Big Sky Basketball Thread - 2015-16

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  avc 47-90 WEB; Joel Bolomboy gets a double-double in just 20 minutes of action
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 56-78 GONZ; The Hodgins sisters have scored 103 of EWU's 185 points so far this year
  SAC 77-80 NMSU; The Hornets commit twice as many fouls as the Aggies
  ISU 36-72 NW; Bengals go 1/15 from the arc and get nobody in double figures
  UCI 63-58 SUU; The T-Birds have lost 13 of their last 15 games
  PAC 54-64 UMT; Montana wins by double digits despite scoring 4 fourth-quarter points
  UNC 41-63 CU; The Bears shoot 23% and lose the boards by 21

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  hnu 56-96 SAC; Hornets win shooting 61%-28% and win the boards by 20
  ISU 67-85 WSU; Only 6 assists for the Bengals
  erau 57-90 NAU; Lumberjacks win bench points 38-9
  SJSU 69-81 MSU; The Bobcats win the glass by 20
  
  
  
  Women
  
  CSUN 50-106 ID; The Vandals led 29-0 at the end of the first quarter
  UPORT 57-86 MSU; The Bobcats win points-in-the-paint 42-16 and assists 25-11

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  linf 59-85 ID; 13 different Vandals score
  UTSA 82-79 SUU; Ryan Bowie scores 33 for the Roadrunners
  carr 61-70 UMT; Martin Breunig gets 15 points and a career-high 19 rebounds
  UMBC 81-72 UNC*; Cody Joyce scores 30 for the Retrievers
  BSGU 59-77 UND**; Quinton Hooker gets 25 points, 9 boards, and 6 assists
  
  * - Maui Invitational
  ** - FGCU Classic (in Ft. Meyers, FL)
  
  
  Women
  
  warpac 76-64 PSU; The Viks lose their 3rd. straight non-DI game
  SAC 71-84 UNM; The Hornets are outshot 57%-31%
  ISU 60-79 MICHST; Bengals lose points-off-turnovers by 19

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 79-61 UTRGV; Cameron Forte & Isaiah Pineiro both get double-doubles for the Vikings
  WYO 82-83 MSU*; Colbert & Hall combine for 54 points to offset Josh Adams's 36 points for the Pokes
  AP 91-76 UNC**; The Bears lose to a winless team at home for the second-straight night
  UND 60-73 FGCU***; The now-Fighting-Hawks shoot 34%
  
  * - in Billings, MT
  ** - Maui Invitational
  *** - FGCU Classic
  
  
  Women
  
  CSUN 59-70 EWU; Eagles win despite going 3/23 from the arc
  WEB 60-40 CSUF; Wildcats win points-off-turnovers 27-7
  LAM 63-75 NAU; The 'Jacks shoot 52% and win the glass by 20 in a comfortable win
  UPORT 67-90 UMT; Kayleigh Valley & Haley Vining combine for 44 points & both get career highs
  SMC 65-52 UNC; The Bears lose the boards by 30 in their own building
  UND 63-73 DRAKE; NoDak loses turnovers 20-8

[Grizalltheway]

• Men
  
  linf 59-85 ID; 13 different Vandals score
  UTSA 82-79 SUU; Ryan Bowie scores 33 for the Roadrunners
  carr 61-70 UMT; Martin Breunig gets 15 points and a career-high 19 rebounds
  UMBC 81-72 UNC*; Cody Joyce scores 30 for the Retrievers
  BSGU 59-77 UND**; Quinton Hooker gets 25 points, 9 boards, and 6 assists
  
  * - Maui Invitational
  ** - FGCU Classic (in Ft. Meyers, FL)
  
  
  Women
  
  warpac 76-64 PSU; The Viks lose their 3rd. straight non-DI game
  SAC 71-84 UNM; The Hornets are outshot 57%-31%
  ISU 60-79 MICHST; Bengals lose points-off-turnovers by 19

Don't know if Carroll is supposed to be any good this year, but only a 9 point win? Really?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Don't know if Carroll is supposed to be any good this year, but only a 9 point win? Really?

It was just a sleepy game, really. The Griz never had a big lead, but it never seemed like they were in any realistic danger of losing either.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Despite ATROCIOUS three point shooting and missing enough free throws, Weber comes from behind to beat Central Michigan 63-60. Will face the Drake Bulldogs tomorrow in the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Despite ATROCIOUS three point shooting and missing enough free throws, Weber comes from behind to beat Central Michigan 63-60. Will face the Drake Bulldogs tomorrow in the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase.

CMU is the MAC-West favorite, so that's a good win.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 52-58 SEA; The Eagles fail to score over the final 2:45
  ID 65-63 UNT*; The Vandals knock off the tournament hosts in a game with 62 combined fouls
  WEB 63-60 CMU**; Bolomboy gets a double-double and the Wildcats make 17 more free throws than CMU
  sdcc 65-81 NAU; Ako Kaluna scores a career-high 25 and gets 4 blocks
  UND 69-79 YSU***; Penguins win shooting 56%-39%
  
  * - Mean Green Challenge
  ** - Gulf Coast Showcase (in Estero, FL)
  *** - FGCU Classic (in Ft. Meyers, FL)
  
  
  Women
  
  SEA 60-64 ID; The Vandals steal a win by closing the game on a 13-0 run

[SACCAT]

Good week for The MSU Bobcats...(In Basketball at least)

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber State beats the Drake Bulldogs 74-58 to advance to the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship vs the Murray State Racers

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UCD 79-84 SAC; Hornets avoid their 2nd. Causeway loss in 4 days by taking advantage of Aggie sloppiness
  ID 69-63 TROY*; The Vandals overcome 20 turnovers and improve to 4-1
  CSUF 80-66 SUU; Shooting 35% from outside the arc is decent, shooting 35% from inside the arc is not
  WEB 74-58 DRAKE**; Jeremy Senglin scores a career-high 34 in a surprisingly comfortable win
  
  * - Mean Green Challenge (in Denton, TX)
  ** - Gulf Coast Showcase (in Estero, FL)
  
  
  Women
  
  UPORT 69-53 PSU; Vikings shoot 24% against a weak defense
  IDST 64-79 TXTECH; Red Raiders win bench points 42-2
  SUU 60-74 NMSU; Richardson & Smith combine for 39, but no other T-Bird scores more than 5
  USD 62-49 MSU; Peyton Ferris gets a double-double off the bench, but no MSU starter gets double figures

[SDHornet]

UCD 79-84 SAC; Hornets avoid their 2nd. Causeway loss in 4 days by taking advantage of Aggie sloppiness

Meh. Hornets had plenty of sloppiness to them as well as there were a lot of close shots missed. The better bench won in this foul fest of a game, the Hornets had much better defensive play and forced key turnovers at crucial parts of the game as well. Demps struggled from the floor but really came through at the stripe. Graves is looking better and better every game, and Strings is looking amazing coming off the bench and rotating in the front court.

Great atmosphere as somehow 1400 people were crammed into the Nest. Damn good game to watch, and attend. 4-0 for the first time since forever (well not forever, I just don't feel like looking it up ).

And what is going on with SUU? They returned a lot from a much improved team from last season no?

[Mvemjsunpx]

UCD 79-84 SAC; Hornets avoid their 2nd. Causeway loss in 4 days by taking advantage of Aggie sloppiness

Meh. Hornets had plenty of sloppiness to them as well as there were a lot of close shots missed. The better bench won in this foul fest of a game, the Hornets had much better defensive play and forced key turnovers at crucial parts of the game as well. Demps struggled from the floor but really came through at the stripe. Graves is looking better and better every game, and Strings is looking amazing coming off the bench and rotating in the front court.

Great atmosphere as somehow 1400 people were crammed into the Nest. Damn good game to watch, and attend. 4-0 for the first time since forever (well not forever, I just don't feel like looking it up ).

And what is going on with SUU? They returned a lot from a much improved team from last season no?

Sac won turnovers 19-6. That's what I meant by "sloppiness."

SUU did return a bit, I believe, but their inside game still appears nonexistent. Their schedule has been fairly tough thus far, though.

[Wildcat Ryan]

UCD 79-84 SAC; Hornets avoid their 2nd. Causeway loss in 4 days by taking advantage of Aggie sloppiness

Meh. Hornets had plenty of sloppiness to them as well as there were a lot of close shots missed. The better bench won in this foul fest of a game, the Hornets had much better defensive play and forced key turnovers at crucial parts of the game as well. Demps struggled from the floor but really came through at the stripe. Graves is looking better and better every game, and Strings is looking amazing coming off the bench and rotating in the front court.

Great atmosphere as somehow 1400 people were crammed into the Nest. Damn good game to watch, and attend. 4-0 for the first time since forever (well not forever, I just don't feel like looking it up ).

And what is going on with SUU? They returned a lot from a much improved team from last season no?

I watched the second half of that game, what a total foul fest both ways, were those Big Sky refs? Man that was bad.

On the good side, Sac is looking really good despite the sloppy start to the 2nd, and the Nest was Packed, Hopefully they can keep that atmosphere throughout the year.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber State beats Murray State 75-59 to win the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship.

Way to go Weber

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 73-76 NEV; Cameron Forte scores 23 off the bench, but the Viks turn it over with 1 second left
  SAM 75-58 ID*; The Vandals can't survive 20 turnovers two nights in a row
  ISU 69-79 DEN; Bengals commit 33 fouls in a tough loss
  WEB 75-59 MUR**; Weber wins the Gulf Coast Showcase thanks to 53% shooting from behind the arc
  UMT 53-73 NDSU; Martin Breunig scores 28, but no other Griz gets more than 5
  OMAHA 105-85 UNC; The Bears are 0-4 against DI and have allowed 96.5 ppg in those losses
  
  * - Mean Green Challenge (in Denton, TX)
  ** - Gulf Coast Showcase (in Estero, FL)
  
  
  Women
  
  UND 57-74 SFRAN; NoDak was down 48-24 at the start of the fourth quarter

[Wildcat Ryan]

What happened to Northern Colorado??

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  ID 68-74 DUKE*; The Vandals hit 10 treys and forced 26 turnovers, but couldn't stop Duke inside
  NW 74-70 EWU**; Ashley Deary had 13 points and 10 steals for Northwestern
  
  * - Cancun Challenge (in Puerto Aventuras, MX)
  ** - Lone Star Showcase (in Austin, TX)

[Jjoey52]

MVEM, enjoy this thread a lot, thanks for the effort. Now if the Bengals could win a few games......

[Mvemjsunpx]

MVEM, enjoy this thread a lot, thanks for the effort. Now if the Bengals could win a few games......

Thanks.

I thought Bill Evans would do better than he has, but he just can't seem to get a team that has more than 1 or 2 good players at a time. If they can get some depth, the Bengals should be dangerous.

[Jjoey52]

This is his 4th year, he should have it going now, last year was supposed to be the big year with 4 seniors, but it blew up early.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 72-102 UTAH; The Bengals go 10/19 from the arc & still lose by 30
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 62-80 ECU*; EWU trailed 26-9 after one quarter and the margin basically didn't change
  UCD 82-70 PSU; The Vikings lose yet again, but true freshman G Corey James scores 23
  ID 75-55 TXST**; Vandals shoot 52% to offset 19 turnovers
  ISU 65-64 SEMO***; Bengals win bench points 40-17
  SUU 48-70 UNM****; The T-Birds only score 4 points-in-the-paint
  WEB 57-55 UPORT; Regina Okoye scores 21 points including the game-winning layup
  NAU 48-69 LBSU*****; Lumberjacks commit 27 turnovers
  EVAN 55-81 MSU******; Bobcats win assists 27-8
  AKR 65-78 UNC*******; Bears get five players in double figures
  
  * - Lone Star Showcase (in Austin, TX)
  ** - Cancun Challence (in Puerto Aventuras, MX)
  *** - UTEP Thanksgiving Classic (in El Paso, TX)
  **** - UNM Thanksgiving Tournament
  ***** - Aggie Thanksgiving Classic (in Las Cruces, NM)
  ****** - Cal Poly Holiday Tournament (in San Luis Obispo, CA)
  ******* - USD Classic (in San Diego, CA)

[SDHornet]

Hornets pick up their first loss 96-90 against South Dakota. Offensively the Hornets were fine, defensively they left open a lot of open perimeter shots that USD buried. Not a good loss imo, need to win these types of games at home.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 70-63 PAC*; Austin McBroom goes 10/10 from the line
  mult 82-100 PSU; Forte gets 31 points & 10 boards while Calaen Robinson gets 13 points & 11 assists
  SDK 96-90 SAC*; Cody Demps gets 19 points and 11 assists in the loss
  NIU 66-59 ID; Aaric Armstead & Marin Maric both get double-doubles for the Huskies
  SUU 85-98 EKU; Suutah shoots 54% and loses by double digits
  MSU 68-82 WYO; Cowboys win the second half 46-28
  UNI 97-51 UND; Fighting Hawks are outshot 61%-30%
  
  * - Sacramento State Tournament
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 60-66 CREIGH (OT)*; Eastern dominates the glass but gets killed on turnovers
  SFRAN 95-94 SAC; Hornets lose the boards by 21
  IAST 65-97 ID**; Geraldine McCorkell & Taylor Pierce combine for 51 points
  ISU 54-67 UTEP***; Bengals lose turnovers 22-9
  NCAT 78-65 SUU****; T-Birds fall to 0-6 despite Ashleigh Munns's 24 points
  NAU 53-87 NMSU*****; Alyssa Rader gets 18 points & 15 rebounds one an otherwise bad day for the 'Jacks
  UMT 53-80 LEH******; Montana suffers their worst regular-season loss in 6 years
  MSU 57-66 CP*******; The Bobcats shoot 27%, 21 points below their average coming in
  UNC 77-63 VALPO********; Bears win points-off-turnovers 19-2
  UND 51-77 UO; Jillian Alleyne records her 21st. consecutive double-double for the Ducks
  
  * - Lone Star Showcase (in Austin, TX)
  ** - Cancun Challenge (in Puerto Aventuras, MX)
  *** - UTEP Thanksgiving Classic
  **** - UNM Thanksgiving Tournament (in Albuquerque, NM)
  ***** - Aggie Thanksgiving Classic
  ****** - Lehigh Thanksgiving Classic
  ******* - Cal Poly Holiday Tournament
  ******** - USD Classic (in San Diego, CA)