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Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:47 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
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(6) Eastern Washington (8-8, 12-17) vs. (3) Montana State (11-5, 17-13) - Thursday, March 10, 4:35 PM PST
(5) Idaho State (9-7, 18-11) vs. (4) Montana (10-6, 15-14) - Thursday, March 10, 7:05 PM PST
(highest remaining QF participant) vs. (2) Northern Colorado (12-4, 17-12) - Friday, March 11, 4:35 PM PST
(lowest remaining QF participant) @ (1) Portland State (12-4, 19-10) - Friday, March 11, 7:05 PM PST
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(semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 12, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude
- (entire tournament at the Stott Center in Portland, OR)
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:36 pm
by JALMOND
Once again, the road for the Big Sky invite to the NCAA tournament goes through Portland, this time the women. As it should be.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:59 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
The times for the games are officially out & they're different than initially reported. That is reflected above.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:12 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Eastern Washington upset Montana State, 77-68. MSU cut it to 1 with about 2 minutes to play, but the Eagles scored the last 8 points. Pretty surprising given that the Bobcats handled EWU twice without trouble the last 2 weeks.
EWU will play PSU. The UM/ISU winner will play NoCo.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:46 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Montana leads Idaho State 32-16 at the half. The Lady Griz have lost 7 games they led at half this season, but none of those leads were larger than 8.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:51 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Montana wins, 66-53—it wasn't really that close. They also clinch a winning record for the 31st. time in 33 years under Robin Selvig.
This was only the third conference game for UM that was decided by double digits; all three were wins.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:03 pm
by Ursus A. Horribilis
Thanks mvem, I didn't watch but appreciate the updates.
Quarterfinal Results
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:20 am
by Mvemjsunpx
- EWU 77-68 MSU; Tatjana Sparavalo scores a career-high 25 points as EWU wins their first tourney game in 7 years
- Sarah (Strand) Balian & Lyndi Seidensticker combine for 29 points in their final games for MSU
ISU 53-66 UMT; Lady Griz move into the semis for the 29th. straight year thanks to a career-high 18 from Stender
- Stephanie Stender's three highest point totals of the season have come against Idaho State
Chelsea Pickering scored a team-high 18 points in her final game as a Bengal
Through Quarterfinals
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:24 am
by Mvemjsunpx
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(6) Eastern Washington (8-8, 12-17) 77-68 vs. (3) Montana State (11-5, 17-13)
(5) Idaho State (9-7, 18-11) 53-66 vs. (4) Montana (10-6, 15-14)
(4) Montana (11-6, 16-14) vs. (2) Northern Colorado (12-4, 17-12) - Friday, March 11, 4:35 PM PST
(6) Eastern Washington (9-8, 13-17) @ (1) Portland State (12-4, 19-10) - Friday, March 11, 7:05 PM PST
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(semifinal winners) - Saturday, March 12, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude
- (entire tournament at the Stott Center in Portland, OR)
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:17 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Montana leads NoCo 25-20 at the half. The Bears took a 17-7 lead, but only scored 3 points in the last 10:30 (all free throws).
Not a lot of offense, as one would expect from the top 2 defensive teams in the league.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:26 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Montana wins, 55-46. After the Lady Griz took a 43-31 lead, the Bears went on a 10-0 run to cut it to 2. They reduced it to 1, then back to 2 with 1:19 left (after UM went up 4), but could never tie it or take the lead. UM sank some free throws late to stretch out the margin.
That was just as frustrating to watch as the game in Greeley 4 weeks ago. The Bears aren't necessarily a full-court press team (it's not their primary set or anything), but they press better than anyone else in the conference.
Fun random stat - Montana is the first #4 seed to reach the title game. The #4 seed was the only seed to never have reached the championship coming in.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:58 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Portland State & Eastern Washington are tied at the half, 26-26. The defense from the first game must have somehow infected this one, because neither team is doing too well offensively. The Eagles are a respectable 9/19 inside, but just 1/9 from the arc. The Vikings are shooting a little better outside (2/7), but are just 6/23 from deuce-land. PSU is winning the boards by 3 and has 3 more free throws.
Last year's league MVP, Julie Piper, has 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals for EWU.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:56 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
PSU wins, 73-62. After struggling offensively in the first half, the Viks shredded the EWU defense for most of the second. The last few minutes were a comedy of errors for both teams, but Portland State had built a solid lead by then.
PSU swept UM in the regular season, both meetings coming in the last 2 weeks. The game in Portland was much more defensive than the one in Missoula, as the two teams combined for just 7 three pointers in the second meeting compared with 20 in the first.
Semifinal Results
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:03 am
by Mvemjsunpx
- UMT 55-46 UNC; Stephanie Stender gets 11 points & 7 boards in the 2nd. half & gets her first career double-double
- Katie Baker goes 10/10 from the free-throw line; NoCo was just 8/15 as a team
The Lady Griz outrebounded Northern Colorado 31-14 over the final 25:45
Bear guard D'Shara Strange tied a Big Sky Tournament record with 7 steals
EWU 62-73 PSU; The Eagle D went to hell in the 2nd. half, allowing PSU to shoot 68% after shooting 27% in the 1st.
- Kelli Valentine had a double-double for the Viks while VanBrocklin led the team with 17 points
The two teams uncharacteristically struggled from the foul line, combining to shoot just 59%
Julie Piper puts up 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals in her final game as an Eagle
Through Semifinals
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:08 am
by Mvemjsunpx
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(6) Eastern Washington (8-8, 12-17) 77-68 vs. (3) Montana State (11-5, 17-13)
(5) Idaho State (9-7, 18-11) 53-66 vs. (4) Montana (10-6, 15-14)
(4) Montana (11-6, 16-14) 55-46 vs. (2) Northern Colorado (12-4, 17-12)
(6) Eastern Washington (9-8, 13-17) 62-73 @ (1) Portland State (12-4, 19-10)
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(4) Montana (12-6, 17-14) @ (1) Portland State (13-4, 20-10) - Saturday, March 12, 2:00 PM PST on Altitude
- (entire tournament at the Stott Center in Portland, OR)
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:50 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Montana leads by 1 at the break. That's not a good omen for the Lady Griz, though, as they are 0-2 in that situation this year (including the loss in Portland 9 days ago).
*edit* - Never mind, Montana led by 1 at the half when they beat Weber at home.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:44 pm
by Bronco
That's a nice sized gym for women's games.
Going down to the wire with Lady Griz holding a small lead with 3 min to go
56-52
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:46 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Bronco wrote:That's a nice sized gym for women's games.
Going down to the wire with Lady Griz holding a small lead with 3 min to go
56-52
No Lady Griz game is allowed to be comfortable this year, is it? Only 3 of their conference games have been decided by double digits.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:49 pm
by Vidav
Score/time update?
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:50 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Vidav wrote:Score/time update?
58-54 with about a minute. Montana ball.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:51 pm
by Bronco
I haven't followed them....I'm not much of a BB fan. I only watch the cat games and this time of year.
But Go Griz
Looking good with under a minute
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:54 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Now 60-54 with 29 seconds left.
Despite the fatigue, UM is on a 14-0 run.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:56 pm
by Vidav
Mvemjsunpx wrote:Now 60-54 with 29 seconds left.
Despite the fatigue, UM is on a 14-0 run.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:56 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
I have no idea why Baker is so off from the line today. She's 2/6 after going 10/10 yesterday.
Re: Big Sky Tournament Thread (Women)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:00 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
It's over, Montana wins 62-58.
How they put together that run at the end after 3 games in 3 days, I don't know, but it's awesome nonetheless.