Big Sky Basketball Thread - 2014-15

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 47-66 SEA; Sac's usual road issues continue as they shoot 30%
  NAU 66-75 HAMP; Dwight Meikle gets 28 points and 15 rebounds for Hampton
  SDK 67-62 UMT; The Griz, lacking 3 starters, miss their last 8 shots (all treys)
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 55-42 GASO*; Eagles win pretty easy despite going 4/24 from outside
  PSU 71-66 COLUM; Viks win points-off-turnovers 26-10 in a desperately needed win
  ISU 63-55 SEA; Seattle U loses another offense-less game to a Big Sky team
  NAU 37-56 UNM; 'Jacks lose the boards by 18 in game where neither team could shoot
  UND 81-86 SDK; North Dakota loses turnovers 22-14
  
  * - Gator Holiday Classic (in Gainesville, FL)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tim Huskisson (UNC) - 21.5 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 apg, 71% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Kayleigh Valley (UMT) - 18.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 58% on FGs(3 games)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  lcst 81-87 EWU; Tyler Harvey scores 34 points after playing all 40 minutes in a non-DI game
  walwal 52-94 PSU; Viks win points-in-the-paint 42-12
  ID 68-81 NKU; Vandals shoot 35% in getting swept by the Norse
  SUU 61-70 UAPB*; T-Birds shoot 45% from the arc, but only 30% inside
  WEB 51-85 OU; Oklahoma scored a DI-record 39 consecutive points to build a 49-4 lead
  UCD 73-63 UNC; UC Davis is 9-1 one year after going 9-21
  UND 54-67 MARQ; Marquette rallies after shooting 30% in the first half
  
  * - Las Vegas Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 67-56 UF*; Lexie Nelson goes 7/13 from the arc while her teammates go 1/13
  SAC 94-102 SJSU; Sac puts up a Big-Sky-record 104 shot attempts against their former coach
  
  * - Gator Holiday Classic (in Gainesville, FL)

[Grizalltheway]

• Men
  
  
  WEB 51-85 OU; Oklahoma scored a DI-record 39 consecutive points to build a 49-4 lead[/size]

Wow. The days of Lillard are looooong gone in Ogden.

[dbackjon]

Big win for NAU and the BSC.

Of course, they've been hammered by two MEAC teams since that win.

Sadly yes

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 47-51 UVU; Jeffrey Solarin gets a double-double, but his teammates shoot under 25%
  SCSU 56-66 SUU*; Southern Utah already has more wins than they did all of last season
  WYO 61-51 MSU; No homering here: Wyoming gets 20 more free-throw attempts than MSU in Bozeman
  
  * - Las Vegas Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 74-49 UVU; Dylan Garrity goes 8/9 (6/7 from three) and scores a career-high 28
  SUU 45-79 UNLV; The T-Birds shoot 25% and get only 10 points from their starters
  bris 59-109 WEB; Wildcats shoot 70% against an overmatched foe

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  sdchrs 45-71 NAU; Lumberjacks win the boards by 30

[dbackjon]

• Men
  
  sdchrs 45-71 NAU; Lumberjacks win the boards by 30

it counts as a win

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Dylan Garrity (SAC) - 28 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 89% on FGs, 6/7 on treys, 6/6 on FTs (1 game)


Women

Lexie Nelson (EWU) - 28 points, 2 assists, 7/13 on treys (1 game)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  collid 48-81 ISU; Grace Kenyon finishes 2 assists shy of a triple-double
  NMSU 81-64 SUU; T-Birds give up 15 treys and commit 24 turnovers at home

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 78-84 EWU; Tyler Harvey gets 7 of his 39 points in a late, game-clinching run
  SUU 68-71 PSU; 30 fouls offset a 47%-37% shooting advantage for the T-Birds
  NAU 73-78 SAC; Dylan Garrity is 10/14 from the arc and 17/18 from the line in his last two games
  ISU 54-77 ID; Connor Hill makes 8 treys and scores 32 points
  UNC 48-66 UMT; The Griz hold the hot-shooting Bears to a season-low 37%
  UND 67-60 MSU; Bobcats shoot 26% inside the arc
  
  
  
  Women
  
  ID 50-71 ISU; Jon Newlee's return to Reed Gym results in unmitigated disaster
  PSU 74-86 SUU; Hailey Mandelko & Marquelle Funk combine for 51 points
  EWU 69-55 WEB; The Eagles make 7 more shots on 14 fewer attempts
  SAC 60-64 NAU; Erikka Banks gets 22 points, 19 boards, and 5 steals
  UMT 64-58 UNC; Lady Griz shoot 56% in the second half after shooting 21% in the first
  MSU 74-82 UND; Megan Lauck notches her first double-double since December, 2010, against Montana

[SDHornet]

Quality win for Sac State. NAU was getting every call in that game as they had a massive FT disparity that was only narrowed due to the fouling late in the game. Hornets had a big lead with 8 minutes to go and NAU scrapped back and almost pulled off a rally. Very entertaining game, great team effort by the Hornets.

[SDHornet]

• Men
  
  UCD 73-63 UNC; UC Davis is 9-1 one year after going 9-21

Meh, they have one of the weakest schedules in D1 and were even afraid to schedule us this year for our annual rivalry matchup. Word is their coach is in a contract year and padded the schedule to gets wins (and an extension).

[SDHornet]

Hornets beat SUU and the refs 90-75 to start BSC play 2-0. The Hornets shot lights out in the first half and then over came a calamitous hatchet job by the refs in the 2nd half.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ISU 57-65 EWU; The Bengals somehow won the glass by double digits, but they still couldn't shoot
  NAU 73-60 PSU; Kris Yanku gets 13 points, 7 boards, and 11 assists
  SUU 75-90 SAC; Hornets shoot 61% and only commit 3 turnovers
  WEB 84-86 ID; Vandals win a shootout thanks in part to just 4 lost turnovers
  UND 63-74 UMT; Montana shoots 55% and holds UND to just 20 total rebounds
  UNC 62-54 MSU; MSU loses their 5th. straight conference game & their 6th. straight overall
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 88-75 ISU; The Eags closed the first half on an 18-2 run to take control
  SAC 69-67 SUU; Hornets score the final 5 points in earning a desperately needed win
  ID 67-60 WEB; Stacey Barr gets 31 points and 10 rebounds to help UI overcome two Weber double-doubles
  PSU 46-94 NAU; Apparently the women's Big Sky is still an 11-team league
  MSU 61-80 UNC; The Bears go 11/20 from the arc two days after going 3/20
  UMT 52-59 UND; Montana rallied from a 15-point deficit, but then failed to score for nearly 4:00

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington___2-0_____11-4_____ W2/W3
    2. Montana ______________2-0______5-7_____ W2
    3. Sacramento State _____2-0______8-5_____ W2/W3
    4. Idaho _________________2-0______7-6_____ W2
    5. Northern Arizona _____1-1______6-9_____ W1
    6. Northern Colorado____1-1______6-7_____ W1
    7. North Dakota _________1-1______5-8_____ L1
    8. Portland State_________1-1______7-5_____ L1
    9. Weber State___________0-2______5-8_____ L2
    10.Southern Utah ________0-2______3-10____ L3/L3
    11.Montana State ________0-2______3-11____ L5/L6
    12.Idaho State ___________0-2______3-11____ L4/L6

• • Women
    
    1. North Dakota _________2-0_____11-4_____ W4/W2
    2. Eastern Washington___2-0______9-4_____ W2/W5
    3. Northern Arizona _____2-0______6-7_____ W2
    4. Montana ______________1-1______8-5_____ L1
    5. Idaho State ___________1-1______6-7_____ L1
    6. Sacramento State _____1-1______3-10____ W1
    7. Idaho _________________1-1______7-6_____ W1
    8. Northern Colorado____1-1______7-6_____ W1
    9. Southern Utah ________1-1______7-4_____ L1
    10.Montana State ________0-2______6-7_____ L3/L3
    11.Portland State_________0-2______2-11____ L3/L2
    12.Weber State___________0-2______5-8_____ L4/L3

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tyler Harvey (EWU) - 27.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.5 apg, 10/19 on treys, 13/13 on FTs (2 games)


Women

Erikka Banks (NAU) - 19 ppg, 14 rpg, 4.5 spg (2 games)

[Screamin_Eagle174]

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington___2-0_____11-4_____ W2/W3
    2. Montana ______________2-0______5-7_____ W2
    3. Sacramento State _____2-0______8-5_____ W2/W3
    4. Idaho _________________2-0______7-6_____ W2
    5. Northern Arizona _____1-1______6-9_____ W1
    6. Northern Colorado____1-1______6-7_____ W1
    7. North Dakota _________1-1______5-8_____ L1
    8. Portland State_________1-1______7-5_____ L1
    9. Weber State___________0-2______5-8_____ L2
    10.Southern Utah ________0-2______3-10____ L3/L3
    11.Montana State ________0-2______3-11____ L5/L6
    12.Idaho State ___________0-2______3-11____ L4/L6

• • Women
    
    1. North Dakota _________2-0_____11-4_____ W4/W2
    2. Eastern Washington___2-0______9-4_____ W2/W5
    3. Northern Arizona _____2-0______6-7_____ W2
    4. Montana ______________1-1______8-5_____ L1
    5. Idaho State ___________1-1______6-7_____ L1
    6. Sacramento State _____1-1______3-10____ W1
    7. Idaho _________________1-1______7-6_____ W1
    8. Northern Colorado____1-1______7-6_____ W1
    9. Southern Utah ________1-1______7-4_____ L1
    10.Montana State ________0-2______6-7_____ L3/L3
    11.Portland State_________0-2______2-11____ L3/L2
    12.Weber State___________0-2______5-8_____ L4/L3

Still early of course, but a banner year for EWU athletics with how good Football was, and both Men's and Women's basketball so far.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Still early of course, but a banner year for EWU athletics with how good Football was, and both Men's and Women's basketball so far.

EWU's men need to play better than they have been lately: 3-3 with a bad road loss & two questionable home wins (barely beating Lewis-Clark St. and Idaho St.).

EWU's women need to show some semblance of consistency. It's been a pattern the last few years that they'll look unbeatable for a few games & then look lousy for a couple—they're always good, but not good enough to win the league. That's been the case this season, too: after blowing out MVC favorite Wichita St., they failed to win a DI game for a month and struggled to beat CWU in-between.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  UVU 61-66 SUU; With Mandelko now out for the year, Brenna Gates helps compensate with a double-double

[SDHornet]

Hornets get a 63-61 road win at UND and take sole possession atop the BSC (wow, never thought I would type those words ) with a 3-0 record. Solid defense by both teams, but the Hornet bench came through huge in the game and was the difference. McKinney makes a game winning circus shot in the closing seconds to give the Hornets the win.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  MSU 61-70 ISU; Chris Hansen ties a BSC record by going 17/17 on FTs as ISU overcomes a 19-pt. deficit
  UMT 60-68 WEB; Martin Breunig goes 14/18, but the rest of the Griz go 10/37
  PSU 85-90 UNC; Three Vikings foul out in a game with little defense
  SAC 63-61 UND; McKinney hits the game-winner as the Hornets start 3-0 for the first time in 9 years
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UNC 68-54 PSU; Stephanie Lee scores 31 while D'Shara Strange gets 16 points and 16 boards
  UND 86-93 SAC; Hornets shoot a season-high 50% on a season-low 18 attempts from the arc
  WEB 43-53 UMT; The Wildcats shoot 25%
  ISU 65-62 MSU; The Bobcats lose the game at the line, going 19/36

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 89-86 ID; Eastern wins a conference game against Idaho for the first time ever
  UMT 90-64 ISU; Griz make a school-record 15 three-pointers, 7 of them coming from Brandon Gfeller
  MSU 62-65 WEB; The Wildcats overcome 37% shooting by actually winning the turnover battle
  SUU 67-70 NAU; Suutah won bench points 41-7, but—as usual—put their opponent on the foul line a ton
  SAC 73-84 UNC; NoCo shoots 82% in the second half
  PSU 82-75 UND; The undersized Viks win the boards by 14
  
  
  
  Women
  
  ID 65-71 EWU; Idaho's 52-36 rebounding advantage can't overcome horrible shooting
  UND 70-73 PSU; Emily Easom drains 7 treys, including the game-winner, in a shocking upset
  UNC 71-76 SAC; You can't outshoot the crazy Hornets by just 1% and realistically hope to win
  NAU 53-63 SUU; You can't shoot 23% and realistically hope to win, either
  ISU 65-77 UMT; The Lady Griz shoot a season-high (by far) 54%
  WEB 54-62 MSU; Wildcats fall to 3-57 in Big Sky Conference games under Bethann Ord

[Mvemjsunpx]

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington___3-0_____12-4_____ W3/W4
    2. Montana ______________3-1______6-8_____ W1
    3. Northern Colorado____3-1______8-7_____ W3
    4. Sacramento State _____3-1______9-6_____ L1
    5. Northern Arizona _____2-1______7-9_____ W2
    6. Idaho _________________2-1______7-7_____ L1
    7. Weber State___________2-2______7-8_____ W2
    8. Portland State_________2-2______8-6_____ W1
    9. North Dakota _________1-3______5-10____ L3
    10.Idaho State ___________1-3______4-12____ L1
    11.Southern Utah ________0-3______3-11____ L4/L4
    12.Montana State ________0-4______3-13____ L7/L8

• • Women
    
    1. Eastern Washington___3-0_____10-4_____ W3/W6
    2. Sacramento State _____3-1______5-10____ W3
    3. Montana ______________3-1_____10-5_____ W2
    4. Southern Utah ________2-1______9-4_____ W1/W2
    5. Northern Arizona _____2-1______6-8_____ L1
    6. North Dakota _________2-2_____11-6_____ L2
    7. Northern Colorado____2-2______8-7_____ L1
    8. Idaho State ___________2-2______7-8_____ L1
    9. Idaho _________________1-2______7-7_____ L1
    10.Portland State_________1-3______3-12____ W1
    11.Montana State ________1-3______7-8_____ W1
    12.Weber State___________0-4______5-10____ L6/L5