Big Sky basketball: Montana beats North Dakota, keeps pace in Big Sky race

Jordan Gregory scored 18 points, Martin Breunig chipped in 15 and Montana held on to beat North Dakota 65-61 on Thursday night in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

UND pulled within 63-61 with 17.7 seconds to play. Montana’s Fabijan Krslovic forced a turnover, and the Grizzlies then made two free throws to seal it.

Jaron Nash scored 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting, and grabbed nine rebounds to lead North Dakota.

Montana has won eight of its last ten games.

Idaho State 80, Northern Arizona 66: Chris Hansen finished with 24 points as the Bengals cruised to victory over the Lumberjacks in Pocatello.

Hansen shot 4 of 6 from distance and led Idaho State with seven rebounds.

Montana State 90, Northern Colorado 87: Michael Dison scored 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting and added seven rebounds to help lead the Bobcats past the Bears in Greely, Colorado, snapping a five-game losing streak.

Leading 75-72 with 3:32 left, Montana State scored seven straight, highlighted by a Marcus Colbert 3-pointer, to stretch its lead to 10.

Cameron Michael led the Bears with 24 points.

Southern Utah 65, Weber State 56: A.J. Hess led a balanced attack with 14 points as the Thunderbirds defeated the Wildcats in Ogden, Utah.

Casey Oliverson, Trey Kennedy and Tyler Rawson had 10 points each for SUU, which ended a five-game losing streak.