Montana downs Idaho State repping N7 alternates

MISSOULA, Mt. — The Montana Grizzlies won their third straight game on Saturday evening taking down Idaho State 69-60. Montana won in style repping their 4th annual N7 teal alternate uniforms to celebrate Montana’s Native American history.

Saturday’s win was certainly a team effort with four different Grizzlies earning their way into double digit scoring efforts. Kenyon Aguino, Te’Jon Sawyer, Grant Kepley, and Money Williams combined for 53 of Montana’s 69 points. The moment of the game came in the final seconds of the first half as Money Williams shook his defender to the floor, made direct eye contact with the player, and then drilled a jumper to put Montana up 5 at the half.

However, the big story out of Saturday’s win was Montana, once again coming out of the locker rooms of a close game and dominating the competition defensively. The Griz held ISU to 5 points for the first 8 minutes of the second half allowing the team to slowly pull away. Meanwhile on offense, Montana completed 47% of its field goals while holding the Bengals to 36%.

The Griz will now hit the road on Thursday for one of their biggest tests of the season taking on Portland State who remains the only Big Sky team left that’s unbeaten in conference play.