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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Going down to the wire with Lady Griz holding a small lead with 3 min to go
56-52
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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
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