February 2008
Lights Dim Bulldogs
Friday, February 29 2008
The University of Montana Western Bulldogs were downed by the Montana State- Northern Lights 52-63 in a men’s Frontier Conference game.
Montana Western is now 9-18 for the season and 2-11 in the conference. Layne Glaus was top scorer for the Bulldogs with 15 points followed by Chad Myers with 14. Aaron Sims led the team in rebounding with 7.
The Lights rise to 19-8 season and 9-4 conference. Delvaughn Tinned led the Light with 17 points followed by Drew Pettersen with 14. Pettersen also led the team in rebounds with 17.
Montana-State was able to secure a 39-25 lead over the Montana Western by the second half.
The Bulldogs came out strong in the second half getting within one point of MSU-Northern. The Bulldogs trailed closely the entire second half, but were unable to secure a lead.
Montana Western plays Great Falls Mar. 1. Tip-off 8 p.m. from the Straugh Gymnasium.
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Bulldogs Host MSU-Northern and UGF in Regular Season Finale
Thursday, February 28 2008
The University of Montana Western Bulldogs play Montana State- Northern Lights Friday, Saturday, Feb. 29 and University of Great Falls Argos Mar. 1 in their last conference games of the regular season.
Tip-off for both games is 8 p.m. from the Straugh Gymnasium.
Montana Western is 9-17 on the season and 2-10 in the conference after falling last weekend to Westminster College 60-77 and Lewis-Clark State 61-78.
Chad Myers leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 13.65 points per game followed by Layne Glaus with 13.39. Aaron Sims leads the team in rebounds and is second in the conference for total rebounds.
Overall, The University of Montana Western averages 69.81 points per game and gives up 72.62. In the Frontier they average 66.42 and give up 74.92 points per game.
MSU-Northern is 18-8 on the season and 8-4-conference play after defeating University of Great Falls 74-57 last weekend.
Devaughn Tinned leads MSU-Northern in points with 19.23 per game followed by Travis Noble with 15.69. Noble is ranked second in Division I in free throw percentage. Clinton Shelton is the Lights leader in rebounding with 6.58 per game.
The Lights earn 75.42 points per game and give up 69.96 overall. In the conference they average 69.83 points per game and give up 68.08. MSU-Northern is ranked first in Division I free throws.
The University of Great Falls is 8-16 overall and 2-10 in the conference after their loss to MSU-Northern last weekend.
Kethan Gregg leads the Argos with 15.67 points per game followed by Rayshaun Ames with 15.33 points per game. Ames also leads the team in rebounds.
The Argos averages 67.79 points per game and gives up 78.08. In the conference, they average 66.67 points per game and give up 78.08. The Argos are ranked second in the conference for free throws and third in rebounding.
Mar. 4-11 the Bulldogs compete in for the Frontier Conference Tournament in Butte, Mont.
Parings will be released for the tournament on Sunday, Mar. 2.
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Bulldogs Lose at Lewis-Clark State
Sunday, February 24 2008
The Montana Western Bulldogs dropped a Frontier Conference men's basketball game 78-61 to Lewis-Clark State.
UMW is now 2-10 in the conference and 9-17 overall going into the last weekend of the regular season.
The Bulldogs fell behind 17-5 and couldn't overcome the double digit lead over the course of the game.
Chad Myers led the game and the Bulldogs in scoring with 27 points. Layne Glaus added 15.
In the final weekend of the regular season, UMW hosts MSU-Northern on Friday, Feb. 29 and the University of Great Falls on Saturday, Mar. 1.
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Bulldogs Drop Conference Road Game to Westminster
Friday, February 22 2008
The Montana Western Bulldogs dropped their third straight conference game losing on the road to Westminster College 60-77.
The Bulldogs fall to 2-9 in the Frontier Conference and 9-16 overall.
UMW stayed close in the game's first 13 minutes. There were seven ties and five lead changes. Westminster took the lead for good at the 7:05 mark.
The Griffins closed the first half with a 14-4 run and led 43-31 at the break.
The Bulldogs inched closer in the opening minutes of the second half and cut the lead to six, 56-50 at the 9:41 mark but that was close as they would get.
Aaron Sims led UMW with 22 points followed by Layne Glaus and Ryan Hansen with 10 points each.
The Bulldogs face Lewis-Clark State, Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. PST.
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Bulldogs Face Nationally Ranked Opponents on the Road
Thursday, February 21 2008
The Montana Western Bulldogs make their longest and final road trip of the Frontier Conference season this weekend.
Feb. 21- Montana Western will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to play the Westminster College Griffins. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 23- The Bulldogs will be in Lewiston, Idaho to play the Lewis-Clark State Warriors. Tip-off is at 8:00 p.m.
Montana Western is 2-8 in conference play and 9-15 overall after dropping two this past weekend. UMW fell to Rocky Mountain 70-73 and Carroll College 57-67.
The Griffins are 7-3- league play and 17-5 overall. Westminster College went 1-1 on their road trip through central Montana. The Griffins fell 66-80 to Montana State University Northern and edged University of Great Falls 71-67. With the weekend split, Westminster dropped from 15 to 23 in the latest rankngs.
Danny Stosich leads Westminster College in scoring with 17.55 points per game followed by Danny Reeder with 12.33 points per game. Stosich also leads the team in rebounding with 6.5 rebounds per game. Reeder leads the league and the nation in assists with 7.1 per game.
The Griffins average 78.96 points per game and give up 66.23. Westminster averages 79.3 ppg in league games while giving up 69.
Lewis-Clark State is 7-3 in the Frontier Conference and 16-8 overall after losing two last weekend. The Warriors lost 65-70 to MSU-Northern and 69-83 to University of Great Falls. With the double losses, Lewis-Clarks drops from 13 to 23 in the latest coach's poll.
Mike Gordy leads the Warriors and the conference in scoring with 20 points per game. Gordy also leads team in rebounding with 5.7 rebounds per game followed by Jon Daly with 5.5.
Lewis-Clark State averages 78.96 points per game while giving up 66.23. In conference games, the Warriors average 68 ppg while giving up 65.
Layne Glaus leads Montana Western in scoring with 13.71 followed by Chad Myers with 13.25 and Aaron Sims with 12. Sims leads the team in rebounding with 8 rebounds per game followed by Daniel Creech with six.
The Bulldogs average 70.58 points per game and give up 72.21. The Buldogs average 67.6 ppg game in conference games and give up 74.4.
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Bulldogs Fall To Rocky
Saturday, February 16 2008
The Montana Western Bulldogs were overcome by the Rocky Mountain College Bears 70-73 in a men’s Frontier Conference game from the Straugh Gymansium.
The Bulldogs are now 2-8-league play and 9-15 overall.
Rocky Mountain College is 9-2 in the conference and 9-15 overall.
The teams played evenly over the first nine minutes. A Montana Western basket with 11 minutes left in the first half broke a 17-17 tie and gave the Bulldogs a lead that they would extend to 38-31 at the half.
In the Bulldogs first possession, a Daniel Creech jumper extended their lead to nine-point lead. The Bears clawed their way back into the game and tied it 49-49 at the 11:14 mark.
The two teams exchanged leads the rest of the game. With four seconds left Elijah Swan sank two free throws for Rocky Mountain College. The Bulldogs Layne Galuse hit the rim with a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Chad Myers led the Montana Western in scoring with 26 points followed by Creech with 16 and Arron Sims with 11. The Bulldogs had 26 team rebounds.
Devin Uskoski led the Bears with 18 points followed by Swan with 15 and Alvis Dowiels with 14. Nate Miller contributed 11 and Chase Sukut had 10 points. Rocky Mountain College had 45 team rebounds.
Montana Western travels to Salt Lake City, Utah Feb. 21 to play Westminster College.
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Carroll Comes Back
Friday, February 15 2008
Montana Western Bulldogs fell to Carroll College 57-67 in a men’s Frontier Conference basketball game from Dillon’s Straugh Gymnasium.
Arron Sims made the first shot of the game and secured the Bulldogs a lead for the first half of the game. With one minute left Chad Myers hit a three-pointer to give Montana Western a 30-25 lead to start the second half.
Carroll College shot 58 percent from the field in the second half and held the Bulldogs to only 44 percent. With 13 minutes left in the game, the Saints took a 38-36 lead. The Bulldogs could not overcome the Saints deadly shooting and trailed the remainder of the game.
Layne Glaus lead Montana Western in scoring with 20 points followed by Myers with 16 and Sims with nine. Sims led in rebounding with 10.
Derek Johnson lead the Saints with 15 points followed by Chad Vaculin and Zach Parks both with 12.
Montana Western plays Rocky Mountain College in Dillon tomorrow night tip-off 8 p.m. from the Straugh Gymnasium.
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Bulldogs Host Carroll and Rocky in Frontier Conference basketball
Thursday, February 14 2008
The University of Montana Bulldogs host the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the Rocky Mountain College Bears in men’s Frontier Conference games this weekend.
On Friday, Feb. 15, the Bulldogs face Carroll College and on Saturday, Feb. 16 Montana Western will play the Bears. Tip-off is 8 p.m. for both games from the Straugh Gymnasium.
The games will broadcast in southwest Montana on KDBM radio and over the internet from the Montana Western men's basketball web page.
The Bulldogs are 2-6 in the Frontier Conference and 9-13 for the season after a 64-46 victory over Montana Tech on Feb. 9.
Carroll College is 5-4 in the conference and 17-7 overall this season. The Saints received votes in the latest top-25 poll but did not crack the top-25.
In their first meeting on Jan. 12, the Bulldogs fell to Carroll 83-67.
Layne Glaus leads the Bulldogs with 13.6 points per game followed by Chad Myers with 12.5 and Aaron Sims with 12.2. Sims leads the team in rebounding with 8.09 rebounds per game.
Montana Western averages 71.2 points per game while giving up 72.4. In conference game, UMW averages 68.6 ppg but gives up 75.5.
Chad Vaculin leads Carroll College with 14.46 points per game followed by Derek Johnson and Eder Zuniga both with 10. Chris Kaschmitter leads Carroll in rebounds with 5.88 rebounds per game.
The Fighting Saints average 75.5 points per game and give up 64.54. Carroll averages 72.7 ppg in conference games and gives up 64.5.
Rocky Mountain College is 7-2 in the conference and 19-5 overall this season after a 92-68 victory over MSU-Northern last weekend. Rocky also received votes in the latest coach’s poll.
Montana Western fell to the Bears earlier this season 84-93 in Billings, Mont..
Five players score in double figures for the Bears led by Chase Sukut with18.92 points per game followed by Elijah Swan with 15.25, Devin Uskoski with 14.38, Alvis Dowiels with 14.3 and Nate Miller with 11.1. Uskoski leads the team and the Frontier in rebounds with 8.3 rebounds per game.
The Bears average 86.29 points per game and give up 73.13. In league games, Rocky averages 84.5 ppg and gives up 75.7.
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Bulldogs Recapture "Digger-Dawg" Cup
Sunday, February 10 2008
From the Montana Standard
The Bulldogs opened up the second half of the Frontier Conference season with a dominating 64-46 win over Montana Tech on the Orediggers home court.
Tech scored the games first basket but then the Bulldogs took over scoring 13 unanswered points and never looked back. The win raised UMW to 2-6 in league play and 9-13 overall.
The lost was the seventh straight for the Orediggers dating back to a Jan. 5 win over the Bulldogs in Dillon.
The win gives possession of the ’Digger-Dawg Cup back to the Bulldogs for the first time since 2006.
Western first-year coach Steve Keller said the key to the win was obvious.
“We just played great defense,” he said. “We’ve been working hard on that. That’s basically what we’ve been doing. We run offense about one day a week, and we just really work on the defense. Defense wins.”
The Bulldogs held to Tech to a 17-for-61 night shooting, including 1-for-17 from 3-point land.
“Garrett Fink has got to get some votes for the top defensive player in the league,” Keller said of the sophomore from Helena. “ He guarded their best player and shut down (Jeramie) Hopson."
Hopson, a sophomore guard who dished out six assists, scored just two points.
“They had to take tough shots,” Keller added. “We were in their face all night.”
Western led 38-24 at the half, and the teams battled evenly for the first 14 minutes of the second half.
Western led 49-36 before 6-foot-6 senior post Aaron Sims took over. Sims scored all nine of Westerns points in a 9-2 run that but the game out of reach.
Sims ended with a game-high 19 points, while 6-6 sophomore Daniel Creech added 12 points followed by Chad Myers with nine points.
Fink, who grabbed 15 rebounds, and Bob Neiman each scored six. Whitehall sophomore Layne Glaus, who scored five points, dished out eight assists.
This coming weekend, the Bulldogs host Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College.
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Bulldogs Open Second Half of Conference Play at Montana Tech
Thursday, February 7 2008
The Montana Western Bulldogs travel to Butte, Mont. to face the Montana Tech Orediggers in a Frontier Conference men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 9. Tip-off is 8:00 p.m. from The Kelvin Sampson Court.
The game will be broadcast in southwest Montana on KDBM radio.
The two teams last met in Dillon in early January with Montana Tech winning 72-66 over the Bulldogs. UMW is currently sixth in the conference standings and the Orediggers stand in eighth place.
After beating the Bulldogs in the opening game of conference play, Tech has lost six in a row.
UMW is 1-6 in conference play and 8-13 overall after a 59-68 loss to the University of Montana-Northern on Jan. 26.
The Orediggers are 1-6-league play and 5-16 overall after a 52-60 loss to the University of Great Falls, also on Jan. 26.
Dusan Veleselinovic leads Montana Tech with 16.3 points per game followed by Jeramie Hopson with 13.2 and Tony Trudnowski with 10.6. Jake Williams leads Tech in rebounding with 6.5 rebounds per game.
Montana Tech averages 68.43 points per game while giving up 74.86. In conference games, the Orediggers average 59 ppg while giving up 69.8.
Layne Glaus leads the Bulldogs in scoring with 14.05 points per game followed by Chad Myers with 12.7 and Aaron Sims with 11.9. Sims leads the team and the conference in rebounding with 8.19 rebounds per game.
UMW averages 71.5 points per game while giving up 73.67. In Frontier Conference games, the Bulldogs average 69 ppg while giving up 79.7.
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