Saturday, December 9
UC Riverside
65
at
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Montana
Montana Gets Free Ride Over Highlanders, 72-65
12/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The UC Riverside Highlanders got a game-high 19 points from senior guard Justin Bell and a career-high 14 points and six rebounds from freshman guard Charles Jim-George, but it was not enough as the host Montana Grizzles posted a 72-65 win in a non-conference game in front of 3,384 fans at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, MT Saturday.
UCR is 3-6, while Montana is 4-5.
Bell scored his 19 on 7-of-16 shooting, including five threes, leading four Highlanders in double-figures. Jim-George had his best night as a Highlander with 14 points, four coming on threes, and a pair of impressive, athletic tip-ins. Freshman forward Henrik Thomsen had 11 points and sophomore forward Christian Soto had a career-high 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. UCR had a season-low 12 turnovers.
The Grizzlies' Jordan Hasquet had 18 points and Andrew Straight had 17 on 8-of-10 shooting.
Free throws proved to be the big difference, as UC Riverside made just four trips to the line in the game, while the Grizzlies had 25 attempts, hitting 17.
The Highlanders used an 18-8 run in the latter stages of the second half, including consecutive threes by Bell, Jim-George and Thomsen, to overcome a nine-point Montana lead and take a 62-61 advantage with 3:01 left. The Highlanders seemed to have the momentum as Andrew Strait turned the ball over, but UCR could not convert as they committed back-to-back give-aways that helped lead to six uncontested points and a 67-62 Montana lead with 50 seconds left.
Bell drained a three with 38 seconds remaining to make it 67-65, but Montana's Matt Martin drained three free throws in the final 33 seconds to put the dagger in the Highlanders' victory hopes.
The Highlanders played one of their best halves of the season in the first, leading by as many as six in the early going before finishing the half trailing by one at 37-36. Both teams shot well from inside and outside, with UCR shooting 46.7% (14-of-30) overall and 46.2% (6-of-13) from the three point line and the Grizzlies shooting 51.9% (14-of-27) overall and 50.0% (5-of-10) from the three-point line.
The Highlanders struggled to control Hasquet, who hit his first four shots, including three treys. The Grizzlies built their lead to seven with 8:56 left, but UCR came back to take a 36-34 lead with 1:08 left on a 10-foot jumper by Thomsen off of a nice pass by Soto. However, the Grizzlies took the lead on a Strait layup with two seconds left to take the lead into the intermission.
UCR is 3-6, while Montana is 4-5.
Bell scored his 19 on 7-of-16 shooting, including five threes, leading four Highlanders in double-figures. Jim-George had his best night as a Highlander with 14 points, four coming on threes, and a pair of impressive, athletic tip-ins. Freshman forward Henrik Thomsen had 11 points and sophomore forward Christian Soto had a career-high 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds. UCR had a season-low 12 turnovers.
The Grizzlies' Jordan Hasquet had 18 points and Andrew Straight had 17 on 8-of-10 shooting.
Free throws proved to be the big difference, as UC Riverside made just four trips to the line in the game, while the Grizzlies had 25 attempts, hitting 17.
The Highlanders used an 18-8 run in the latter stages of the second half, including consecutive threes by Bell, Jim-George and Thomsen, to overcome a nine-point Montana lead and take a 62-61 advantage with 3:01 left. The Highlanders seemed to have the momentum as Andrew Strait turned the ball over, but UCR could not convert as they committed back-to-back give-aways that helped lead to six uncontested points and a 67-62 Montana lead with 50 seconds left.
Bell drained a three with 38 seconds remaining to make it 67-65, but Montana's Matt Martin drained three free throws in the final 33 seconds to put the dagger in the Highlanders' victory hopes.
The Highlanders played one of their best halves of the season in the first, leading by as many as six in the early going before finishing the half trailing by one at 37-36. Both teams shot well from inside and outside, with UCR shooting 46.7% (14-of-30) overall and 46.2% (6-of-13) from the three point line and the Grizzlies shooting 51.9% (14-of-27) overall and 50.0% (5-of-10) from the three-point line.
The Highlanders struggled to control Hasquet, who hit his first four shots, including three treys. The Grizzlies built their lead to seven with 8:56 left, but UCR came back to take a 36-34 lead with 1:08 left on a 10-foot jumper by Thomsen off of a nice pass by Soto. However, the Grizzlies took the lead on a Strait layup with two seconds left to take the lead into the intermission.
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