Montana Grizzlies @ Idaho State Bengals

8-5, 1-1 Big Sky

Final

	1	2	T
Montana MONT	35	41	76
Idaho St IDST	35	33	68

Idaho State BengalsIdaho StIDST

4-9, 0-2 Big Sky

Montana wins 76-68 against Idaho State

Dec 30, 2023, 09:44 pm

POCATELLO, Idaho -- — Brandon Whitney scored 20 points as Montana beat Idaho State 76-68 on Saturday night.

Whitney had seven rebounds and nine assists for the Grizzlies (8-5, 1-1 Big Sky Conference). Dischon Thomas scored 18 points and added 11 rebounds. Te'Jon Sawyer went 8 of 14 from the field to finish with 17 points.

Brayden Parker led the Bengals (4-9, 0-2) in scoring, finishing with 24 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Kiree Huie added 17 points and three blocks for Idaho State. Maleek Arington also recorded 12 points and four steals.

NEXT UP

Both teams play on Wednesday. Montana visits North Dakota State and Idaho State travels to play Denver.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Game Information

Pocatello, ID

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Referee:Wilson Holland

Referee:Layne Barney

Referee:Casey McLellan

NCAA Division I

Big Sky Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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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