; Quinton Hooker scores 35 to beat out Jake Wiley's 33
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UND 75-71 EWU; F-Hawks win bench points 43-19
  UNC 71-67 ID; In league play, Idaho is 7-0 when shooting 30+% from the arc & 0-5 when shooting under 30%
  PSU 47-53 ISU; Portland State shot 43% and only scored 47 points
  SAC 60-66 WEB; Hornets lose turnovers for only the 3rd. time this season
  SUU 55-64 UMT; McKenzie Johnston gets 19 points, 10 boards, and 6 assists as UM finally ends their skid
  NAU 69-86 MSU; Bobcats win bench points 32-4

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 96-93 PSU (OT); Senglin & Parsons each put up 32 points, but the Viks shoot just 8% from the arc
  ISU 63-75 SAC; Eric Stuteville gets 18 points and 16 rebounds
  MSU 83-78 SUU; Onwuasor's 32 points aren't enough to overcome 23 Southern Utah turnovers
  UMT 76-59 NAU; Jared Samuelson scores a career-high 20 off the bench for Montana
  EWU 70-44 UNC; The Bears shoot 28% and are held under 50 points for the first time in more than 3 years
  ID 65-88 UND; Victor Sanders & Brayon Blake combine to go 7/28 from the field
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UNC 61-67 EWU; Each one of NoCo's 24 buckets had assists attached, which is pretty unusual
  UND 61-74 ID; NoDak actually made more threes than Idaho, but they shot just 34% inside
  SAC 60-79 ISU; Grace Kenyon just misses a triple-double: 13 points, 10 boards, 9 assists
  PSU 75-85 WEB; The Wildcats make 15 treys and get six players in double figures
  NAU 59-60 UMT; McKenzie Johnston scores 26, setting a new career-high for the third-straight game
  SUU 68-71 MSU; The Bobcats move up into a tie for first despite barely beating the last-place team

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Weber State__________10-2_____15-8_____ W1
    2. North Dakota ________10-3_____15-8_____ W3
    3. Eastern Washington___9-4_____17-9_____ W1
    4. Montana ______________8-5_____13-13____ W3
    5. Idaho _________________8-5_____13-11____ L1
    6. Montana State ________7-6_____12-14____ W1
    7. Sacramento State _____6-6______9-14____ W2
    8. Portland State_________5-7_____12-11____ L1
    9. Northern Arizona _____4-9______7-19____ L1
    0. Northern Colorado____4-9______8-16____ L3
    10.Idaho State ___________3-9______5-19____ L2
    11.Southern Utah ________2-11_____4-22____ L11

• • Women
    
    1. Montana State _______11-2_____18-5_____ W7
    2. North Dakota ________11-2_____16-8_____ L1
    3. Northern Colorado___11-2_____19-5_____ L1
    4. Eastern Washington___9-4_____14-10____ W1
    5. Idaho State ___________8-4_____14-9_____ W5
    6. Idaho _________________8-5_____13-11____ W1
    7. Weber State___________6-6_____12-11____ W4
    8. Portland State_________4-8_____10-14____ L6
    9. Sacramento State _____4-8______8-15____ L4
    10.Montana ______________2-11_____5-19____ W2
    11.Northern Arizona _____2-11_____6-18____ L7
    12.Southern Utah ________0-13_____5-19____ L14/L13

[SDHornet]

Stuteville has been playing out of his mind lately: 2 double-doubles, 20.0 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 14 offensive rebounds, .708 FG% (17-of-24)

Also in the last 2 games, Mauriohooho-Le'afa's D has held 2 of the league's best scorers (WSU's Senglin, ISU's Telfair) to 16 pts on 5-of-23 FGA.

^Those stats courtesy of the HornetMBB Twitter feed. The BSC is a total log jam, should be another fun BSCT in Reno.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Stuteville has been playing out of his mind lately: 2 double-doubles, 20.0 ppg, 13.0 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 14 offensive rebounds, .708 FG% (17-of-24)

Also in the last 2 games, Mauriohooho-Le'afa's D has held 2 of the league's best scorers (WSU's Senglin, ISU's Telfair) to 16 pts on 5-of-23 FGA.

^Those stats courtesy of the HornetMBB Twitter feed. The BSC is a total log jam, should be another fun BSCT in Reno.

Kid played some solid D against Senglin, which is why I was yelling at my monitor for Senglin to pass it off to other players. Other players, namely Baker, Richardson and Cannon who were hitting their 3's.


I also agree with the Big Sky being up for grabs, I think any of the top 8 could win in Reno if they get hot and are gelling come tourney time.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Eric Stuteville (SAC) - 20 ppg, 13 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 71% on FGs (2 games)
Quinton Hooker (UND) - 28 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2 apg, 2 spg, 7/12 on treys (2 games)


Women

McKenzie Johnston (UMT) - 22.5 ppg, 7 rpg, 4.5 apg, 68% on FGs (2 games)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UND 77-61 ISU; NoDak makes 13 treys to Idaho State's 3
  UNC 63-69 WEB; Wildcats rally in the second half despite no help from Senglin
  SAC 67-65 UMT; Hornets get first regular-season win in Missoula despite going 0/7 from three
  PSU 90-92 MSU (OT); De'Sean Parsons gets 28 points and 9 boards, but he also commits 7 turnovers
  
  
  
  Women
  
  MSU 65-69 PSU; Ashley Bolston scores 29 as the Viks end their 6-game losing streak
  UMT 69-99 SAC; Lady Griz clinch their first-ever 20-loss season
  WEB 62-86 UNC; Eight different players score at least 6 points for the Bears
  ISU 56-63 UND; Estefania Ors scores 22 off the bench, but no Bengal starter ends up in double figures