The University Of Montana Basketball squads spilt a couple of games on Saturday against Idaho State. The Grizzly men were on the road & cruised to an easy 68-44 win over the Bengals in Holt Arena. The Grizzly defense caused 16 first-half turnovers as they ran out to a 26-10 lead. Th...
The U of M lady Griz made a big statement in their Big Sky Conference debut last night on the road taking on the Eastern Washington Eagles. The Lady Griz defense shined as they grounded the Eagles in a 53-46 win.
The Eagles came out hot & flew out to an early 70 lead. Th...
Montana's Will Cherry has been selected as the Big Sky Conference men's basketball player of the week.
Cherry averaged 18.5 points, five rebounds and 4½ assists in victories over Portland State and Eastern Washington last week.
Cherry, a 6-foot-1 guard, scored 22 points as the Grizzlies defeated Eastern Washington on Friday...
The Grizzlies men's basketball team continued their Big Sky season with a 79-71 win over Eastern Washington. In front of the third largest crowd of the year. Matthias Ward put the exclamation point on the win with a thunderous dunk just before the buzzer...
The Montana Grizzlies came to a turning point this last season. They were 2-1 on the young season and ranked 10th in the FCS when they traveled to California to play Sacramento State. The Hornets had never beaten the Griz before in 16 tries, but that was about to change...
After the Montana Grizzlies were eliminated from the FCS playoffs by Sam Houston State, it was hard to look past the game and difficulty of taking the loss. But next year, the Griz have many key players returning to help them defend their Big Sky Conference title. They will return battery mates Quarterback Jordan Johnson, who will be a junior and wide reciever Sam Gratton, who will be a senior.
Deonte Burton scored 21 points, Olek Czyz had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Nevada held off former Big Sky Conference rival Montana for a 70-64 win Saturday.
Malik Story added 11 points for the Wolf Pack (7-3), and he and Burton each nailed three 3-pointers...
The University of Montana's head football coach Robin Pflugrad has been chosen by his fellow league coaches as the 2011 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, the conference announced today.