Big Sky
1st round: (10) Portland State vs. (7) North Dakota
The Vikings continue their late season semi-resurgence with a nice upset win against North Dakota. James and Gravely combine for 29 pts and the defense holds ND to .353 from the field.
Code:
Portland State 66, North Dakota 58
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Portland State (9-21, 7-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Brown C 29 0-2 3-4 0 1 3 3 3
Brice Fritz PF 31 1-3 4-7 0 5 2 0 6
Robert Gravely SF 32 6-14 4-7 3 6 0 3 16
Ferdinand James SG 28 4-7 3-4 0 1 3 4 13
Miles Jones PG 26 3-5 2-3 2 5 1 4 8
Donnie Lane SG 25 5-7 1-3 2 2 0 2 11
Solomon Stitt SF 6 3-3 1-2 0 1 1 0 7
A. Standridge PG 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwain Gordon PF 16 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 1 0
Pascal Leconte C 3 1-2 0-0 2 2 1 1 2
Turnovers: 15 (B.Brown 1, R.Gravely 4, F.James 3,
M.Jones 2, D.Lane 2, S.Stitt 2, D.Gordon 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 6 (B.Brown 2, R.Gravely 1, F.James 1, D.Lane 1,
S.Stitt 1)
3P FGs: 2-6 (R.Gravely 0-2, F.James 2-4)
North Dakota (12-19, 8-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Richard Sims C 33 2-7 3-4 3 6 2 3 7
Jimmie Valverde PF 36 3-4 1-1 3 7 0 3 7
Donovan Hamilton SF 20 2-12 0-0 1 3 0 5 4
Kelly Hoskins SG 28 4-12 4-6 4 6 1 2 14
Daniel Rivas PG 30 4-6 0-0 3 3 1 1 9
Tony Leonard SG 21 1-5 5-6 0 5 2 4 7
Tracey Smith C 13 1-1 2-4 2 4 0 2 4
Robert Britt PG 9 0-1 1-2 0 0 1 2 1
J. Carothers SF 9 1-3 2-2 1 1 0 0 5
Turnovers: 15 (R.Sims 4, J.Valverde 1, D.Hamilton 2,
K.Hoskins 2, D.Rivas 1, T.Smith 2, R.Britt 1,
J.Carothers 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 6 (D.Hamilton 1, K.Hoskins 1, T.Leonard 4)
3P FGs: 4-18 (R.Sims 0-1, J.Valverde 0-1, D.Hamilton
0-4, K.Hoskins 2-5, D.Rivas 1-3, T.Leonard 0-2,
R.Britt 0-1, J.Carothers 1-1)
Player of Game: SG Ferdinand James (PT ST)
2nd round: (10) Portland State vs. (2) Montana
And the good run ends against a very talented Montana team. Montana's defense prevents any Vikes player from scoring double digits and forces 20 turnovers.
Code:
Montana 65, Portland State 39
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Portland State (9-22, 7-11):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Brown C 23 1-4 0-0 0 4 0 5 2
Brice Fritz PF 21 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 4 2
Robert Gravely SF 31 4-12 0-0 1 7 1 0 8
Ferdinand James SG 21 2-8 0-0 2 4 1 3 4
Miles Jones PG 31 2-8 0-0 1 1 1 2 4
Donnie Lane SG 22 3-7 2-4 2 3 1 4 8
Solomon Stitt SF 9 1-1 1-1 0 2 0 0 3
A. Standridge PG 6 2-3 0-1 0 0 0 0 4
Dwain Gordon PF 19 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 3 2
Pascal Leconte C 14 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Ted Eubank PF 4 1-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 2
Turnovers: 20 (B.Brown 3, B.Fritz 1, R.Gravely 7,
M.Jones 3, D.Lane 2, D.Gordon 3, T.Eubank 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (R.Gravely 1)
Steals: 2 (R.Gravely 2)
3P FGs: 0-5 (R.Gravely 0-1, F.James 0-3, D.Lane 0-1)
Montana (17-14, 14-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Derek Mitchell C 33 4-8 1-4 7 14 3 0 9
Joseph Lower PF 32 8-12 7-12 1 6 2 1 23
Joseph Jackson SF 33 4-10 1-1 2 6 5 0 9
Jack Eads SG 27 4-8 2-4 0 3 0 1 11
David Tackett PG 29 0-6 2-4 1 3 1 2 2
Eliseo Nicholas SG 17 1-5 0-0 2 2 0 2 2
Clark Williams PF 12 1-2 2-2 1 4 0 2 4
Perry Ulloa PG 7 1-1 2-4 4 4 0 0 4
John Khoury C 3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Boyce Ogrady SF 6 0-2 1-2 0 1 0 1 1
Turnovers: 12 (D.Mitchell 2, J.Eads 1, D.Tackett 7,
B.Ogrady 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Mitchell 1, C.Williams 2)
Steals: 8 (J.Jackson 3, J.Eads 2, D.Tackett 3)
3P FGs: 1-10 (J.Jackson 0-2, J.Eads 1-2, D.Tackett 0-2,
E.Nicholas 0-3, B.Ogrady 0-1)
Player of Game: PF Joseph Lower (MONT)