Around the Big Sky

Thu., Jan. 25, 2007

The Spokesman-Review

Bracket Buster games will be announced next week. Montana and Northern Arizona will play at home, Portland State and Eastern will travel. … Sacramento State forces a conference-best 20 turnovers but allows 80 points a game. … Weber State allows just 65.8 points a game on .426 shooting. The Wildcats have only two returning players from last year’s 10-17, 4-10 team. … Eastern star Rodney Stuckey has played in 50 games and is already ninth in school career scoring with 1,194 points, a 23.9 average, fourth in conference history. His 304 free throws made are just 13 shy of tying the school record of Randy Buss (1970-72). … Montana State allowed just 48 and 57 points last week in sweeping Big Sky leaders Weber and Idaho State. … In two games against Northern Colorado, PSU’s Dupree Lucas has scored 33 and 32 points.

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