Big Sky Basketball Thread, 2016-17

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Fabijan Krslovic (UMT) - 11.5 ppg, 9 rpg, 4.5 spg, 73% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Mikayla Ferenz (ID) - 34 points, 5 rebounds (1 game)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  MHEAD 86-88 EWU (OT); 4 of Eastern's last 6 games have gone to overtime… and they've won them all
  nhope 79-110 PSU; This game was actually tied at the half
  UMT 67-81 UO; The Griz played Oregon tough for 30+ minutes, but ultimately couldn't handle Chris Boucher
  
  
  
  Women
  
  cochrs 47-90 UNC; Bears win points-off-turnovers 44-3 and bench points 36-0
  mary 67-79 UND; The F-Hawk bench outscored their starters 56-23

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UALR 72-67 NAU; The 'Jacks won the glass by 15, but that wasn't enough to overcome 18 turnovers

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 82-78 SFRAN; The Viks overcome a 13-point deficit to get their 2nd. road win, the most of any BSC team
  mttech 46-76 ISU; Bengals win points-off-turnovers 20-2
  NDSU 87-70 UND; The NDSU rivalry win nobody in Fargo will remember…
  
  
  
  Women
  
  mttech 55-77 ISU; Grace Kenyon gets 11 points, 7 boards, and 8 assists
  GCU 76-73 SUU; The Antelopes win despite only 6 points-in-the-paint
  UNC 65-75 SMC; A 24-11 TO advantage wasn't enough to offset massive shooting & rebounding deficits

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  ACU 86-88 SAC (2OT); Hornets eke out the win largely due to a 25-11 advantage in fouls
  nwnaz 61-87 ID; Vandals win easy despite allowing 50% to a non-DI
  IUPUI 101-81 SUU; The T-Birds give up 60% shooting at home
  UVU 85-93 WEB; Jeremy Senglin scores 27 to give Weber their first DI home win
  NAU 76-74 UTEP; The 'Jacks shoot 54%, their season high against a DI opponent by more than 10 points
  UMT 71-63 UCR; Griz end a 16-game road losing streak against non-conference opponents
  UNC 70-73 DEN; The Bears give up a trey at the buzzer to lose their 18th. straight non-conf. road game
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UO 90-46 PSU; The Vikings are outshot 55%-27% at the Rose Garden
  cwu 45-79 ID; The Vandals easily win their belated home opener
  WEB 52-71 UTAH; Weber easily wins turnovers, but gets killed on the glass

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 48-70 NKU; The Eagles score 48 after scoring no less than 81 in their 7-game win streak
  ISU 59-82 BSU; The Bengals are losing the boards by 10.8 per game this season
  SDK 80-68 MSU; Bobcats give up a 20-0 run in the second half
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU - AF; Canceled due to bad weather in Colorado
  UCD 110-78 SAC; Aggies get seven in double figures and set a school record (DI era) for points
  WYO 67-42 UMT; The Cowgirls become the first team to ever win 4 straight in Missoula
  UND 53-74 UNI; Makailah Dyer went 14/14 from the line, but the entire UND team only made 12 field goals

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SUU 75-89 SEA; Seattle gets 44 free-throw attempts to Suutah's 14
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 77-54 NKU*; Vikings dominate shooting 51%-30%
  SUU 70-58 UCI; T-Birds end a 6-game losing streak by closing this one on a 13-2 run
  FRES 60-57 WEB; Wildcats lose their 4th. in a row following a 6-1 start
  NAU 65-76 GCU; 'Jacks lose despite hitting 11 treys
  UNC 60-56 PAC; The Bears finish the non-conference season 8-3, their best mark since joining the Big Sky
  
  * - Puerto Rico Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)

[kalm]

Right now, the BSC has just 4 teams at .500 or better with one team at .500, two at one game over, and one 8-3 team.

It seems like the scheduling has been similar to years past. I'm guessing the conference is just really this bad?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Right now, the BSC has just 4 teams at .500 or better with one team at .500, two at one game over, and one 8-3 team.

It seems like the scheduling has been similar to years past. I'm guessing the conference is just really this bad?

The Griz have played a noticeably tougher schedule, and no non-DIs (they had 3 last year). I doubt the other teams are that different, but it seems like there's been a lower percentage of home games.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 56-85 XAV; Jake Wiley has a big game in the loss: 16 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 5 blocks
  PSU 77-75- UPORT; The Viks get six in double figures and pull off another big road win
  ISU 58-84 BYU; Ethan Telfair goes 3/16 in another rough Bengal loss
  NAU 65-75 UIC; NAU's bench shot 50%, but their starters shot 37%
  UCR 61-77 UNC; Odd stat: 10 of NoCo's 11 games have been decided by double digits
  UND 73-84 UI; In the loss, Drick Bernstine was just 2 assists away from his second triple-double
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 71-61 KENN*; Ashley Bolston went 10/10 from the line over the final 3:00
  ID 70-73 UO; The Vandals close on a 17-4 run to make a sleepy game interesting late
  UVU 56-61 ISU; Utah Valley had three in double figures, but the rest of the team only scored 4 points
  CP 52-71 MSU; The 'Cats won the fourth quarter 23-2 thanks to 16 straight missed shots by the 'Stangs
  
  * - Puerto Rico Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)

[Mvemjsunpx]

The PSU women lead #20 Oklahoma by 10 at the half.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Jeremy Senglin (WEB) - 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 6/9 on treys (1 game)


Women

Savannah Scott (UNC) - 20.3 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg, 61% on FGs (3 games)

[Wildcat Ryan]

Weber State men win in Logan for the first time since like '93 77-71 over the Aggies of Utah State

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  SAC 66-74 WSU; The Hornets go 3/18 from the arc in an otherwise even game
  SUU 82-92 SJSU; Randy Onwuasor scores 28, but the T-Birds put SJSU to the line 37 times
  WEB 77-71 USU; Jeremy Senglin goes for 22 in a big road win
  CMU 106-103 MSU; Tyler Hall's 29 points were outdone by Marcus Keene's 44
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 51-63 TUL*; A 22-8 second quarter decides the game for the Green Wave
  OU 74-60 PSU**; The Viks still played Oklahoma tough despite committing a crazy 42 turnovers
  SUU 77-71 CSUN; Jessica Richardson gets 24 points and 10 boards to give SUU their 4th. road win
  NAU 65-78 UTAH; A 12-2 run to start the fourth quarter does in the 'Jacks
  CSU 63-49 UMT; Montana outrebounded the bigger Rams by 12, but they went 2/10 on FTs in the 2nd. half
  UND 65-61 USD; NoDak trailed by 10 with 6 minutes left
  
  * - Tulane Classic
  ** - Puerto Rico Classic (in Las Vegas, NV)

[Mvemjsunpx]

These are the final Big Sky games until next Tuesday (12/27).

• Men
  
  EWU 68-76 CU; The Buffs go on a 17-3 run to take control late
  walla 59-118 PSU; The Viks make a school-record 21 treys
  ID 80-86 STAN; Idaho actually led for close to 30 minutes of this game
  PEPP 70-71 UMT; Griz go 13/24 from the arc to offset poor interior defense
  
  
  
  Women
  
  DRAKE 93-78 EWU; Drake shot 56%, but Tisha Phillips did have 20 points, 9 assists, and 6 steals
  
  * - Tulane Classic (in New Orleans, LA)

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Women
  
  PSU 52-75 UA; Six different Arizona players had exactly 3 assists
  lcsc 49-85 ID; Eight different Vandals make a trey while Lewis-Clark State doesn't make any

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Jeremy Senglin (WEB) - 22 points, 4 rebounds (1 game)


Women

Jessica Richardson (SUU) - 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 59% on FGs (1 game)

[Mvemjsunpx]

Teams are ranked by RPI, the only relevant tiebreaker at this point (the women's RPI ranks do not include Tuesday's games). NoCo's men are grayed out because they're on a postseason ban.

• • Men
    
    1. Eastern Washington___0-0______8-5_____ L1/L3
    2. Portland State_________0-0______7-4_____ L1/W4
    3. Montana ______________0-0______5-8_____ L1/W2
    4. Weber State___________0-0______5-6_____ W4/W3
    5. Idaho _________________0-0______5-6_____ L1/L1
    0. Northern Colorado____0-0______4-7_____ L1/W1
    6. North Dakota _________0-0______5-5_____ L1/L3
    7. Montana State ________0-0______5-8_____ L1/L6
    8. Idaho State ___________0-0______2-10____ L2/L2
    9. Sacramento State _____0-0______3-8_____ L1/L1
    10.Northern Arizona _____0-0______3-10____ L5/L1
    11.Southern Utah ________0-0______2-11____ L3/L7

• • Women
    
    1. Idaho _________________0-0______5-6_____ W3/W1
    2. Montana State ________0-0______7-3_____ L3/W6
    3. Northern Colorado____0-0______8-3_____ L2/W1
    4. Southern Utah ________0-0______5-6_____ L1/W2
    5. Eastern Washington___0-0______5-6_____ L1/L3
    6. North Dakota _________0-0______5-6_____ L1/W1
    7. Idaho State ___________0-0______6-5_____ L1/W4
    8. Weber State___________0-0______6-5_____ L1/L4
    9. Portland State_________0-0______6-6_____ L2/L2
    10.Sacramento State _____0-0______4-7_____ L1/L1
    11.Northern Arizona _____0-0______4-7_____ L10/L3
    12.Montana ______________0-0______3-8_____ L1/L2

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UND 62-99 PSU; The Viks got seven players in double figures and won points-off-turnovers 51-20
  UNC 69-53 SAC; The Hornets shoot 32% and lose the boards by 18
  ISU 62-74 UMT; Ahmaad Rorie & Walter Wright combine for 45 points and 13 assists
  WEB 87-75 MSU; Jeremy Senglin goes 8/10 from the arc for nearly all his points
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 43-61 ISU; Idaho State gets their most lopsided win over Montana ever
  MSU 83-68 WEB; Bobcats win comfortably despite preseason-MVP Peyton Ferris fouling out in just 12 minutes
  SAC 88-95 UNC; Margaret Huntington had 21 boards for Sac, but six Bears scored in double figures
  PSU 61-65 UND; F-Hawks win turnovers by 11 to offset a bad shooting night

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 69-62 ID; Victor Sanders scored each of Idaho's last 18 points in nearly pulling off a one-man comeback

[AZGrizFan]

Griz get the best freethrow shooter in the conference to the line with 2 ticks left on the clock, down by one, shooting two.

Misses the first, makes the second, and the Griz lose in overtime.

FML.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Griz get the best freethrow shooter in the conference to the line with 2 ticks left on the clock, down by one, shooting two.

Misses the first, makes the second, and the Griz lose in overtime.

FML.

Griz now 2-5 in games decided by 5 or less…

*EDIT* - Make that 1-5. Apparently Milwaukee was a 6-point win, not 5.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Griz get the best freethrow shooter in the conference to the line with 2 ticks left on the clock, down by one, shooting two.

Misses the first, makes the second, and the Griz lose in overtime.

FML.

I was beside myself when Kyndahl Hill fouled him. I was basically saying that's it. Glad I was wrong. Weber isn't the only team that loses because of missed freethrows

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UNC 73-59 PSU; Vikings score 59 after scoring no less than 77 in their previous 8 games
  UND 90-82 SAC (OT); Fighting Hawks dominate overtime after blowing a 21-point halftime lead
  SUU 93-80 NAU; Onwuasor & McGee combine for 69 points as the T-Birds end a 14-game DI losing streak
  WEB 84-81 UMT (OT); Weber wins at UM for the first time in 8 years in a game with just 5 combined TOs
  ISU 63-80 MSU; Ethan Telfair shoot 27% in a surprisingly uncompetitive game
  
  
  
  Women
  
  ID 57-67 EWU; Ashli Payne gets 21 points and 14 rebounds for Eastern
  MSU 59-67 ISU; Freya Newton didn't score, but led the way with 11 rebounds in a strong team effort
  NAU 77-68 SUU (OT); Suutah's Jessica Richardson had 23 points and 13 boards, but also 9 turnovers
  UMT 58-74 WEB; Montana went 1/20 from the arc this week
  PSU 62-91 UNC; The Viks are committing 22.4 turnovers-per-game this season
  SAC 71-94 UND; Lexi Klabo gets 16 points and 17 rebounds as NoDak wins the glass by 24

[AZGrizFan]

• Men
  WEB 84-81 UMT (OT); Weber wins at UM for the first time in 8 years in a game with just 5 combined TOs

5 combined TO's and 187 combined fouls. WAFJ.