Big Sky Basketball, 2020-21

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 71-83 CBU; The Hornets have lost 6 of their last 8 DI games and they're shooting just 40.7% over that stretch
  IDA 58-64 ISU (OT); Each team only made 1 shot in OT, but ISU had 7 free throws to Idaho's 1
  WEB 91-82 UMT; Weber shoots 60+% for the 2nd. time in 4 games
  EWU 85-69 MSU; Five different Bobcats scored exactly 5 points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  MSU 76-64 EWU; Katelynn Limardo goes 6/6 from the field and 5/5 from the arc
  ISU 56-73 IDA; The Vandals, who trailed by 10 at halftime, won second-half shooting 52%-23%
  UMT 58-57 WEB; Winless Weber overcomes a 17-point halftime deficit, but they go 0/4 from the field in the final 3:00
  SAC 67-90 UNC; Alisha Davis scores a season-high 25 off the bench after missing Thursday's game

[kalm]

Friday's men's game, hastily put together by Portland State and Simpson College. PSU gets the win, 99-66.

https://goviks.com/news/2021/2/12/mens- ... 99-66.aspx

Family trivia. Dad went to Simpson College in Indianola, IA before transferring to the U of Iowa. Our family beach house where the folks retired to in 1994 is just a few miles from Indianola, WA.

I still have his crew neck Simpson letter sweater from 1952. Gold with a big red “S” in the middle.

[AZGrizFan]

Griz just could NOT do it. Still don’t have a weekend sweep, and they’re 0-6 on Saturdays. WTF?

Reminds me of this oddity from 2 years ago:

Bizarro stat of the year: Sac State went 8-2 on weekdays in conference, but 0-10 on Saturdays.

Griz making a run at those numbers...

[SDHornet]

Hornets pull off a win at CBU.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 70-69 CBU; Elijah McCullough hits a game-winning three with 27 seconds left on his only shot attempt of the day
  
  
  
  Women
  
  NAU 56-58 PSU; Desirae Hansen makes 3 free throws with 4 seconds left to cap a 9-0 run

[JALMOND]

Friday's men's game, hastily put together by Portland State and Simpson College. PSU gets the win, 99-66.

https://goviks.com/news/2021/2/12/mens- ... 99-66.aspx

Family trivia. Dad went to Simpson College in Indianola, IA before transferring to the U of Iowa. Our family beach house where the folks retired to in 1994 is just a few miles from Indianola, WA.

I still have his crew neck Simpson letter sweater from 1952. Gold with a big red “S” in the middle.

This Simpson College is in Redding, CA. We were going to play them after Sac State cancelled on us, but they could not get through the snow in the Siskiyous. They made it through the Portland snow, however.

[JALMOND]

PSU's women's game with Northwest University scheduled for Monday, 2-15 has been cancelled due to weather.

https://goviks.com/news/2021/2/14/WBB_20210214_2.aspx

[kalm]

Family trivia. Dad went to Simpson College in Indianola, IA before transferring to the U of Iowa. Our family beach house where the folks retired to in 1994 is just a few miles from Indianola, WA.

I still have his crew neck Simpson letter sweater from 1952. Gold with a big red “S” in the middle.

This Simpson College is in Redding, CA. We were going to play them after Sac State cancelled on us, but they could not get through the snow in the Siskiyous. They made it through the Portland snow, however.

My bad. Didn’t know there were two.

[JALMOND]

This Simpson College is in Redding, CA. We were going to play them after Sac State cancelled on us, but they could not get through the snow in the Siskiyous. They made it through the Portland snow, however.

My bad. Didn’t know there were two.

Actually, this is on me. The one in Redding became Simpson University in 2004.

[AZGrizFan]

Come on guys. Get your shit straight.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington___9-2_____10-6_____ W7
    2. Southern Utah ________6-2_____13-3_____ W1/W3
    3. Weber State___________7-3_____12-5_____ W1
    4. Idaho State ___________7-3_____11-7_____ W2/W3
    5. Montana State ________6-4______9-7_____ L4
    6. Sacramento State _____4-4______7-6_____ L2/W1
    7. Northern Colorado____5-6______8-8_____ L2
    8. Montana ______________5-7______9-10____ L1
    9. Northern Arizona _____4-6______5-11____ W1
    10.Portland State_________3-5______6-9_____ W1/W2
    11.Idaho _________________0-14_____0-17____ L15/L17

• • Women
    
    1. Idaho State __________11-1_____15-2_____ L1
    2. Montana State _______10-2_____13-5_____ W8
    3. Idaho ________________11-3_____12-6_____ W1
    4. Southern Utah ________3-2______8-5_____ W3/L1
    5. Montana ______________7-5_____10-7_____ W3
    6. Northern Colorado____8-7______9-11____ W2
    7. Portland State_________6-6______8-7_____ W2
    8. Northern Arizona _____7-9______9-11____ L2
    8. Eastern Washington___5-9______6-13____ L4
    10.Sacramento State _____1-13_____1-16____ L5
    11.Weber State___________0-12_____0-15____ L13/L16

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Kim Aiken, Jr. (EWU) - 16 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 3 apg, 72% on FGs, 10/10 on FTs (2 games)


Women

Gabi Harrington (IDA) - 23.5 ppg, 11.5 rpg (2 games)




https://bigskyconf.com/news/2021/2/15/m ... onors.aspx
https://bigskyconf.com/news/2021/2/14/w ... -week.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  gfu 59-84 ISU; The Bruins finish with 0 second-chance points

[AZGrizFan]

Griz starting center enters the transfer portal mid-season....

Trouble in /River city....

[Mvemjsunpx]

Griz starting center enters the transfer portal mid-season....

Trouble in /River city....

Overloading on short-term players has become an issue the last 2-3 years (some of the "short-term" has been unintentional, of course). The Griz are starting to look like Tyler Geving's Portland State teams: top Big Sky talent, but lacking cohesion. DeCuire seems like more of a hard-ass than Geving, too, so that may not mesh well with a mercenary recruiting strategy.

[JALMOND]

Griz starting center enters the transfer portal mid-season....

Trouble in /River city....

Overloading on short-term players has become an issue the last 2-3 years (some of the "short-term" has been unintentional, of course). The Griz are starting to look like Tyler Geving's Portland State teams: top Big Sky talent, but lacking cohesion. DeCuire seems like more of a hard-ass than Geving, too, so that may not mesh well with a mercenary recruiting strategy.

Geving was a big teddy bear to the players when he was at PSU, so it wouldn't take much to be a bigger hard-ass. Geving put up with a lot from his players. When Peery came in, the way he dealt with Deontae North showed from the start that things were going to change, and even if you are the best player on the team, you can't act like a knucklehead.

[AZGrizFan]

Griz starting center enters the transfer portal mid-season....

Trouble in /River city....

Overloading on short-term players has become an issue the last 2-3 years (some of the "short-term" has been unintentional, of course). The Griz are starting to look like Tyler Geving's Portland State teams: top Big Sky talent, but lacking cohesion. DeCuire seems like more of a hard-ass than Geving, too, so that may not mesh well with a mercenary recruiting strategy.

Griz’ problem right now is youth, I believe..that is why there’s little cohesion....There was a lot riding on Gaskin & Satterwhite & Steadman this year....now NONE of them are here and we’re seeing three freshmen and three sophomores getting the bulk of the playing time.

[JALMOND]

Portland State and Idaho have both passed their COVID testing. There will be a men's game tonight.

Idaho State's replacement game Saturday with Montana State-Billings is cancelled due to a pause in basketball activities at MSU-Billings. Ironically, this game was to replace a game against THE Montana State that was cancelled after the Bobcats paused their basketball activities due to COVID.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UMT 76-90 EWU; Eastern makes 17 of their first 19 shots
  IDA 64-84 PSU; The Viks win points-off-turnovers 34-9
  SAC 69-88 SUU; Suutah wins the boards 44-23 and gets six players in double figures
  NAU 59-92 WEB; The Lumberjacks are outshot 56%-38% in their first game in 3 weeks
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SUU 77-55 SAC; The T-Birds win second-half shooting 57%-30%
  PSU 63-88 IDA; Portland State's starters went 5/32 from the field and scored just 16 points
  MSU 59-69 ISU; The Bengals shoot 50% and firmly take control of the Big Sky race
  WEB 70-82 NAU; The 'Jacks pull away despite losing points-in-the-paint 44-18
  EWU 53-65 UMT; Lady Griz win second-chance points 16-3

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 71-40 IDA; Idalol only scored 26 points from the field
  SAC 57-77 SUU; Southern Utah gets their first sweep of Sac State
  NAU 52-74 WEB; The Lumberjacks had 0 fast-break points and 0 second-chance points
  EWU 90-76 UMT; Different location, identical score…
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 65-62 EWU; The Lady Griz offset 32% shooting by winning the glass 48-31
  IDA 75-64 PSU (OT); The Vikings go 0/8 in overtime
  SUU 66-73 SAC; The Hornets win turnovers 20-8
  WEB 68-85 NAU; Regan Schenck drops 31 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists
  ISU 80-88 MSU (OT); The Bobcats blow a 15-point lead, regroup, and stop ISU from effectively ending the conference-title race

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington__11-2_____12-6_____ W9
    2. Southern Utah ________8-2_____15-3_____ W3/W5
    3. Weber State___________9-3_____14-5_____ W3
    4. Idaho State ___________7-3_____12-7_____ W2/W4
    5. Montana State ________6-4______9-7_____ L4
    6. Portland State_________5-5______8-9_____ W3/W4
    7. Northern Colorado____5-6______8-8_____ L2
    8. Sacramento State _____4-6______7-8_____ L4/L2
    9. Montana ______________5-9______9-12____ L3
    10.Northern Arizona _____4-8______5-13____ L2
    11.Idaho _________________0-16_____0-19____ L17/L19

• • Women
    
    1. Idaho State __________12-2_____16-3_____ L1
    2. Idaho ________________13-3_____14-6_____ W3
    3. Montana State _______11-3_____14-6_____ W1
    4. Montana ______________9-5_____12-7_____ W5
    5. Southern Utah ________4-3______9-6_____ L1
    6. Northern Colorado____8-7______9-11____ W2
    7. Northern Arizona _____9-9_____11-11____ W2
    8. Portland State_________6-8______8-9_____ L2
    8. Eastern Washington___5-11_____6-15____ L6
    10.Sacramento State _____2-14_____2-17____ W1
    11.Weber State___________0-14_____0-17____ L15/L18

[JALMOND]

• Men
  
  PSU 71-40 IDA; Idalol only scored 26 points from the field

Viks scored more points in the second half (43) than Idaho had the entire game (40). Vandals were outscored in the second half, 43-16. Also, this is the least amount the Viks have allowed since joining the Big Sky back in 1996.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Kim Aiken, Jr. (EWU) - 24.5 ppg, 9 rpg, 3 spg, 65% on FGs, 7/11 on treys (2 games)


Women

Beyonce Bea (IDA) - 22 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 3 bpg, 53% on FGs (2 games)




https://bigskyconf.com/news/2021/2/22/m ... -week.aspx
https://bigskyconf.com/news/2021/2/22/w ... onors.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Two different schools/genders playing the same non-DI on the same day in February?

• Men
  
  warpac 60-89 UNC; The Knights did get a game-high 23 points from Isaac Etter, their only bench player
  
  
  
  Women
  
  warpac 30-66 PSU; These two teams combined to go 1/26 from the arc in the first half

[JALMOND]

Women

warpac 30-66 PSU; These two teams combined to go 1/26 from the arc in the first half [/list]

Two days after the men allowed their fewest total points against a DI opponent since joining the Big Sky, the women allowed their fewest total points against any opponent since joining the Big Sky. Points are getting a bit stingy here on the Park Blocks.