Big Sky

Thursday’s results

Weber St. 97, Montana 80

Jimmy DeGraffenried scored 24 points as the Wildcats (14-8, 5-3) moved back into title contention by defeating the Grizzlies (15-6, 5-3) at Ogden, Utah.

Weber State coach Ron Abegglen used all 12 players in the contest that gave him his 200th career victory against 93 losses.

Montana (15-6) - Bowie 4-7 0-0 9, Belnap 1-5 3-6 6, Spoja 2-7 6-6 12, Samuelson 7-13 6-7 20, Covill 2-5 6-6 10, Walker 4-7 2-3 12, Dade 1-6 0-0 2, Seidensticker 0-1 0-0 0, B. Smith 3-6 1-2 7, Dick 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25-58 24-30 80.

Weber State (14-8) - Emery 5-7 1-2 14, Cuff 5-9 0-0 10, Tebbs 4-10 6-7 15, DeGraffenried 6-11 9-10 24, A. Smith 6-10 5-5 17, Haws 2-3 0-0 4, McIntire 0-0 0-0 0, Nielsen 1-2 0-0 2, Fisher 3-4 1-2 8, Hicks 0-2 0-0 0, Baskerville 1-4 0-0 2, Ketcham 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 33-62 23-28 97.

Halftime-Weber St. 50, Montana 39. A-6,776.

Montana State 76, NAU 61

Quadre Lollis scored 16 of his 25 points in the first half but it was sharp shooting in the second that turned a close game into a rout as the Bobcats (15-6, 7-1) beat the Lumberjacks (4-15, 1-7) at Flagstaff, Ariz.

Montana State (15-6) - Harrison 4-6 5-7 13, Leachman 5-9 2-4 14, Lollis 11-15 3-4 25, Hatler 1-3 2-2 4, Sprinkle 5-10 3-3 14, Elliott 1-2 0-0 2, Fay 1-3 0-1 2, Sullivan 0-1 0-0 0, Holmstadt 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-52 15-21 76.

Northern Arizona (4-15) - Green 3-10 3-4 10, Bowden 6-10 0-1 12, Frank 6-8 3-4 15, Thomas 3-10 2-2 9, McNair 3-9 0-4 6, Burns 0-1 0-0 0, Abbott 1-3 0-0 2, Riley 1-8 2-2 5, Ten Berge 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 24-62 10-17 61.

Halftime-Montana St. 34, N. Arizona 33. A-1,632.