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Montana 86, Idaho St. 69

Matt Kempfert scored 19 points and Jeremy Lake added 15 to lead the Grizzlies (9-3 Big Sky, 18-7 overall) past the Bengals (7-6, 16-8) Saturday at Pocatello, Idaho.

Jim Potter led ISU with 23 points, followed by Nate Green and Kahn Cotton with 12 each.

MONTANA (18-7)

Spoja 6-12 2-2 14, Samuelson 5-7 2-5 12, Kempfert 6-9 7-8 19, Belnap 1-6 4-5 7, Lake 6-8 1-2 15, Walker 4-5 1-1 11, Dade 0-1 0-0 0, Camel 3-8 0-1 6, Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Coville 0-2 2-10 2. Totals 31-58 19-34 86.

IDAHO STATE (16-8)

Morgan 2-11 2-2 7, Potter 9-22 5-7 23, Daniels 0-1 0-0 0, Lands 2-8 1-3 5, Watkins 2-9 2-3 6, Cotton 4-5 1-2 12, Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Harwell 1-1 0-0 2, Preston 1-1 0-0 2, Green 6-10 0-4 12, Maxwell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-68 11-21 69.

Halftime-Mont 37, ISU 26. 3-Point goals-Mont 5-12 (Walker 2-2, Lake 2-4, Belnap 1-3, Spoja 0-2, Camel 0-1), ISU. 4-15 (Cotton 3-4, Morgan 1-2, Watkins 0-4, Lands 0-3, Potter 0-2). Fouled out- Mont Samuelson, ISU Lands, Green. ReboundsMont 44 (Samuelson 10), ISU 41 (Potter 16). Assists- Mont 20 (Belnap 6), ISU 13 (Watkins 7). Total fouls-Mont 20, ISU 25. Technicals-ISU bench. A-5,218.

Montana State 89, Boise State 63 Senior center Dwayne Michaels scored 19 points and senior guard Eric Talley added 18 as the Bobcats (6-6, 18-7) rode 69-percent field-goal shooting a lopsided victory over the Broncos (6-7, 16-9) at Boise.

MONTANA STATE (18-7, 6-6)

Talley 6-7 1-2 18, Harrison 4-7 4-4 12, Michaels 8-10 3-5 19, Leachman 5-8 1-3 12, Elliott 1-2 2-2 4, Coleman 5-8 0-0 11, Hatler 3-4 0-0 7, Lollis 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 35-51 11-16 89.

BOISE STATE (16-9, 6-7)

Archibald 5-14 0-0 11, Morris 5-10 0-0 12, Huleen 5-10 0-0 12, Rodman 5-7 3-3 13, Woods 3-7 0-0 6, Sherrill 2-4 0-0 4, Folsom 1-5 0-0 2, Dille 0-1 0-0 0, Coker 1-2 1-2 3, Waldgreen 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 4-5 63.

Halftime-MSU 41, BSU 35. 3-Point goals-MSU 8-13 (Talley 5-5, Coleman and Hatler 1-2, Leachman 1-1, Elliott 0-1, Harrison 0-2), BSU 5-19 (Huleen 2-4, Morris 2-3, Archibald 1-4, Woods 0-2, Folsom 0-3, Sherrill 0-1, Walkgreen 0-2). Fouled out- None. Rebounds-MSU 34 (Hatler, Harrison, Talley, Leachman, Lollis with 5 each), BSU 22 (Huleen 7). Assists-MSU 26 (Hatler 6), BSU 15 (Archibald 5). Total fouls-MSU 10, BSU 13. A-6,843.