Lady Griz standings in the Big Sky women’s basketball conference

January 26, 2012 – We are almost mid-way in the conference season. Below are the BSC women’s basketball standings before this week’s games. Last week, road teams won Saturday’s games, including the Lady Griz. Montana beat Sacramento State 88-79 in Sacramento putting UM at 4-2 in conference play and 11-8 overall.

Montana’s Katie Baker led the squad with 22 points and 8 rebounds. Torry Hill finished with 19 points and Kenzie De Boer added 14. The Lady Griz shot a respectable 46 percent from the field while Sacramento State shot 41 percent. Montana dominated the boards with 45 rebounds to the Hornets 38.

Their next game is at home tonight. See below the conference table for details.

                                          Conference
School                               Win-Loss       Pct              W/L Streak overall

Idaho State                        6-0                1.000           W7

Montana State                   5-2                0.714           W4

Eastern Washington            5-2                0.714           W1

Montana                             4-2                0.667           W1

Northern Colorado             4-3                0.517           L1

Portland State                     3-3                0.500           L2

Sacramento State                2-2                0.500           L5

Northern Arizona                1-7                0.286           L1

Weber State                        0-6                0.000           L9

The Montana Lady Griz host Eastern Washington Eagles tonight, Thursday, January 26. Currently in fourth place, the Lady Griz (11-8, 4-2 BSC) will take on the second-place Eagles (11-9, 5-2 BSC) at 7 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana. Their last competition was in Cheney, Wash. January 2, where Montana beat EWU 53-46.

Editor’s note: Montana and Northern Colorado have the best home game record of 8 wins and only 2 losses at home. The Lady Griz will look for their 9th home win tonight.

Catching up on the Lady Griz’s January games:

• Loss - Northern Colorado bounces Lady Griz, 59-42 (MontanaGrizzlies.com)
• Thursday, January 19, 2012
• Win - Lady Griz outlast Weber State, 77-70 (MontanaGrizzlies.com)  
• Saturday, January 14, 2012
• Win - Lady Griz hold off Lumberjacks, 60-48 (MontanaGrizzlies.com)
• Loss - Thursday, January 12, 2012
• Lady Griz lose to ISU for first time in ten games (MontanaGrizzlies.com)
• Saturday, January 07, 2012
• Win - Lady Griz win Big Sky Conference opener at Eastern Washington (Examiner.com)

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