Montana State Bobcats at Idaho State Bengals
· Big Sky Championship - 3rd Round
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
80 - 60
80 - 60
Montana State rolls past Idaho State 80-60 in Big Sky Conference Tournament quarterfinal
The fifth-seeded Bobcats (15-17) advance to play top seed Northern Colorado in a Tuesday semifinal.
McMahon finished 6 of 9 from the field for the Bobcats. Patterson buried 4 of 6 from 3-point range. Sam Lecholat scored 13 on 6-for-8 shooting.
Jake O’Neil and Dylan Darling both scored 16 to lead the fourth-seeded Bengals (15-15) with O'Neil adding seven rebounds. Blake Daberkow scored 11.
Montana State took the lead with 17:33 left in the first half and never looked back. Patterson led his team in scoring with 11 points in the first half to help put them up 41-29 at the break.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 80 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:11 | AJ Burgin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Meza. | 80 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Brian Goracke Turnover. | 80 - 57 |
| 2nd 0:42 | Jed Miller Defensive Rebound. | 80 - 57 |
Statistics
MTST |
IDST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 33-52 | FG | 22-66 |
| 63 | Field Goal % | 33 |
| 10-24 | 3PT | 5-23 |
| 42 | Three Point % | 22 |
| 4-6 | FT | 11-14 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 2 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 19 |
| 21 | Assists | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 25 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 42 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fouls | 7 |
| 31 | Largest Lead | 2 |
Game Information
Venue: Idaho Central Arena
Location: Boise, ID
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Location: Boise, ID
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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 | 7 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |


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