Thursday, March 14, 2019

Big Sky Tournament: Griz, Wildcats (Who Oust Vikings), T-Birds, Advance To Semifinals

At Boise, Idaho:

The Big Sky Conference's men's basketball tournament's quarterfinal took place on Thursday with four games contested at the CenturyLink Arena in the Potato State's capital city.

Game #1:

Michael Oguine scored 19 points points as the top-seeded Montana Grizzlies (24-8) held off the ninth-seeded Sacramento State Hornets (15-16) 79-73.

The Hornets were paced by Marcus Graves' 30 points.

Game #2:

Jerrick Harding scored 23 points as the fourth-seeded Weber State Wildcats (18-14), with five players scoring in double figures, outlasted the fifth-seeded Portland State Vikings (16-16) 81-71.

Holland Woods top the Vikes with 19 points.

Game #3:

Cameron Oluyitan scored 18 points as seventh-seeded Southern Utah (16-15) upended second-seeded Northern Colorado (21-11) 83-64.

Game #4:

Mason Peatling scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds while Cody Benzel added an extra 22 points as the third-seeded Eastern Washington Eagles (15-17) held off the sixth-seeded Montana State Bobcats (15-17) 90-84.

Keljin Blevins paced the Bobcats with a career-high 27 points while Tyler Hall added 20 points to the Montana State coffers.


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