Around the Big Sky

Thu., Jan. 19, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Home teams went 8-0 on opening weekend, 0-6 last weekend. … This week, the top four teams, a combined 13-1, match up, while the teams that are 1-13 square off. … Northern Arizona won its first two road games after going 0-7 last year. Portland State, which was 7-0 at home, lost its home opener. … When Sacramento State joined the BSC in 1996-97, the Hornets lost their first 48 road games and never had a road sweep until last weekend. … Idaho State was 42-0 at home when scoring at least 100 points until the Sacramento State game. … BSC teams are averaging almost 75 points a game, up more than six points from last year and the highest since 12 years ago. … EWU freshman Rodney Stuckey is the only BSC player to score in double figures every game. There have been six 30-point games this year, four by Stuckey. … Montana remains 10th in the Mid-Major poll and the conference is 18th in the RPI.

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