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2028 Big Sky Conference Standings
TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Sacramento State Hornets 7 2 .778 12 9 .571 122 52
Eastern Washington Eagles 7 2 .778 10 10 .500 140 49
Montana Grizzlies 6 3 .667 12 11 .522 188 48
Portland Pilots 5 3 .625 11 10 .524 173 46
Montana State Bobcats 5 3 .625 8 13 .381 161 47
Colorado State Rams 5 3 .625 10 11 .476 306 39
North Dakota Fighting Sioux 4 5 .444 11 10 .524 224 37
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4 5 .444 7 14 .333 288 43
Northern Colorado Bears 3 6 .333 6 15 .286 327 35
Weber State Wildcats 2 7 .222 5 17 .227 311 35
Southern Utah Thunderbirds 0 9 .000 5 15 .250 341 40
It's a very tight conference this year after the first half. Any one of 6 of the 11 teams could realistically make it. (Weird that we only have 16 conference games - should be 20).
Down in Northridge, everybody's pissed. The Matadors are 9-11 (5-4) and 5th in the conference.
Robert Serra was complaining to me the other day, and I'm just like, y'all lost two All-Big West 1st Team guys and Sonny should have moved you to PG and put
Richard McGowan at SG, or even
Nat Freezer (the Brit is Yellow/Green as a true freshman).
Four straight weeks of B2B games. That's just how this conference rolls.
Alvaro Houghton goes OFF for 29 points and 7 rebounds as we steamroll
Colorado State 91-77 in a key positioning fight.
Sid Johnson scores 16 with a steal, and
Dominique Judson rounds out with a near double of 14 points, 9 rebounds.
Next night we host
Montana State and wallop the Bobcats 76-57, putting us one win away from meeting the AD's goals already. This time our frontcourt does the damage - 18 points, 10 rebounds for
Bruce Boyd as PotG, 14 points, 10 rebounds, a block and a steal for
Dominique Judson.
Sid Johnson scores 13 with 5 rebounds.
We have an epic collapse late in the game to cost a win against
Sacramento State, but hit the season target in a gritty 61-48 victory over
Northern Colorado sparked by
Alvaro Houghton's 25 points and 8 rebounds.
Bruce Boyd scores 10 and
Arthur Rodriguez grabs 10 boards with a steal.
Awful first half against
Eastern Washington, but miracles happen in the second:
Code:
Portland 69, Eastern Washington 62
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Portland (15-11, 9-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bruce Boyd C 30 5-9 3-6 3 10 1 4 13
Dominique Judson PF 37 3-8 4-5 2 6 1 3 10
Arthur Rodriguez SF 36 1-5 1-2 0 3 2 1 4
Alvaro Houghton SG 34 7-11 0-1 2 9 2 2 19
Sid Johnson PG 33 8-19 2-4 0 2 3 2 20
Gary Hine PG 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Chris Campbell SG 7 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 1 0
Havel Cermak SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Heath Wagstaff C 12 0-2 0-0 4 7 1 0 0
Amos Stackhouse C 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Turnovers: 10 (D.Judson 2, A.Rodriguez 2, A.Houghton 1,
S.Johnson 3, G.Hine 1, H.Wagstaff 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Boyd 1, A.Rodriguez 1)
Steals: 4 (B.Boyd 1, D.Judson 1, A.Rodriguez 1,
S.Johnson 1)
3P FGs: 9-26 (D.Judson 0-3, A.Rodriguez 1-3, A.Houghton
5-8, S.Johnson 2-9, G.Hine 1-2, H.Cermak 0-1)
Eastern Washington (15-11, 11-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nicolao Martinez C 26 1-6 2-4 6 13 0 3 4
Denny Swearingen PF 32 4-11 4-7 2 6 2 3 13
Paul Mojica SF 27 2-7 1-2 0 4 3 1 6
Jan Callender SG 34 6-8 0-0 0 0 1 3 15
G. Mittermüller PG 32 7-16 1-1 2 4 1 5 16
Loyd Dore PF 21 1-3 0-0 0 9 6 3 2
Kurt Reddy PG 13 1-2 2-2 0 0 1 3 5
Byron Darbyshire C 4 0-0 1-2 1 2 0 0 1
Jerry Causey SF 4 0-4 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Ni Jiang SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Dillon Calloway PF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 12 (N.Martinez 1, D.Swearingen 2, P.Mojica
1, J.Callender 6, G.Mittermüller 1, K.Reddy 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (N.Martinez 1, G.Mittermüller 1)
Steals: 4 (D.Swearingen 1, J.Callender 3)
3P FGs: 7-16 (D.Swearingen 1-1, P.Mojica 1-2,
J.Callender 3-4, G.Mittermüller 1-3, L.Dore 0-1,
K.Reddy 1-2, J.Causey 0-3)
Player of Game: SG Alvaro Houghton (PORTL)
Sid Johnson scores 25 with 5 rebounds and a steal, but that isn't PotG-worthy in a nailbiter 69-66 win over
Weber State on the back end.
Bruce Boy scored 13,
Dominique Judson added 10 points.
Heading into the final B2B of the regular season, it's still anyone's game for the title. The absolute worst we can finish is 5th, and might even have 4th sewn up.
It is so, so satisfying to deliver sweet, sweet payback to
North Dakota, demolishing them 70-44 on 14 points, 7 rebounds from
Dominique Judson, 13 points and a steal from
Sid Johnson, 12 points from
Alvaro Houghton, and 9 points, 12 rebounds from
Bruce Boyd.
Sacramento State takes a half-game lead on
Eastern Washington, and I don't know who owns tiebreaks or what. Things are really messy at the top of the table.
We simplify things by shooting 31% against
Northern Arizona in our worst shooting night of the season.
The Eagles crashed and burned. End result?
Next post.