Northern Colorado 79, at Montana 88

MISSOULA, Mont. (Interstat) — Money Williams scored 31 points and Montana capitalized on a massive disparity at the free-throw line to hold off a second-half surge from Northern Colorado for an 88-79 victory in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball game Saturday night at Dahlberg Arena. A crowd of 3,430 watched the Grizzlies (8-7, 2-0 Big Sky) win their second straight league game by weathering a 54-point second half from the Bears (10-5, 1-1), who erased a 15-point deficit to briefly take the lead before faltering down the stretch. The most critical phase of the contest came in the final… Read more...