Posts Tagged ‘Lady Griz’
Holsinger Named Next Lady Griz Coach
Brian Holsinger, who has spent 13 seasons in the Pac-12 and has more than two decades of college coaching experience, has been named the next head coach of the Montana women’s basketball program.... more
Lady Griz Seeking Bye as End of Regular Season Approaches
The Montana women's basketball team will play a single game this week, facing Montana State on Saturday in Bozeman.... more
Lady Griz Host Argos Tonight (Monday) in Exhibition Game
By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will wrap up its exhibition schedule when it hosts Great Falls Monday night at 7 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena.... more
Lady Griz Hand Out Annual Awards, Kellie Cole-Rubel Named MVP
Kellie Rubel was named 2015 Most Valuable Player, and Montana’s other two seniors, Maggie Rickman and Carly Selvig, were both double award winners at this week's awards banquet.... more
Lady Griz Fall to Notre Dame 77-43
By JOEL CARLSON-No. 16-seed Montana’s season came to an end with a 77-43 loss to the No. 1-seed Fighting Irish in front of 6,231 fans at Notre Dame’s Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Ind.... more
Lady Griz Face Fighting Irish Tonight in NCAA Opener
By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz will face Notre Dame tonight (Friday) in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The Game will tip off at 5:30 p.m.... more
Lady Griz Draw Notre Dame in NCAA Tournament
The Lady Griz received a No. 16 seed and will face No. 1 Notre Dame Friday night at South Bend, Ind., in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.... more
Lady Griz Rally, Win Big Sky Championship 60-49 (PHOTO GALLERY)
(PHOTO GALLERY) Montana came from behind to post a 60-49 victory in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament at Dahlberg Arena.... more
Lady Griz Advance to Big Sky Championship, Sat. March 14 at 2pm
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz advanced to the title game for the 20th time in the 27-year history of the tournament with a 55-51 victory over EWU Friday afternoon.... more
Lady Griz Survive, Move on to Firday’s Semifinals
By JOEL CARLSON- Top-seeded Montana held on for a 69-67 victory over ISU on the opening day of the BSC women’s basketball tournament and will face No. 4 Eastern Washington Friday at 1:30 p.m. ... more
Lady Griz Seeking Tournament Title This Week
By JOEL CARLSON- The Big Sky Conference women’s basketball tournament opens today with four quarterfinal games. Montana, the No. 1 seed, will play No. 8 Idaho State at 8 p.m. in the final game of the day.... more
Lady Griz fall at Bozeman 65-57
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz team fell in its final regular-season game Saturday afternoon, losing to Montana State 65-57 in Bozeman.... more
Big Sky Women’s Basketball Tournament Field Set
The seeds for the Big Sky women’s basketball tournament are set. Montana will be the No. 1 seed as the Lady Griz host the No. 8 seeded Idaho State Bengals. Sacramento State locked up the No. 2 seed with a ... more
Lady Griz Clinch Outright Title, Hosting Rights to BSC Tournament
By JOEL CARLSON-With a 69-59 victory over Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon at Dahlberg Arena the Lady Griz earned an outright league championship and hosting rights to the postseason tournament.... more
Lady Griz Cinch Share of Big Sky Title
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana won its 20th game of the season and clinched at least a share of the Big Sky Conference championship Thursday night with an 81-68 victory over Idaho at Dahlberg Arena. ... more
Lady Griz Host Final Regular-Season Home Games
By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz team will play its final regular-season home games this week when it hosts Idaho and Eastern Washington. The Lady Griz will face Idaho Thurs. at 7 p.m. and EWU Sat. at 2 p.m.... more
Lady Griz Win 64-60, Complete Two-Game Road Sweep
By JOEL CARLSON-Kayleigh Valley scored 16 points in the second half, a career-high 26 for the game, to lead Montana to a 64-60 victory over Weber State Saturday afternoon.... more
Lady Griz Take Care of Business, Win Road Trip Opener Against ISU
By JOEL CARLSON-Coming off a disheartening home loss last Saturday, the Lady Griz team assumed the look of a champion Thursday night in claiming a 69-51 road victory over Idaho State.... more
Lady Griz Facing Important Road Trip at Idaho State and Weber State
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team will face its final two-game road trip of the regular season this week with games at Idaho State and Weber State. ... more
Bears Rally Late, Stun Lady Griz at Dahlberg Arena
By JOEL CARLSON-Northern Colorado trailed by 10 points with eight minutes remaining Saturday afternoon against Montana at Dahlberg Arena, where the Lady Griz had won 23 straight games against Big Sky Conference... more
Lady Griz Remain in First Place with 66-51 Victory
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana shut down one of the Big Sky Conference’s top offensive teams Thursday night at Dahlberg Arena, defeating North Dakota 66-51.... more
Lady Griz Stay Atop Big Sky with Second-Half Rally
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana trailed 48-37 at the half and was in a tie game with two minutes remaining, but they scored the final 13 points to pull out an 87-74 victory over Idaho Saturday.... more
Eagles Hold On, Snap Lady Griz’ Winning Streak
By JOEL CARLSON-Eastern Washington built a 10-point second-half lead and held on for a 65-64 victory over Montana Thursday night to snap the Lady Griz’ seven-game winning streak.... more
Lady Griz Open Second Half on the Road
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team will open the second half of the Big Sky Conference schedule with road games this week at Eastern Washington and Idaho.... more
Feller Collects First Big Sky Conference Player of the Week Award
By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz team played its way into first place in the Big Sky Conference last week, and the wins earned McCalle Feller her first career Big Sky Player of the Week award.... more
Lady Griz Outlast Hornets 94-86
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana had the final surge and gave the Lady Griz a victory over Sacramento State and a two-game lead in league standings at the midpoint of the Big Sky schedule.... more
Lady Griz Roll On, Move Into First Place
By JOEL CARLSON - McCalle Feller hit seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points to help Montana roll to an easy 72-31 victory over Portland State Thursday night. ... more
Lady Griz Hunting For First Place This Week
By JOEL CARLSON - The Lady Griz will look to play itself into first place in the Big Sky Conference standings this week when it hosts Portland State (TONIGHT) and Sacramento State at Dahlberg Arena. ... more
Doyon Named New Volleyball Coach at Montana
By Joel Carlson -The University of Montana named Brian Doyon their new head volleyball coach on Thursday. His hiring comes at the right time for a volleyball rebirth at Montana. ... more
Montana Wins at Southern Utah, Sweeps Road Trip
By JOEL CARLSON - The Lady Griz team completed an impressive sweep of the NAU and SUU road trip with a physical 59-37 victory over the Thunderbirds Saturday night.... more
Lady Griz Dismantle the Lumberjacks 69-42
By JOEL CARLSON - Montana opened its road trip to Northern Arizona and Southern Utah with a 69-42 victory over the Lumberjacks Thursday night at Flagstaff, Ariz. ... more
Lady Griz Pull Out 62-48 Victory over Bobcat
By JOEL CARLSON - MSU built a 43-35 lead midway through the second half on Montana Saturday afternoon, but the Lady Griz rallied back for a 62-48 victory in front of a season-high crowd of 3,535.... more
Lady Griz Host Bobcats Saturday Afternoon
By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will host Montana State Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula. It is the only game of the week for both teams.... more
Kellie Cole Rubel Named BSC Player of the Week
By JOEL CARLSON - Montana redshirt senior Kellie Rubel turned a scoring milestone and a big week with two wins into her second Big Sky Conference Player of the Week award of the season.... more
Lady Griz Finish Weekend Sweep with 77-65 Victory (Photo Gallery)
By JOEL CARLSON - Kellie Cole Rubel led all scoring with 23 points and Montana shot a season-best 54.2 percent in a 77-65 victory over Idaho State Saturday afternoon at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.... more
Lady Griz Top Wildcats (Photo Gallery)
By JOEL CARLSON - The Lady Griz shot just 34 percent Thursday night, but they held Weber State to 25 percent shooting and were +11 on the boards in posting a 53-43 victory over the Wildcats.... more
Lady Griz Host Weber State, Idaho State This Week
By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will host Weber State and Idaho State this week at Dahlberg Arena as the Big Sky Conference enters week two of 10 of its league schedule. ... more
Lady Griz Open Big Sky Play With Challenging Road Trip
By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will open its Big Sky Conference schedule this week with games at Northern Colorado and North Dakota. ... more
Pre-League Women’s Big Sky Conference Power Poll
By JOEL CARLSON - With the start of the Big Sky Conference schedule just four days away, it felt like the perfect time to take the pulse of the league.... more
Valley Named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week
Montana sophomore forward Kayleigh Valley, who averaged 18.7 points on 57.6 percent shooting in three wins last week, was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week.... more
Lady Griz Aiming to Make It Three Straight Wednesday in Seattle
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz basketball team will be seeking its third straight win when it faces Seattle on Wednesday. The game will tip off at 3 p.m. (MT) at SU’s Connolly Center.... more
Kellie Cole Rubel Earns Fourth Career Player of the Week Honor
By JOEL CARLSON-Kellie Cole Rubel’s performance in the Lady Griz’ 69-55 victory at Portland Sunday afternoon earned her a Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honor the first of the season and fourth of he... more
Lady Griz Face Pilots Sunday in Portland
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz basketball team travels to the Pacific Northwest for a pair of games. They open the road trip with a game at Portland on Sunday at 3 p.m.... more
Lady Griz Host Fighting Saints Sunday Afternoon
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team will try to snap a three-game losing streak when it hosts Carroll Sunday at 2 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena.... more
Lady Griz Host Annual Rival Cowgirls Thursday
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team will play just its second home game of the season Thursday when it hosts Wyoming. The Lady Griz and Cowgirls will tip off at 7 p.m.... more
Lady Griz Basketball: Wake Forest 73, Montana 60
By JOEL CARLSON-Wake Forest outscored Montana by 16 in the second half to rally for a 73-60 victory over the Lady Griz Saturday evening in the final game for both teams at the Cancun Challenge.... more
Princeton Too Much for Montana, Wins 80-55
By JOEL CARLSON-Annie Tarakchian had 23 points and 14 rebounds and Princeton was in control from start to finish in an 80-55 victory over Montana Friday evening on the second day of the Cancun Challenge.... more
Lady Griz Open Cancun Challenge with 67-58 Victory
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team played its best game of the season in defeating Charlotte 67-58 Thursday evening on the opening day of the Cancun Challenge.... more
Cold Stretch Costs Lady Griz in Loss at Pacific
By JOEL CARLSON-Montana went more than 10 minutes without a field goal and that allowed Pacific to pull away for a 62-50 victory Friday night in Stockton, Calif.... more
Lady Griz Hang On for 55-44 Win in Opener
By JOEL CARLSON-The Montana women’s basketball team opened its regular season Monday night with a 55-44 victory over Montana-Western at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.... more