Posts Tagged ‘Lady Griz basketball’

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 23

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- When the South Dakota State Jackrabbits come to town you know something exciting is going to happen.... more

Valley Scores 29 and the Lady Griz Win Over Portland 90-67

By JOEL CARLSON- Trailing by three at the half, The Lady Griz outscored Portland 52-26 in the second half to post a 90-67 victory over Portland Sunday in Missoula.... more

Lady Griz Hand Pacific First Loss

By JOEL CARLSON- McCalle Feller scored 20 points and Montana held Pacific to 25.4 percent shooting in a 64-54 Lady Griz victory Thursday night at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.... more

Lady Griz Face Unbeaten Pacific Thursday Night

By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will face its toughest challenge of the young season Thursday when it hosts unbeaten Pacific.... more

Lady Griz Score 80, Run Past MSU Northern

By JOEL CARLSON- The Lady Griz shot 50.7 percent and had five players in double figures in an 80-32 dismantling of MSU Northern Tuesday night at Dahlberg Arena.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 16

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Montana Grizzly football team has made a habit of beating the MSU Bobcats in Bozeman. ... more

Lady Griz Go Cold, Fall 58-44 to Seattle

By JOEL CARLSON-“We may have had a worse shooting half in the last 40 years, but I can’t remember one,” said 38th-year coach Robin Selvig about the 58-44 Lady Griz loss to Seattle on Sunday.... more

Lady Griz Open Regular Season Sunday

By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will open its 2015-16 regular season on Sunday with a home game against Seattle. Tip off is at 1pm.... more

Lady Griz Face Saints Tonight in First Exhibition Game

By JOEL CARLSON - The Montana women’s basketball team will play the first of its two preseason exhibition games Wednesday when it hosts Carroll at 7 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 2

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Since the Portland State Vikings joined the Big Sky Conference they have manged just two narrow wins over Montana... more

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By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Since the Portland State Vikings joined the Big Sky Conference they have manged just two narrow wins over Montana... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 19

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Back in the 1960's Sentinel assistant football coach Frank McElwain was friends with then Griz offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 12

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Historically the Griz do well coming off a bye week. Since 1985 the Griz have gone 19-6 before an off-week and 18-6 following the break.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 5

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Washington Grizzly Stadium has not proven to be an enjoyable palce for the Weber State Wildcats. Weber State has lost its last 13 visits to the home of the Griz.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 28

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- This is the fourth time since 1998 that the Grizzlies have begun the season at 2-2 and two of those seasons saw Montana reaching the FCS play-offs ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 21

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- As the Grizzlies face the possibility of going 1-3 to start the season it is only fitting that the Homecoming parade Grand Marshall is the last coach to begin a Griz season in 1992.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 7

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Montana Grizzlies nail-biters to start the season marked the first time since 1977 that the Griz opened the season with 2 games decided by a 3 points or less since 1977.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 31

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Last Saturday's win over North Dakota State marked the first time FCS's number 1 team has fallen at Washington Grizzly stadium since Montana beat Nevada-Reno in September of 1987.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 24

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Over the years the home opener for a rookie Griz head coach has been challenging as three of the last 6 UM head coaches have lost their home debut.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 20

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- While Bob Stitt’s new team open the season against a reigning national Champion in North Dakota State his former team gets their shot at a defending national champ.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 13

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Kraig Paulson was the first Griz to make “ 37” significant and began the tradition of passing the number onto to a Montana native.... more

Lady Griz Fans Do it Again, Rank in Top 40 in Nation for Attendance

By JOEL CARLSON - For the 30th time in the last 31 years, the Montana women’s basketball team has ranked in the top 40 in the nation in home attendance. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 6

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- OOPS!!... We made a significant blooper in this space a few weeks ago and need to correct the record.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 29

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- After three years of legal wrangling the University of North Dakota has begun the process of selecting as nickname to replace “Fighting Sioux.”... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 8

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-This coming Thursday (June 11) marks the 135th anniversary of the birth of pioneering Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 1

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- With the Early opener against North Dakota State the Grizzly football team will have two open weeks during the midst of the season.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 25

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The coaching change in the Florida Gators men's basketball inspires two trivia related to UM Athletics.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 18

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- In September of 1993 the Griz debuted a new radio play-by-play voice, Mick Holien, and a new furry Mascot, Monte and the program really took off. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 11

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Former UM head coach Bobby Huack had hoped to be back at the helm of the Grizzlies this season, but at least he will get a chance to see the Griz on film.... more

Lady Griz Hand Out Annual Awards, Kellie Cole-Rubel Named MVP

Kellie Rubel was named 2015 Most Valuable Player, and Montana’s other two seniors, Maggie Rickman and Carly Selvig, were both double award winners at this week's awards banquet.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 4

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- With their second win this season the MSU Bobcat football team will have won 54 games during the Presidency of Baraack Obama more than any other president in Bobcat history.... more

Big Sky Basketball Tournaments Heading to Reno

The men's and women's BSC postseason basketball tournaments are headed to Reno. The Big Sky and the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority announced a three-year agreement.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 23

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- A meeting of college basketball’s two Coaches K’s--Duke's Kryzewski and Utah’s Kryskowiak. Bet you didn't know this about the two coaches:... more

Selvig Named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year

By JOEL CARLSON - Montana women’s basketball coach Robin Selvig was named the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year Thursday. It’s the 21st conference coach of the year honor for Selvig.... more

Kellie Cole Rubel Named Big Sky Conference CO-MVP

Montana senior guard Kellie Rubel, who led the Lady Griz to the regular-season championship, was named the Big Sky Conference co-MVP Tuesday. She was also named first-team All-Big Sky.... more

Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament Information

The pairings and schedules have been set for the eight-team BSC women’s and men’s basketball tournaments, which will be held Wed.-Sat. at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 23

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- It will be an extra special senior day on Saturday as the Montana Lady Griz honor Carly Selvig and Kellie Ruble before the game.... more

My Most Spectacular Failure Was a Gift

By SHELLI JOHNSON - Former Lady Griz hoopster, Shelli Johsnon tells how getting cut from the team and losing her scholarship was a game changer that led her to an Epic Life! ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 16

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Thursday night's matchup of the Oregon State Beavers and the Utah Utes will feature two of UM's top all-time players in Wayne Tinkle and Larry Kryskowiak-now head coaches. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 9

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Thursday night the Lady Griz face maybe their most significant challenge in their drive towards a possible Big Sky title and the right to host the Conference tournament.... more

Feller Collects First Big Sky Conference Player of the Week Award

By JOEL CARLSON-The Lady Griz team played its way into first place in the Big Sky Conference last week, and the wins earned McCalle Feller her first career Big Sky Player of the Week award.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 2

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Fifty years ago this week Montana was rocked by the death of one of its most prominent athletes in the prime of his life. In 1965, Anaconda native Wayne Estes was on a path to be a All-... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 26

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Apparently Kryskowiak and Wayne Tinkle were paying attention at practice to the teachings of Mike Montgomery and Stew Morrill...... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 19

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Montana Grizzlies 62-47 win over the MSU Bobcats Saturday marked the ninth straight win in the series for UM.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 12

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- On March 7, 2009 Brad Huse’s Bobcats downed the Griz 56-54 in the Big Sky quarterfinals ending UM’s season. Since then, Montana has taken off having won 116 games to MSU's mere 71 w... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 5

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- It was 40 years ago this weekend that the University’s first sanctioned women’s basketball team (The Honey Bears) took the floor for its opening weekend of play.... more

North Dakota Holds on, Ends Lady Griz Winning Streak

BY JOEL CARLSON -Preseason Big Sky Conference favorite North Dakota, held off Montana, 59-52 Saturday afternoon in Grand Forks.... more

Lady Griz Heat Up, Win Bigh Sky Opener On The Road

BY JOEL CARLSON -McCalle Feller scored a career-high 21 points and Montana shot 55.6 percent in the second half to rally for a 64-58 victory over Northern Colorado Thursday afternoon.... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 29

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- For the first time in since Montana entered the Big Sky Conference the Griz and Lady Griz will play a league game on New Year’s Day. ... more

UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 22

By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- New Montana Grizzly football coach Bob Stitt is well aware of the high expectations that come with being the head coach at UM. ... more