FULL NOTES (PDF)
OGDEN, Utah (November 22, 2016) – It will be a Thanksgiving week on the road for most Big Sky Conference teams. Idaho State heads to Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun Challenge while Southern Utah, Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado all head to Las Vegas for non-conference tournaments.
North Dakota will face tough competition at the Wright State tournament in Dayton, Ohio and Weber State heads north for the Great Alaska Shootout.
Top Perfomances
Jordan Davis (UNC) - Davis averaged 22.0 points over the week, scoring 24 points at Santa Clara and 20 against No. 8 Arizona. On the season he now has score four-straight 20+ point games.
Tyler Hall (MSU) - Tyler Hall averaged 22.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in three games, and 26.0 points with 6.5 rebounds against two Division I opponents, to lead Montana State to a 2-1 record on the week.
Bogdan Bliznyuk (EWU) - With 54 points in two games, the Eagle junior scored a career-high 32 points to pace Eastern past Bryant 81-77 Nov. 21 at Reese Court to advance to the championship game in the Legends Classic sub-regional round in Cheney. In two games last week, he made 21-of-36 shots (58.3 percent), 3-of-7 3-pointers (42.9 percent), and all nine of his free throws. He also averaged 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and had a steal.
Drick Bernstine (UND) - Drick Bernstine posted the second triple-double in UND history in the win over Presentation College, finishing with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The junior captain is averaged 10.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg and 6.0 apg during UND’s season-opening, three-game home sweep.
Coming Up This Week
| TUESDAY 11.22.16 |
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| Seattle |
at |
Eastern Washington |
6:05 p.m. |
| Northern Arizona |
at |
UNLV |
7 p.m. |
| Eastern Kentucky |
vs |
Idaho State3 |
1 p.m. |
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| WEDNESDAY 11.23.16 |
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| Ball State |
at |
Southern Utah |
12:30 p.m. |
| NJIT /Georgia State |
vs |
Idaho State3 |
TBA |
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| THURSDAY 11.24.16 |
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| UC Davis |
vs |
Weber State5 |
10 p.m. MT |
| Montana |
at |
Mississippi |
3 p.m. |
| Sacred Heart |
vs |
Northern Colorado4 |
TBD |
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| FRIDAY 11.25.16 |
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| Portland State |
at |
Loyola Marymount |
7 p.m. |
| Drake or Iona |
vs |
Weber State5 |
TBA |
| Alabama State |
vs. |
Northern Arizona6 |
TBA |
| Idaho |
at |
Sam Houston State |
6:30 p.m. |
| Idaho State |
at |
Texas Tech University |
TBA |
| TBA |
vs |
Northern Colorado4 |
TBA |
| North Florida |
vs |
North Dakota8 |
TBA |
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| SATURDAY 11.26.16 |
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| San Francisco |
vs |
Sacramento State7 |
3:35 p.m. |
| Life Pacific |
at |
Southern Utah |
4:30 p.m. |
| Denver |
at |
Eastern Washington |
6:05 p.m. |
| North Dakota |
at |
Wright State8 |
7 p.m. |
| Jax St/CSU Fullerton |
at |
Northern Arizona6 |
TBA |
| TBA |
at |
Weber State5 |
TBA |
| Delaware State |
at |
Montana State |
2 p.m. |
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| SUNDAY 11.27.16 |
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| Denver |
at |
Sacramento State |
12 p.m. |
| Montana |
at |
South Dakota |
1 p.m. |
| Portland State |
at |
Pepperdine |
3:30 p.m. |
| San Francisco |
at |
Eastern Washington |
6:05 p.m. |
| CSU Bakersfield |
vs |
North Dakota8 |
TBA |
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| MONDAY11.28.16 |
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| Arizona Christian |
at |
Montana State |
7 p.m. |
1 - Cable Car Classic (Santa Clara, Calif)
2 - Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, USVI)
3 - Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico)
4 - MGM Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.)
5 - Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska)
6 - Las Vegas Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.)
7 - EWU Invitational (Cheney, Wash.)
8 - Wright State Invitational (Dayton, Ohio)