Montana Grizzlies at Sacramento State Hornets
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
78 - 66
78 - 66
Montana thumps Sacramento State, 78-66, now 5-0 in Big Sky
Montana (12-5, 5-0) has won five straight and seven of the last eight games.
Rorie dished out six assists with three steals and Oguine had four steals. Bobby Moorehead added 13 points and Jamar Akoh chipped in nine points with eight rebounds and three steals. The Grizzlies swiped the basketball 14 times.
Montana, trailing 35-32 at the break, opened the second half on a 15-5 run and never trailed again. Rorie had two straight layups and then drilled a trey for a 50-42 lead at the 13:29 mark. Montana made 11 straight free throws midway in the second half to go up 64-48. The Grizzles kept a double-digit lead for the rest of the way.
Justin Strings had 20 points with nine rebounds for Sacramento State (4-13, 1-3).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 78 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Bobby Moorehead Steal. | 78 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Calvin Martin Turnover. | 78 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:17 | Karl Nicholas made Free Throw. | 78 - 66 |
| 2nd 0:17 | Montana Deadball Team Rebound. | 77 - 66 |
Statistics
 MONT |
 SAC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-57 | FG | 21-40 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 7-13 | 3PT | 7-14 |
| 54 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 19-22 | FT | 17-27 |
| 86 | Free Throw % | 63 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 22 |
| 15 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 10 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 16 |
| 22 | Fouls | 20 |
| 22 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Venue: The Nest
Location: Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 721 | Capacity:
Location: Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 721 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Sky Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State | 13-5 | - | 20-11 |
| Montana State | 12-6 | 1 | 18-14 |
| Eastern Washington | 11-7 | 2 | 14-19 |
| Northern Colorado | 10-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Montana | 10-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| Weber State | 10-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Idaho | 9-9 | 4 | 21-15 |
| Sacramento State | 6-12 | 8 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |