Posts Tagged ‘University of Montana’
Valley Reaches Milestone, Lady Griz Cruise
By JOEL CARLSON - The Lady Griz shot a season-best 54.1 percent on their way to a convincing 81-50 victory over Southern Utah in Cedar City, UT.... more
Hot Shooting Griz Burn T-Birds 86-53
By ERIC TABER-(PHOTO GALLERY) Montana shot over 70 percent from three-point land, and four players reached double figures in a blowout 86-53 victory over Southern Utah Thursday night.... more
Griz Hosting Southern Utah and Northern Arizona This Week
By ERIC TABER - The Griz return home this week for the team's longest home stand of the year as Southern Utah and Northern Arizona pay a visit on Thurs. and Sat.... more
Lady Griz Look to Add to Winning Streak
By JOEL CARLSON - The Lady Griz, on a modest two-game winning streak after dropping four straight, will be on the road this week with games at Southern Utah and NAU.... more
Sims Named Big Sky Player of the Week
By JOEL CARLSON - Alycia Sims was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday for her role in last week’s wins over Sacramento State and Portland State.... more
Schillinger Returns Home as Safeties Coach at UM
By ERIC TABER-Former Montana All-Big Sky Conference and NFL safety Shann Schillinger returns as a safeties coach under Griz head coach Bob Stitt.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Feb 8
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Breunig Sets Career High in Come from Behind Griz Win
By ERIC TABER - Martin Breunig had a career high night of 32 points and led UM to a 82-80, come from behind win over Portland State in Oregon on Saturday.... more
Sims Leads Montana Past Portland State
By JOEL CARLSON - (PHOTO GALLERY) Alycia Sims hit a career high 29 points and 15 rebounds as Montana pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 76-57 victory over the Vikings.... more
Lady Griz Hold Off Hornets
By JOEL CARLSON -Montana survived Thursday night and snapped a four-game losing streak in the process with a 90-83 win over the Hornets at Dahlberg Arena.... more
Grizzlies Announce Incoming Class of 2016
By ERIC TABER-Montana head coach Bob Stitt unveiled his second recruiting class Wed., welcoming 31 players to UM on national signing day.... more
Lady Griz Back Home For Hornets, Vikings
By JOEL CARLSON -The Lady Griz, on the road the last two weeks, returns home to host Sacramento State on Thurs. at 7pm and Portland State on Sat. at 2pm.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Feb 1
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Lady Griz Fall to Bobcats in Bozeman
By JOEL CARLSON - For the second straight game a cold-shooting fourth quarter erased a win-worthy effort by the Montana women’s basketball team.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Jan 25
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Lightning Strikes Again, Lady Griz Lose in Final Second
By JOEL CARLSON- Delaney Hodgins rebounded her sister’s miss and scored with 0.9 seconds left to give Big Sky Conference leader Eastern Washington a 67-65 victory over Montana.... more
Vandals Shoot Their Way Past Lady Griz
By JOEL CARLSON- It was a tale of two halves for Montana Thurs. night at Idaho. In the first half the Lady Griz struggled to score. In the second half they couldn’t slow down the Vandals. ... more
Griz Football Team Finalizes 2016 Schedule
By ERIC TABER - Two FCS teams from east of the Mississippi will travel to Missoula in 2016, as the Montana Grizzlies have finalized next season’s football schedule.... more
Lady Griz On The Road This Week
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz will play at third-place Idaho on Thurs. at 7 p.m. in Moscow and at second-place Eastern Washington on Sat. at 3 p.m. in Cheney.... more
Breunig Named BigSky Player of the Week
By ERIC TABER - With 49 points and 20 rebounds over the course of two road wins for Montana, Martin Breunig has been named this week’s Big Sky Player of the Week.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Jan 18
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Valley on Initial Big Sky MVP Watch List
By JOEL CARLSON- Montana junior forward Kayleigh Valley, who leads the conference in scoring, is one of three players to make the initial Big Sky Conference women’s basketball MVP watch list.... more
Buzzer-Beater Gives North Dakota 61-59
By JOEL CARLSON- It was just the third home loss to a Big Sky Conference opponent for the Lady Griz since the start of the 2012-13 season and N Dakota its first win at Dahlberg Arena in six tries.... more
Lady Griz Shut down Bears, Win 58-46
By JOEL CARLSON- (PHOTO GALLERY) Montana got 20 points from Kayleigh Valley and stayed on the heels of the Big Sky Conference leaders with a 58-46 victory over Northern Colorado Thursday night.... more
Lady Griz Back Home For Two Games This Week
By JOEL CARLSON- The Montana women’s basketball team will play a pair of home games this week at Dahlberg Arena against Northern Colorado and North Dakota.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Jan 11
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Rally Falls Short, Lady Griz Lose in Overtime
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz rallied from a 14-point, first-half deficit and built three fourth-quarter leads Saturday at Sacramento State, but could not complete the comeback.... more
Holmes Named Defensive Player of the Year
By ERIC TABER - Tyrone Holmes was named the best defensive player in all of FCS football.... more
Lady Griz Grind Out 79-58 Victory Over Portland State
By JOEL CARLSON- Montana got its first Big Sky Conference road trip of the season off to a successful start Thursday night, winning 79-58 at Portland State behind Kayleigh Valley’s 29 points.... more
Tyrone Homes Set For National Awards Banquet
By ERIC TABER-Montana All-American defensive end Tyrone Holmes will travel to Frisco, Texas on Friday for the presentation of the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Year award.... more
Montana Faces First League Road Games
By JOEL CARLSON- The Montana women’s basketball team will play its first Big Sky Conference road games of the season this week when it travels to Portland State and Sacramento State.... more
Lady Griz Win 66-60 over Southern Utah (Photo Gallery)
By JOEL CARLSON- (Photo Gallery) Montana went 15 rounds with Southern Utah Saturday afternoon and came away with a unanimous decision, winning 66-60 in front of a season-best crowd of 3,024.... more
Lady Griz Win 81-58 in Big Sky Opener
By JOEL CARLSON- (Photo Gallery) Montana, which won the Lady Griz Classic befor Christmas, picked up right where it left off in winning its BSC opener 81-58 over NAU Thursday afternoon in Missoula.... more
Women’s Basketball Big Sky Conference Pre-League Power Poll
By JOEL CARLSON-The BSC women’s basketball schedule opens Thurs. with four league games: NAU at Montana, Southern Utah at MSU, Northern Colorado at EWU and NDSU at Idaho.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Dec 28
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Morley Transferring to University of Colorado
By DILLON TABISH - Makena Morley will transfer from Montana to the University of Colorado to compete for one of the best running programs in the nation.... more
Griz Prep for Big Sky with Big Win Over Montana-Western
By ERIC TABER- (PHOTO GALLERY) The Griz han an authoritative 75-43 victory over Montana-Western to cap the nonconference season.... more
Feller Named Big Sky Player of the Week
McCalle Feller, who was named BSC Player of the Week, offers up a simple reason she was able to score 66 points in the Lady Griz Classic: "Christmas is my favorite time of the year."... more
Montana Hosts Montana Western in Final Non Conference Game
By ERIC TABER-The Montana Grizzlies play its final nonconference game the year against the Montana-Western Bulldogs on Tuesday. Tip-off is at 1:00 p.m.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Dec 21
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Lady Griz Win Title, Feller Named MVP
By JOEL CARLSON- McCalle Feller hit seven 3-pointers and scored 32 points to earn MVP honors as Montana won the 35th Lady Griz Classic Sunday afternoon with an 86-70 victory over Utah State.... more
Jayhawks Fly Past Griz 88-46
By ERIC TABER-In a game that resembled a 16/1 seed matchup in the NCAA tournament, Montana couldn’t buy a bucket, shooting 26 percent from the field in a 88-46 loss to Kansas.... more
Feller Drops 34, Lady Griz Advance in Lady Griz Classic
By JOEL CARLSON- McCalle Feller scored a career-high 34 points and Valley added 24 to lead the Lady Griz to an 83-69 victory over Florida Atlantic Sat. afternoon at the Lady Griz Classic.... more
35th Lady Griz Holiday Classic This Weekend
By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz will host the 35th edition of the Lady Griz Classic this weekend at Dahlberg Arena joined by Florida Atlantic, Utah State and Tennessee State.... more
Griz Set to Take on #2 Kansas Jayhawks
By ERIC TABER-The Montana Grizzlies’ challenging nonconference schedule reaches its zenith on Sat., Dec. 19 as the Griz travel to to take on the nation’s No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks.... more
Griz Work Past Argos 79-59
By ERIC TABER - The Montana Grizzlies took care of business against the visiting Great Falls Argos, but the 79-59 win wasn't a walk in the park.... more
Montana Standouts Holmes & Jones Named First Team All-American
By ERIC TABER - After completing two of the best individual seasons in Montana history, Jamaal Jones and Tyrone Holmes have been named STATS FCS first team All-Americans.... more
This Week’s Arts & Culture Scene | Dec 14
Here's a look at what's happening this week in Missoula from music to dance, theatre to museum exhibits and more--brought to you by our friends at the Missoula Cultural Council.... more
Jones Named Montana’s All-Time Leading Receiver
By ERIC TABER - (PHOTO GALLERY) Jamaal Jones earns place in Montana Football history books after all.... more
Montana Comes Up Short, Loses 68-61
By JOEL CARLSON- Despite a 26-point, nine-rebound performance from junior Kayleigh Valley, Montana dropped its second straight road game and lost to Wyoming 68-61 Saturday afternoon.... more