Game coverage of Montana's 91-36 rout of the Montana Tech Orediggers won't serve to recount the important stories of this game.
Besides, I'm covering two games tonight, with the Montana Lady Griz set to tipoff against Mississippi in the final game of the Montana Lady Griz 28th Annual Holiday Classic. I may not have much Griz analysis until later... or possibly even tomorrow.
PHOTO: Guard Matt Martin drives to the bucket past Montana Tech
forward Casey Briggs. Martin made the shot and added 15 more on a
variety of slashing drives and baseline three point shots to lead the
Griz to a 91-36 rout over the Orediggers. I will post several more game-action photos soon.
Despite the margin, there were siginificant signs of progress that bear noting as the Griz prepare for their initial conference... a tough road match against the Montana State Bobcats Saturday.
Briefly: Matt Martin came off the bench to lead the Griz in scoring with 17 points, 12 of those points on 4-for-7 shooting from three point range. Every Griz suited up played, and every Griz except Zach Graves scored.
The Griz worked an admirable 23-to-8 assist to turnover ratio and had eight steals, led by Ryan Staudacher's five. Montana shot 50 percent from the field and held the Orediggers to 27.3 percent for the game, and led by as much as 56 points late in the contest.
Jordan Hasquet scored 16 points and led both squads with 13 rebounds, while Andrew Strait scored 16 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field. Staudacher nailed 3-of-6 treys and scored 15 for Montana. Point guard Cameron Rundles dished out 8 assists.
