Montana vs Eastern Wa. Sat March 5th

[BARN BALL]

Big Sky Conference Tournament game 2nd place third seeded MT VS 6th seed.
Eastern washington
Marc Axton 6-7 Senior 16 ppg played outside shot threes 14
Tim Scheffler 6-4 Soph 3 ppg hit two threes
Matt Nelson 6-9 Soph 8.5 ppg nine points
Danny Pariseau 5-11 Jr 6.7 ppg 0-6 last game
Deuce Smith 6-3 Jr. 7.6 ppg 8-11 19 pts last game
Henkel missoula Mt. played 20 minutes 7min at EWU
Beitinger 13 minutes

Eastern Wa. runs the shot clock down and flops for the charge on defense. In both of the Montana vs Eastern Wa. games Eastern Wa was leading at the 5 minute mark. Montana won both games the 2nd score 55-53 halftime score was 19-20. Karmarr Davis ran into trouble early was a factor at the end when he scored his only 4 points in 17 minutes. Montana shot 32 free throws in both games. Missing 14 in the 2nd game. 56%. Axton is 6-7 spends most of his time running around shooting threes. MT has not seen him at his best. 6-10 from three vs the bobcats. Smith got it going and hit 3-3 from three. 19 pts 8-11 Pariseau had a miserable time 0-6 rolling off the rim. 15 points in first game.

Montana

Kevin Criswell 6-2 Jr. 200 lbs Colstrip Montana
Karmarr Davis 6-7 Sr. 255 lbs Milwaukee WI Sheridan JC Wy
Matt Martin 6-1 Fr. 175 lbs Spearfish South Dakota
Matt Dlouhy 6-6 soph 190 lbs Coeur d' Alene ID Lake City HS
Andrew Strait 6-8 Fr 230 lbs Yakima Washington West Valley
Corey Easley 6-9 Jr 220lbs Inver Grove Heights Minn. Rosemount
Lamarr Farr 6-4 Jr 205 lbs Beliot WI Northwest JC-Wy
Virgil Mathew 6-3 Jr 195 lbs Federal Way Washington Centrilia CC
John Seyfert 6-10 jr 245 lbs Stevensville Montana

 

[Grizbeer]

Something to remember about tickets is this is the post season, so some of those good seats down on floor will be available due to season ticket holders not getting their tickets.

I got my tickets last night, but got GA because that is what my kids prefer

 

[BARN BALL]

Marc Axton is 6-7 but he is not very heavy. He was named to the ALL Conference team. Last year at eastern Axton did not score and this year at eastern he did not shoot well but took a lot of shots 15 points in 39 minutes. In Missoula Axton stayed on the perimeter and when he came inside he was effective. I do not think Davis can go where Axton goes or anyone else either because he shows up everywhere shooting his three. He hit his first one in Missoula but ended up 3-10 from three point land 1-2 inside. 14 points. He was 6-10 from three in Bozeman. In Missoula Smith was 3-3 from three and Scheffler was 2-4. For MT Dlouhy was 3-4 and Criswell and Martin each tried 2 wide open threes apiece and when they did not go in they wisely went on to other things making 2-3 from inside the arc for a total of 5 shots each. Montana took 16 fewer shots, made three less field goals and shot 56% from the line. All Conference Davis tried hard but struggled (very unusal when Davis struggles.) After all this Criswell was able to hit the winning shot 55-53. Montana trailed 19-20 at the half. Second half score. MT 36 EWU 32.

 

[Ballhog]

Axton is slow afoot. He can have games where he shoots the eyes out-
the first game he has trouble shooting over taller Griz players. EWU sets screens for him. What EWU does do is play tought defense. in Missoula they fronted the posts and took away the inside game. Coaches need to do a bettter job of adjusting. Griz are better than EWU but 3rd times hopefully not the charm.

 

[BARN BALL]

Montana

Kevin Criswell 6-2 Jr. 200 lbs Colstrip Montana
Karmarr Davis 6-7 Sr. 255 lbs Milwaukee WI Sheridan JC Wy
Matt Martin 6-1 Fr. 175 lbs Spearfish South Dakota
Matt Dlouhy 6-6 soph 190 lbs Coeur d' Alene ID Lake City HS
Andrew Strait 6-8 Fr 230 lbs Yakima Washington West Valley
Corey Easley 6-9 Jr 220lbs Inver Grove Heights Minn. Rosemount
Lamarr Farr 6-4 Jr 205 lbs Beliot WI Northwest JC-Wy
Virgil Mathew 6-3 Jr 195 lbs Federal Way Washington Centrilia CC
John Seyfert 6-10 jr 245 lbs Stevensville Montana

Stats
x free throw % x ave.min x field goal % x ppg
Criswell x .779 xxxx 31 xxxx .405 xxxxxx 13
Davis xxx .729 xxxx 30 xxxx .536 xxxxxx 15
Martin xx .788 xxxx 27 xxxx .402 xxxxxx 9
Dlouhy xx .734 xxxx 26 xxxx .445 xxxxxx 10 xxx three point % .429
Strait x x .561 xxxx 21 xxxx .576 xxxxxx 9
Easley xx .667 xxxx 14 xxxx .419 xxxx
Farr xx x .609 xxxx 19 xxxx .394 xxxx
Mathews .429 xxxx 12 xxxx .605 xxxx
Seyfert xx .618 xxxx 17 xxxx .464 xxxx

 

[BARN BALL]

If you show up at this location during the game post a score now and then. I will be missing until after the game. People in strange places check in to see what is happening. Radio 1290 at 1:30 PM MTN

 

[jagur1]

That's very true BarnBall I borrowed a computer at the Coast one night to see how the Girz did a couple of weeks ago.

 

[BARN BALL]

That's very true BarnBall I borrowed a computer at the Coast one night to see how the Girz did a couple of weeks ago.

Alright!! Post one for the funny looking tiger with the bad eye and rosy colored tongue. cat?jagaur?

 

[iaafan]

UM 28, EW 24 at the 1/2. Bekkering and Kamarr both have 7 pts.

 

[BARN BALL]

Montana lead 53-48 with 45 seconds to play. Final score 58-48. Not going to look all that great playing Eastern. Montana bigs actually looked fine. As a result Montana had 15 assisted baskets out of a total of 18 baskets. The three point shot continues to be a mystery. If Montana gets anything from three point land it will be a gift. I assume the plan will be to abandon the three and continue to score off assists. All of sudden you are wide open for a three. If it is too early in the shot clock it may be bench city. (Farr did not play anyone have an update?) Turnovers although a problem all year were not as ugly as the stat sheet may show because offensive fouls add to your turnovers and Eastern brings out the best in the referees. They do catch them by surprise. Couple of the turnovers were resonable attempts at assists but were not delivered. Expect more of the unexpected for the rest of the tournament.