Big Sky Basketball, 2020-21

[SDHornet]

• Men
  
  PSU 60-69 WSU; The Vikings won rebounding & turnovers, but they shot 30%
  WEB 59-70 BSU; Weber has now lost 7 of their last 9 DI games
  ycc 74-114 MSU; This was actually a 10-point game with 15:00 to go
  
  
  
  Women
  
  NEV 62-53 SAC; Injuries continue to haunt the Hornets as only 6 players were able to go in this one
  IDA 55-74 WSU; Wazzu scored 32 in the third quarter after scoring just 23 in the first half
  UMT 51-58 GONZ; The Lady Griz cut a 14-point deficit down to 2 because Gonzaga didn't score over the first 7:00 of the fourth quarter

Lady Hornets had 3 players opt out of the season. Tack on injuries and thing look bleak (well they were going to look that way under Bunky anyways).

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tevian Jones (SUU) - 33 points, 5 rebounds (1 game)


Women

Liz Graves (SUU) - 21 ppg, 9 rpg, 59% on FGs (2 games)




https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/14/ ... onors.aspx
https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/14/ ... -week.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 75-80 SMC; Tommy Kuhse puts up 34 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists for the Gaels
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 61-55 SEA; The Lady Griz hold on despite committing 25 turnovers, their highest total in nearly 4 years

[JALMOND]

Sounds like PSU's women's team is finally going to be able to play Wednesday at Dixie State. Always good to start playing sometime (I guess).

[kalm]

• Men
  
  EWU 75-80 SMC; Tommy Kuhse puts up 34 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists for the Gaels
  
  
  
  Women
  
  UMT 61-55 SEA; The Lady Griz hold on despite committing 25 turnovers, their highest total in nearly 4 years

This is a really talented team but Davidson is picking too many bad shots.

[JALMOND]

Portland State/Weber women's basketball games this weekend are cancelled due to COVID in Weber's program.

https://goviks.com/news/2020/12/15/WBB_20201215.aspx

Viks are still scheduled to play at Dixie State tonight.

The PSU/Weber's men's team is still on in Portland this weekend.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Portland State/Weber women's basketball games this weekend are cancelled due to COVID in Weber's program.

https://goviks.com/news/2020/12/15/WBB_20201215.aspx

Viks are still scheduled to play at Dixie State tonight.

The PSU/Weber's men's team is still on in Portland this weekend.

Lady Griz/Utah Valley game now cancelled because of UVU getting another positive COVID case. An earlier Utah Valley COVID case was likely transferred to SUU, which caused the SUU/Lady Griz games to be cancelled (UVU had played SUU several days earlier).

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  UMT 66-58 UW; Montana's 37% from the field wasn't fatal, in part because UDub shot 42% from the line
  UNC 83-75 DEN; Three players score 20+ for NoCo (Kountz, Hume, Johnson)
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 63-53 DIX; The Viks beat a DI newcomer as they finally get to play their first game
  UNC 50-63 ISU; The Bears start 1-5 for the first time since 2006-07 (their first year in the Big Sky)

[SDHornet]

Nice OOC wins.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  sagu 52-89 ISU; Bengals win big despite shooting 34% in the first half
  DIX 78-85 SUU; Tevian Jones scores a career-high 33
  
  
  
  Women
  
  coi 46-59 EWU; Eastern eventually gets it going after going 1/10 in the first quarter
  UTEP 75-83 NAU; The 'Jacks win second-half shooting 62%-39%
  MSU 80-67 UPORT; Darian White just misses a triple-double with 21 points, 11 boards, and 9 assists

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 94-66 PSU; Weber gets their most lopsided DI win in nearly 3 years
  IDA 41-79 UTAH; Idaho shoots 28% and falls to 0-5
  sagu 46-113 ISU; The Bengals tie school records for scoring margin (+67) and three-pointers made (17)
  beth 64-98 SUU; Suutah wins 6 straight for the first time in 20 years
  dickst 51-78 UMT; The Griz win the boards 46-18
  MSU 54-82 WSU; Wazzu beat the 'Cats by a bigger margin than they beat their other 5 opponents combined
  UNC 50-63 USU; Bears lose points-off-turnovers 21-2
  
  
  
  Women
  
  BYU 84-74 SUU; Liz Graves continued to dominate with 34 points and 10 rebounds, but BYU shot 54%

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  EWU 80-64 NAU; Tanner Groves puts up a career-high 26 points and 13 rebounds
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SEA 77-65 EWU; Eastern starts 1-5 for the 3rd. straight season

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 72-74 PSU; The Viks manage to split this series despite being outscored by 13 ppg for the weekend
  
  
  
  Women
  
  WYO 53-50 UNC (OT); The Bears force OT despite 0 points from three of their starters

[JALMOND]

• Men
  
  WEB 72-74 PSU; The Viks manage to split this series despite being outscored by 13 ppg for the weekend

Viks actually were up 17 early in the second half, then Weber went on an 18-1 run over seven minutes to tighten the game up. Great game by James Scott, the kid from Kennesaw State by way of Temple, and Khalid Thomas, the Portland kid from Arizona State.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  beth 57-96 SUU; 14 different T-Birds scored and 14 different T-Birds had at least 1 rebound in this one
  NAU 65-70 TXST; The Lumberjacks shot 57%, but they lost turnovers 16-9
  
  
  
  Women
  
  SEA 96-105 IDA; Shorthanded Idaho gets 33 points from Beyonce Bea and 15 free throws from Paris Atchley
  DIX 44-80 SUU; Suutah gets their most lopsided DI win in 17 years
  SDKST 82-67 MSU; Tori Martell went 4/8 from outside, but her teammates went 4/18

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Tanner Groves (EWU) - 21.5 ppg, 10 rpg, 2 apg, 70% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Darian White (MSU) - 24 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals, 53% on FGs (1 game)




https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/21/ ... -week.aspx
https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/21/ ... -week.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 62-67 ORST; The Vikings overcame a 15-point deficit, but they gave up a 6-0 run to close the game
  NAU 68-65 DEN; Lumberjacks win second-chance points 18-2
  UMT 64-70 UA; Arizona shot 56% from the line, but they won turnovers 19-8
  MSU 59-62 UPORT; The Pilots offset 33% shooting by going 25/26 on FTs
  ISU 64-69 UNC; Bodie Hume scores 27 points by shooting 73% from the field and 50% from the line
  
  
  
  Women
  
  EWU 52-73 WSU; Eastern shot 53% in the second half, but they only got 19 shot attempts
  SFRAN 108-82 SAC; 102 of San Francisco's 108 points came from the field

[JALMOND]

• Men
  
  PSU 62-67 ORST; The Vikings overcame a 15-point deficit, but they gave up a 6-0 run to close the game

Viks have beaten their share of Pac-12 teams, but are now 0-15 all-time against the Beavers. Scoring 17 points in a half certainly won't get it done.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  PSU 62-67 ORST; The Vikings overcame a 15-point deficit, but they gave up a 6-0 run to close the game

Viks have beaten their share of Pac-12 teams, but are now 0-15 all-time against the Beavers. Scoring 17 points in a half certainly won't get it done.

The Beavs don't look too good this year. I'll be surprised if Tinkle holds on to that job much longer.

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  WEB 79-87 BYU; Wildcats lose bench points 32-13
  ISU 71-56 UNC; Brayden Parker scored 47 points in his 2 games vs. the Bears; he had 23 total points in his first 4 DI games
  
  
  
  Women
  
  IDA 42-96 UA; Idaho gave up 96 points in their last game and won

[JALMOND]

Portland State's women's team will play their second game of the year on Dec. 28 at the Air Force Academy. The Lady Viks beat Dixie State in their only game so far.

https://goviks.com/news/2020/12/23/WBB_20201223.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

• Men
  
  NAU 58-88 GONZ; The 'Jacks shot 55% in the second half… too bad they shot 23% in the first
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 65-94 AF; The Vikings allow 61% shooting to a perennial bottom-dweller that lost to DII Western Colorado

[Mvemjsunpx]

Men

Brayden Parker (ISU) - 23.5 ppg, 8 rpg, 67% on FGs (2 games)


Women

Beyonce Bea (IDA) - 22 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.5 bpg (2 games)




https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/28/ ... onors.aspx
https://bigskyconf.com/news/2020/12/28/ ... -week.aspx

[AZGrizFan]

• Men
  
  NAU 58-88 GONZ; The 'Jacks shot 55% in the second half… too bad they shot 23% in the first
  
  
  
  Women
  
  PSU 65-94 AF; The Vikings allow 61% shooting to a perennial bottom-dweller that lost to DII Western Colorado

lol. Gonzaga will play the Jacks, but they won't play the Griz...maybe they're still scared from the last game.

[mtjack]

Okay, so the Griz would lose by 25 instead of 30 like NAU. Gonzaga has played 4 top 20 teams, another decent Power 5 conference team in Auburn and were scheduled to play #2 Baylor before covid issues. Scared of the Griz they certainly aren't.

I do think the Griz have a shot at beating Gonzaga's football team even though they're undefeated since 1941.