While Montana got a nice win, Jack Murphy may have just put a noose around his professional neck as NAU lost to an NAIA school tonight. I don't even remember the last time a men's Big Sky team lost to a non-DI in a game that counted (it's happened a few times recently on the women's side).
gfu 62-101 ID; Victor Sanders & Nate Sherwood combine for 57 points erauaz 82-70 NAU; The Lumberjack starting-5 went 9/42 from the field UMT 83-78 PITT (OT)*; Montana beats an ACC team for the first time since 1966
MSU 73-81 USU; Tyler Hall struggles, going 5/17 UCD 74-59 UNC; Andre Spight scored 20, but the other Bear starters only combined for 12 UND 80-71 UAPB**; The F-Hawks only shot 36%, but they made 19 more free throws than Pine Bluff
EWU 67-61 STAN; Eastern dominates 3-point shooting to get their first Pac-12/10 win since 2002
wilamt 60-111 PSU; The Viks get seven in double figures & force 30 turnovers
ndnu 53-74 SAC; The Hornets shoot 61% UVU 84-71 ISU; Brandon Boyd scored a career-high 28, but the Bengals were dominated on the glass
wcbc 45-110 WEB; Eight different Wildcats score at least 9 points against a horribly overmatched opponent
Women
EWU 65-63 AF (OT); Surprisingly close, but Air Force still loses their 18th. straight against the Big Sky
SAC 47-101 WVU; Maranne Johnson scored 20 points, but it took 28 shot attempts
SUU 59-72 USD; The T-Birds fall in an ugly game that had more turnovers than field goals
AZGrizFan wrote:
That is AWESOME. THese are the kind of wins that move the conference champ from a 15/16 to a 12/13 seed....MUCH more winnable games...
We need 4-5 more of them....
Now if only the Griz can get a win over Stanford, UCLA, or Washington.
Stanford & Washington seem doable, not so much for UCLA.
UMT 57-70 PENNST*; The Griz only score 7 points over final 9:30
umw 81-109 MSU; Tyler Hall goes 7/8 from the arc and scores 32
* - Legends Classic (Campus-Site Game)
Women
ID 56-99 OSU; Buckeyes win the boards by 24
provmt 31-66 MSU; The school formerly known as the University of Great Falls shoots 21%
LSU 50-58 UNC; Courtney Smith scores 26 points against an SEC opponent
UND 52-66 SDKST; Lexi Klabo gets 22 points and 12 boards, but the other F-Hawks shoot 24%
EWU 76-91 UNLV*; The Eagles make 4 fewer shots on 14 more attempts
SAC 56-69 SFRAN; The Hornets shot better than the Dons, but they could only force 5 turnovers
WEB 72-80 IONA**; Harding & Richardson combine for 58 of Weber's 72
NAU 62-97 ASU***; Four Sun Devil starters reach double figures while zero NAU starters do UNC 84-82 PEPP; Aggression works: the Bears get 15 more FT attempts despite committing one more foul
* - MGM Resorts Main Event (Campus-Site Game)
** - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (in Nassau, BS)
*** - Las Vegas Invitational (Campus-Site Game)
Women
BYU 73-69 EWU; Violet Kapri Morrow gets 25 points and 11 boards in the loss
PSU 67-79 UCD; The Aggies go 15/28 from the arc UTAH 85-58 WEB; The Wildcats lose the boards by 21 at home
NAU 68-84 HAW*; The 'Jacks get just 8 assists compared to 22 turnovers
MSU 53-64 OMAHA; The Bobcats go 4/27 from the arc
PSU 94-82 UCR; The Vikings dominate the boards thanks to Bryce Canda's double-double
SHSU 54-63 ID; The Vandals had 6 more free throws than field goals
ISU 62-83 WSU; Balint Mocsan scores a career-high 21 in the loss WEB 73-65 JMU*; Weber makes 1 more shot on 16 fewer attempts
MSU 58-71 LATECH; The big story here is that Tyler Hall didn't play due to an ankle injury
* - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (in Nassau, BS)
Women
SAC 58-106 ASU; Sac gets dominated in every conceivable fashion as they fall to 0-4
ID 72-82 ACU; Ferenz & McCorkell combine for 51 points, but the rest of the Vandals go 5/22 BING 72-66 SUU; Six T-Birds score at least 8 points, but it wasn't enough GONZ 70-55 UMT; Montana native Jill Barta gets 23 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga
WEB 64-70 BRAD*; The Braves win the boards by 16
UND 70-92 NEB; Huskers win bench points 18-2
* - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (in Nassau, BS)
Women
PSU 90-78 SJSU; The Viks make 23 more free-throws on the road ISU 78-72 UCI; A team that lost their exhibition game is off to a 4-0 start
BSU 60-62 NAU*; The 'Jacks come back from a 15-point deficit to get Loree Payne her first win
SFRAN 60-73 UNC; NoCo goes 6/9 from the arc in the second half while San Fran goes 1/8
UMASS 52-82 UND; Lexi Klabo gets a double-double and goes 15/16 from the line
EWU 50-68 GSU*; Jacob Davison scored 20 off the bench, but Bliznyuk had 8 turnovers and only 2 points
USU 79-83 PSU**; The Viks blew an 18-point lead, but regrouped to control the last 7 minutes
NAU 58-80 KSU***; The 'Jacks commit 31 turnovers, which is absurd for a men's team
ORU 64-69 UMT****; The Griz hold on despite shooting terrible from three
* - MGM Resorts Main Event (in Las Vegas, NV)
** - PK80 (Campus-Site Game)
*** - Las Vegas Invitational (Campus-Site Game)
**** - Legends Classic (in Malibu, CA)
Women
uav 70-80 WEB; Weber trailed an NAIA team for 37 minutes
UCD 64-47 SAC; A back-door triple-double for Justin Strings: 17 points, 12 boards, 10 turnovers
benaz 68-85 SUU; James McGee goes 6/6 from the arc and scores 25
UMT 73-80 UCSB*; UCSB shoots 83% inside the arc in the 2nd. half, despite most of those being jump shots MSU 74-64 BING**; The Bobcats shoot 87% from the line
nnmc 60-99 UNC***; Bears win turnovers 22-9
nrthld 48-79 UND; Fighting Hawks shoot 68% inside the arc
EWU 40-81 UO; Zero players score in double figures as the Eagles get killed
ISU 74-80 PEPP; Yasmine Robinson-Bacote gets 34 points and 16 boards for the Waves
USU 67-70 SUU; T-Birds win turnovers 24-10
EWU 83-62 EKU*; The Eags dominate bench points 40-13 ID 69-59 SCU**; Inside shooting was iffy for both teams, but Idaho went 11/20 from three
ISU 54-62 SJSU; The Bengals shot 31% and lost the boards by 14—how was this even close?
SEMO 82-88 MSU***; Tyler Hall scores 34 and hits 8 treys
* - MGM Resorts Main Event (in Las Vegas, NV)
** - Great Alaska Shootout (in Anchorage, AK)
*** - Cancun Challenge (in Cancun, MX)
Women
PSU 77-91 SEA; Kiana Brown & Sidney Rielly combined for 52 points, but the Redhawks hit 12 treys
wstmin 58-64 WEB; Weber wins bench points 28-4 in a surprisingly tough win
UNC 49-60 QUIN; The Bears are outscored 55-30 after the first quarter
DUKE 99-81 PSU*; Deontae North had 20 in the first half, but he & four other Viks fouled out in the second SDSU 89-52 SAC**; Hornets lose the boards by 24
NAU 66-76 HAMP***; The 'Jacks shoot 37% and get just 7 assists against a MEAC team
* - PK80
** - Wooden Legacy (in Fullerton, CA)
*** - Las Vegas Invitational (in Las Vegas, NV)
Women
UMT 45-57 INST*; The Lady Griz are shooting 17% from the arc this season
