Big Sky Basketball Thread: 2017-18

[JALMOND]

DUKE 99-81 PSU*; Deontae North had 20 in the first half, but he & four other Viks fouled out in the second

Did anyone really think ESPN and their refs would allow Portland State to beat the #1 team in the land?

[Mvemjsunpx]

DUKE 99-81 PSU*; Deontae North had 20 in the first half, but he & four other Viks fouled out in the second

Did anyone really think ESPN and their refs would allow Portland State to beat the #1 team in the land?

The fact PSU looked really uncomfortable against Duke's zone was the bigger concern.

[JALMOND]

Did anyone really think ESPN and their refs would allow Portland State to beat the #1 team in the land?

The fact PSU looked really uncomfortable against Duke's zone was the bigger concern.

Duke is not primarily a zone team, so when trying to figure out how to stop them from doing what they do best (a whole lot of things as compared to PSU), trying to gameplay for their zone is asking a bunch. Coach K didn't even know how to teach zone until the guru himself, Boeheim, gave him some pointers with the national team a few years back.

It's been a fun tournament. A lot of great teams...and then Portland State.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 69-85 UTAH*; The Eagles shoot 19% from three
  BUT 71-69 PSU**; Bulldogs win points-in-the-paint 44-20
  SAC 63-68 CSUF***; The Titans shoot 52% from the field and 87% from the line
  ID 62-64 CSUB****; Justin Davis hits a trey with 2 seconds left to win a swingy game
  UCI 77-71 NAU*****; Chris Bowling & JoJo Anderson combined for 45 points, but the 'Jacks are still 0-6
  YSU 67-80 UNC******; These two teams combined to go 22/47 from the line
  
  * - MGM Resorts Main Event (Campus-Site Game)
  ** - PK80
  *** - Wooden Legacy
  **** - Great Alaska Shootout (in Anchorage, AK)
  ***** - Las Vegas Invitational (in Las Vegas, NV)
  ****** - Sanford Pentagon Showcase (in Sioux Falls, SD)
  
  
  Women
  
  SAC 68-95 NEV*; The Hornets score 30 in the first quarter, but just 38 afterward
  ID 80-75 CSUN**; The Vandals blew a 15-point lead, but Northridge couldn't do any better than tie it
  UCD 85-59 SUU; Davis shot 52% and won the glass by 18
  MARQ 87-68 UMT***; Montana shot a season-high 41%, but the Golden Eagles went 13/26 from three
  UNC 33-48 FORD; The Bears go 1/26 from the arc
  UND 73-70 LAM****; The F-Hawks dominate shooting & rebounding to offset 30 turnovers
  
  * - Nugget Classic
  ** - Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic
  *** - Cancun Challenge (in Cancun, MX)
  **** - UTSA Thanksgiving Classic (in San Antonio, TX)

[SDHornet]

Hornets looking awful. We have no one besides Strings worth a damn on the offensive side.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Hornets looking awful. We have no one besides Strings worth a damn on the offensive side.

Think positive: NAU is worse.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  CP 66-75 ID*; Victor Sanders scores 24 to help the Vandals get 3rd. place in the Great Alaska Shootout
  SUU 82-101 UNLV; The Runnin' Rebels win the last 5 minutes 17-3
  bhsu 52-105 WEB; Jerrick Harding & Brekkott Chapman combine to go 12/13 from the arc
  SDK 62-63 UNC**; The Bears somehow win a game with only 3 assists
  UVU 83-75 UND (OT); NoDak goes 0/7 from the arc in overtime
  
  * - Great Alaska Shootout (in Anchorage, AK)
  ** - Sanford Pentagon Showcase (in Sioux Falls, SD)
  
  
  Women
  
  UVU 41-61 EWU; Delaney Hodgins gets 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals
  mult 32-95 PSU; The Vikings led 51-7 at the half
  TCU 86-76 ID*; TCU beat Idaho at their own game, making 1 more trey on 9 fewer attempts
  UIW 55-79 WEB; The Wildcats whip the Cardinals after struggling against two non-DIs
  msub 47-67 MSU; Madeline Smith gets 23 points and 12 boards
  UND 60-47 UTSA**; The F-Hawks win the boards by 15 and hold UTSA to 12 points-in-the-paint
  
  * - Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic (in Northridge, CA)
  ** - UTSA Thanksgiving Classic

[SDHornet]

Hornets looking awful. We have no one besides Strings worth a damn on the offensive side.

Think positive: NAU is worse.

Hornets squandered a 12 point 2nd half lead in a game that they out-hustled St Joes in for almost all of.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  STAN 78-87 PSU*; The Viks win turnovers 28-10
  STJOES 74-69 SAC**; The Hornets are outscored 31-14 over the final 11:20
  carr 75-86 UMT; Carroll shot 76% in the first half, but still trailed at halftime
  MSU 67-80 FRES; Deshon Taylor outduels Tyler Hall 31-13
  UNC 77-63 USM***; Anthony Johnson scores 26 off the bench to help NoCo win the Sanford Pentagon title
  
  * - PK80
  ** - Wooden Legacy (in Fullerton, CA)
  *** - Sanford Pentagon Showcase (in Sioux Falls, SD)
  
  
  Women
  
  UCR 72-99 SAC*; Maranne Johnson & Hannah Friend combine for 62 points in a Hornet rout
  
  * - Nugget Classic (in Reno, NV)

[JALMOND]

STAN 78-87 PSU*; The Viks win turnovers 28-10

Really not shocked. Stanford lost to EWU earlier this year. They are now 0-2 against the Big Sky with a game against Montana on Wednesday. Viks really thought they could win.

[AZGrizFan]

Hornets looking awful. We have no one besides Strings worth a damn on the offensive side.

Think positive: NAU is worse.

And yet, somehow, the Grizzlies will find a way to lose to one of these teams this year. Book it.

[dbackjon]

Hornets looking awful. We have no one besides Strings worth a damn on the offensive side.

Think positive: NAU is worse.

We had a half-time lead!


That's all I have.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 67-73 SEA; The Bengals shoot 28% and lose the glass by 11 in the second half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  USU 44-64 ISU; Bengals dominate the boards 42-24
  CSUB 46-45 SUU; The Roadrunners get a road win despite their starters only scoring 11 points
  uav 49-104 NAU*; Four different Lumberjacks finish with double-figure rebounds
  
  * - in Tuba City, AZ

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  pres 75-82 UND; Julius Jackson scores 32 points for the Saints
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 77-71 UPORT; All five Viking starters score in double figures

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Deontae North (PSU) - 21.3 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 apg (3 games)


Women

Geraldine McCorkell (ID) - 23.5 ppg, 9 rpg, 3 apg, 60% on FGs (2 games)

[JALMOND]

Pretty good numbers for North in the loaded PK80. Had he kept his head together in the Duke game, who knows what might have happened. The first half, it didn't look like Duke had an answer for him. The second half, they reminded him who it was he was going up against.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SUU 88-82 PEPP; Thunderbirds go 15/30 from the arc
  UMT 54-70 STAN; This was a 2-point game with 3:30 to go
  bethca 61-98 MSU; Bobcats win the boards by 29
  UNC 51-56 UCD; The Aggies close the game on a 16-0 run
  
  
  
  Women
  
  WYO 46-50 MSU; Wyoming trimmed a 17-point deficit down to 1 late, but MSU hit enough FTs to clinch

[Mvemjsunpx]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 71-83 FRES; Weber shot 54% from the field and 50% from three and lost by double digits
  NAU 57-89 SCU; The 'Jacks start 0-7 for the first time in 66 years
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 45-69 GONZ; Gonzaga wins the boards by 18 and makes more than triple the free throws
  SAC 72-79 UCD; Hannah Friend scores 25+ for the 2nd.-straight game, but Morgan Bertsch outdueled her
  SUU 61-69 UVU; The T-Birds shoot 32% from the field and 50% from the line
  WEB 64-61 CSUN; Weber blows a 13-point lead, but scores the last 4 points for the win
  BYU 74-79 UNC (OT); Da Bears win overtime free throws 9-0

[JALMOND]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

They're waiting to fire the coach, so they can go on a tear to get him rehired. It worked for the football team.

[Mvemjsunpx]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

They're waiting to fire the coach, so they can go on a tear to get him rehired. It worked for the football team.

He's still got another year on his contract, though.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  bethca 71-92 ISU; Bengals go 13/25 from the arc
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UW 81-69 ID; Mikayla Ferenz scored 26, but she also had 9 turnovers
  ISU 55-72 WSU; The Bengals go 3/11 from the line in a turnover-riddled contest
  CSUF 47-68 UMT*; Lady Griz win bench points 44-6
  MSU 64-52 USU**; Bobcats shoot 55% in the second half after shooting 27% in the first
  
  * - Lady Griz Classic
  ** - Maui Classic (in Wailuku, HI)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  pbc 50-125 PSU; I'm not sure why PBC is a countable opponent since they're unaccredited, but whatever…
  sdc 68-87 SUU; Suutah shoots 65% inside the arc
  NAU 60-52 CSUB; After allowing 52% in their first 7 games, the 'Jacks hold Bakersfield to 39% shooting
  MSU 68-64 UWM; Tyler Hall hits a go-ahead trey with 1:52 to go and the Panthers don't score again
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 52-91 GONZ; Barta, Rice, and Smith combine for 60 points and 27 rebounds for Gonzaga
  WEB 87-114 UO; Each team hit 17 treys in this one
  LBSU 60-67 UMT*; McKenzie Johnston has a wild game with 24 points, 9 boards, 3 steals, 6 assists, & 8 TOs
  MSU 53-67 NEV**; No Bobcats finish in double figures
  UNI 72-80 UND; Lexi Klabo gets 29 points, 15 boards, and 7 blocks
  
  * - Lady Griz Classic
  ** - Maui Classic (in Wailuku, HI)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 65-84 SEA; The Eagles get burned by their former coach
  ID 79-68 NICH; The Colonels go 1/20 from the arc
  CSUN 68-86 UMT; Sayeed Pridgett gets 20 points and 12 boards off the bench for the Griz
  westst 75-87 UNC; The Bears wake up after spotting Western State a 31-17 lead
  
  
  
  Women
  
  BSU 61-57 EWU; Delaney Hodgins outdueled her younger sister, Braydey, but Braydey got a lot more help
  ISU 53-61 WYO; Grace Kenyon scores 22, but the rest of the Bengals shoot 24%
  NAU 73-80 DEN; Carie Weinman gets 34 points off the bench for Denver
  PAC 55-80 UNC; The Bears shoot 61% to get a surprisingly lopsided win

[dbackjon]

JFC, NAU, you're trailing 1-5 Santa Clara 30-7!?

We suck