Around the Big Sky

When Montana’s Matt Martin scored his 1,000th career point in an 81-66 victory over Northern Colorado last Thursday, he joined teammates Andrew Strait and Jordan Hasquet in that elite club and gave the Grizzlies three 1,000-point scorers on the same team for the first time in the school’s history. … Northern Colorado’s 13 wins gave the Bears four more victories than they posted the previous two seasons. … Montana State’s Carlos Taylor won this year’s overall Big Sky scoring title with an average of 18.3 points per game. The league’s other top individual statistical performers included: rebounds – Weber State’s Arturas Valeika (10.0 rpg); field-goal percentage – Montana’s Strait (.637); assists – Northern Arizona’s Josh Wilson (5.43 apg); free-throw percentage – Portland State’s Jeremiah Dominguez (.838); and steals – PSU’s Dominguez (1.90 spg). … Portland State’s 52-point margin of victory record over Montana in a 108-56 victory in Missoula Saturday was the largest in history by PSU over a Division I opponent. The loss was also biggest suffered by Montana at home in 94 years.