In numerous preseason college basketball polls, the Weber State Wildcats were picked to battle the Montana Grizzlies for the Big Sky Conference title. Thursday’s game between the two under-achieving teams will decide, at best, which team has the inside track to host a first-round playoff game.
At 12-12 and 12-13 respectively, the Wildcats and Grizzlies each still have a chance to resurrect mediocre seasons. Two Wildcat wins in Ogden this week will secure a solid third-place finish for the WSU. The Griz, tied for 6th place in the Big Sky with Idaho State, are fighting just to qualify for tourney play.
PHOTO: Montana guard Ceylon Elgin-Taylor drives against NAU forward Nick Larson. With 82 assists against 44 turnovers for the year, Elgin-Taylor now leads the Big Sky as the top player in the assists-to-turnovers category with a ratio of 1.86.
The stakes are certainly higher for the Grizzlies, who have played well on the road and erratically before their home-town fans.
The Wildcats won the first meeting between the two teams, 68-67 on Jan. 20 in Missoula. Read the complete SCOUTING REPORT here.
