Lake Sets Record, But Weber Wins

Jeremy Lake hit four 3-pointers Thursday night to set a Big Sky Conference career record, but it wasn’t enough as Montana fell to Weber State 57-54 in Missoula.

Lake has 171 career 3-pointers, breaking the record of 168 set by former Idaho standout Orlando Lightfoot.

Lightfoot, a forward, set the record in three seasons; Lake is in his fourth.

Montana (5-3 Big Sky, 14-7 overall) took just its second lead on two free throws by Shawn Samuelson with 39 seconds remaining.

But Weber regained the lead on a Jimmy DeGraffenried jump shot with 27 seconds left, and sealed it on two free throws by Ruben Nembhard with 17 seconds left to claim first place in the conference.

Neither team shot well, with Weber State hitting 41 percent of its shots and Montana hitting 36 percent.

Weber State (6-2, 13-7) was led by Kirk Smith with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Weber State 57, Montana 54

WEBER STATE (13-7)

K. Smith 7-11 2-5 12, DeGraffenried 4-11 1-2 9, Lentfer 2-4 1-3 5, Nembhard 3-11 5-6 11, Lofton 4-12 1-1 10, Emery 0-1 0-0 0, A. Smith 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 22-54 12-19 57.

MONTANA (14-7)

Samuelson 4-8 8-9 16, Kempfert 0-1 0-0 0, Covill 2-2 0-0 4, Belnap 1-12 0-0 3, Lake 4-6 0-0 12, Walker 4-11 0-0 11, Dade 0-4 0-0 0, Camel 4-9 0-0 8, Olson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-53 8-9 54.

Halftime-Weber St. 36, Montana 28. 3-point goals-Weber St. 1-18 (Lofton 1-9, DeGraffenried 0-5, Nembhard 0-3, Emery 0-1), Montana 8-27 (Lake 4-6, Walker 3-8, Samuelson 0-1, Dade 0-1, Camel 0-1, Belnap 1-10). Fouled out-Walker. Rebounds-Weber St. 47 (K. Smith 12), Montana 23 (Kempfert 7). Assists-Weber St. 12 (Nembhard 4), Montana 14 (Belnap, Camel 4). Total fouls- Weber St. 14, Montana 17. A-5,666.

Montana St. 84, N. Arizona 59

In Bozeman, Mont., Eric Talley and Nico Harrison keyed a first-half surge that lifted the Bobcats (4-4, 16-5) over the Lumberjacks (3-5, 6-13).

The two combined for 22 points as Montana State moved to a 44-17 lead at the break.

The Bobcats led 12-10 lead just 4 minutes into the game, then went on a 25-3 run over the next 12 minutes. Montana State had a 37-13 lead with 3:12 left in the half.

Northern Arizona trailed by as many as 33 points.

Talley led the Bobcats with 19 points, hitting 7 of 8 from the field as Montana State moved its home record to 10-0 for the season.

Harrison, who grew up in Spokane, finished with 16 points, while Adam Leachman had 13 and Quadre Lollis had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Leading the visiting Lumberjacks were Makeul Williams with 12 and Tyrone Johnson with 11.

NORTHERN ARIZONA (6-13)

Snyder 2-6 0-0 5, Deric 2-4 1-3 5, Williams 6-9 0-3 12, Rondeno 2-10 4-5 8, Johnson 4-12 0-1 11, Wylie 2-5 0-0 5, Riley 1-5 0-0 2, Greer 1-1 3-4 5, Ten Berge 0-0 0-0 0, Bowden 3-4 0-0 6, Marter 0-1 0-0 0, Sanford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 8-16 59.

MONTANA STATE (16-5)

Harrison 6-10 4-6 16, Leachman 5-9 1-2 13, Michaels 2-5 1-2 5, Hatler 2-6 0-0 5, Talley 7-8 2-2 19, Lollis 5-8 2-4 12, Elliott 2-6 1-1 5, Coleman 4-10 0-1 9, Garrison 0-2 0-0 0, Sullivan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-60 11-18 84.

Halftime-Montana St. 44, N. Arizona 17. 3-point goals-N. Arizona 5-14 (Johnson 3-4, Wylie 1-2, Snyder 1-3, Rondeno 0-5), Montana St. 7-14 (Talley 3-4, Leachman 2-3, Hatler 1-2, Coleman 1-4, Elliott 0-1). Fouled out-Greer. Rebounds-N. Arizona 32 (Williams 8), Montana St. 39 (Lollis 11). Assists-N. Arizona 16 (Rondeno 3, Riley 3, Snyder 3), Montana St. 21 (Hatler 6). Total fouls-N. Arizona 17, Montana St. 17. Technicals-Garrison. A-6,127.