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MONTANA-N COLO
Montana rallies over Northern Colorado 68-63
OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Anthony Johnson scored 19 points and
Will Cherry scored 10, including a jumper with 24 seconds left as
Montana scored the final six points in a 68-63 win over Northern
Colorado on Tuesday night in the Big Sky Conference tournament
semifinals.
The Grizzlies (21-9) advanced to the Big Sky championship
game for the first time since winning it in 2006.
Ryan Staudacher also finished with 10 points and Derek
Selvig and Vassy Banny pulled down eight rebounds apiece for
Montana, which outrebounded the Bears 36-25.
Will Figures led the Bears (24-7) with 23 points, including
back-to-back 3-pointers during a 17-3 run that tied the game at
60 with less than 4 minutes to play.
ALL-BIG SKY
MSU's Strand named co-defensive MVP
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana State senior point guard Erica
Perry earned first team all-Big Sky Conference honors while
teammate Sarah Strand earned second team honors and was named the
league's co-defensive MVP.
Perry, from Lynwood, Calif., averaged 13.2 points per game,
led the Big Sky in steals and was seventh in assists.
Strand, a junior forward from Shoreline, Wash., averaged
13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and led the Big Sky with 59
blocks, an MSU single-season record.
Montana senior guard Lauren Beck of Great Falls also earned
second-team honors, averaging 12.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.3
assists, 1.9 steals and one blocked shot per game. She also leads
the Lady Griz in free throw shooting at 81.3 percent.
MSU sophomore guard Katie Bussey of Alamosa, Colo., earned
honorable mention honors. Bussey led MSU with 13.6 points per
game and made 69 3-pointers.
LEWIS CLARK-WILLIAMS
Helena's Williams signs with LC State
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Lewis-Clark State assistant volleyball
coach Burdette Greeny has announced the signing of Helena High
outside hitter Kelsey Williams.
The 5-foot-9 Williams is a two-time first-team all-state
player and was named Montana's Gatorade volleyball player of the
year as a senior. She is the all-time kills leader at Helena
High.
NCAA INDOORS-CASEY
MSU runner qualifies for NCAA Indoor mile
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Montana State distance runner Patrick
Casey of Laurel has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field
Championships in the mile.
The trials are scheduled for Friday afternoon in
Fayetteville, Ark., with the finals on Saturday evening.
Casey is ranked 10th in a field of 16 runners. This was
Casey's first season running indoor track and field.
MSU coach Dale Kennedy says Casey had the 16th best time in
the NCAA this season, but some runners that qualified chose not
to run, likely based on the schedule of other events.
Kennedy said the NCAA had planned to invite 14 runners, but
expanded that to 16 because the field is so competitive.
Qualifying times range from 3 minutes, 57.62 seconds to 3:59.97.
Casey's altitude adjusted time is 3:59.17. The top eight earn
All-America honors.
IDITAROD
Schnuelle leading Iditarod out of Rohn; MT musher drops out
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Canada's Sebastian Schnuelle is
leading in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more than 230 miles
into the race.
Schnuelle, of Whitehorse, arrived at 9:47 a.m. Tuesday at
the Athabascan village of Nikolai. By early afternoon, 15 other
mushers, including defending champion Lance Mackey of Fairbanks
had arrived at the checkpoint.
Second to the checkpoint was 2004 winner Mitch Seavey of
Seward, followed by four-time champion Jeff King of Denali Park.
Mackey, who is seeking his fourth consecutive win, was running
8th.
Four of the 71 mushers in the race scratched Tuesday. Kirk
Barnum of Seeley Lake, Mont., said his dog team was tired;
Michael Suprenant of Chugiak and Zoya DeNure of Gakona cited
personal medical problems; Karin Hendrickson of Chugiak cited a
damaged sled and equipment problems.
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