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MONTANA TECH BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Montana Tech’s
Michael Ure
goes hard to the
basket earlier
FUTURE
this season.
COURTESY OF 5518
DESIGNS
FOCUSED
Orediggers’ men, women are primed
for a run at Frontier Conference titles
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2022-2023 TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE 3: Montana Tech Men’s
Basketball preview
PAGE 3: Men’s Basketball roster
PAGE 4: Men’s Basketball schedule
PAGE 6: Know Your Diggers:
Michael Ure
PAGE 8: 2022-2023 Montana Tech
Men’s Basketball members
PAGE 9: 2022-2023 Montana Tech
Women’s Basketball members
PAGE 10: Montana Tech Women’s
Basketball preview
PAGE 12: Know Your Diggers:
Madison Allen
PAGE 14: Women’s Basketball
schedule
RIGHT: Tech’s Hayden Diekhans
takes the ball to the hoop.
BELOW: Rocky’s Morgan Baird
brings down a rebound as Tech’s
Aubrie Rademacher guards on the
opening night of the conference in
Butte.
MEAGAN THOMPSON PHOTOS, THE MONTANA STANDARD
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MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Orediggers on the hunt for another Frontier Conference crown
GAVIN DERKATCH “The way we’ve been able to
MONTANA STANDARD grow and build team chemistry, I
gavin.derkatch@406mtsports.com feel like we’re a little ahead of the
Before the season, Montana curve of where I thought we would
Tech head coach Adam Hiatt be at this point,” Hiatt said.
wasn’t sure what to expect out of With a young team that needed
his team. With only a few players to learn on the fly, there was an
returning who had played signifi- emphasis placed on scheduling
cant minutes for the Orediggers, tough opponents. Tech travelled
there was a lot of unknown. to Arizona earlier in the season to
“We don’t have a single senior play Arizona Christian, the No. 1
on our roster,” Hiatt said. “In my team in the NAIA.
coaching career I’ve never had a The Diggers led for much of the
roster with not one senior.” game but were ultimately defeated
Despite the lack of experience, by four points. It was the first loss
the Diggers have started the sea- of the season for Tech but showed
son strong. No. 13 Tech is 11-2 and the team that they are capable of
has been ranked as high as No. 12 competing with the best of the
in the country. best.
From the outside looking in, Most recently, Tech travelled to
they have looked like a team who New Mexico for a pair of games.
has been playing together for well
over just a few months. See Orediggers, PAGE 5
2022-2023 OREDIGGERS MEN’S ROSTER
No. Name Year Ht. Pos. Hometown COURTESY OF 5518 DESIGNS
0 Levi Torgerson Fr. 5’9” G Great Falls Montana Tech head coach Adam Hiatt addresses his team earlier this season.
1 Asa Williams Jr. 6’6” F Solon, Ohio
2 Camdyn LaRance So. 6’3” G Missoula
3 Chrishon Dixon Jr. 6’0” G Billings
4 Emani Scott Jr. 6’4” G Dallas, Texas
5 Bridger Deden Jr. 6’5” F Missoula
10 Caleb Bellach Jr. 6’7” F Manhattan
11 Hayden Diekhans Fr. 6’6” F Geraldine
12 Keeley Bake So. 5’11” F Fairfield
13 Sayer Patton So. 6’3” G Choteau
14 Ty Huse Fr. 6’4” G Bozeman
15 Owen Long Fr. 6’3” G Three Forks
21 John Dhoul Jr. 6’8” F Rumbek, South Sudan
22 Ifeanyi Okeke Jr. 6’7” F Rancho Cucamonga, CA
23 Bridger Larson Jr. 6’7” F Sidney
33 Sam Gray Jr. 6’7” F Billings
42 Michael Ure So. 6’7” F Idaho Falls, Idaho
Adam Hiatt, Head Coach (seventh season)
Tyler Miller, Assistant Coach (third season)
Jeff Bellach, Assistant Coach (first season)
MEAGAN THOMPSON, THE MONTANA STANDARD
Cody Baumstarck, Graduate Assistant Coach
Montana Tech’s Caleb Bellach has been a steady force for the Orediggers this season.
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2022-2023 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Overall record 11-2 REMAINING GAMES
Conference record 1-1 DATE TIME AT OPPONENT (*- FRONTIER CONFERENCE GAME)
Dec. 29 4:00 PM Home St. Mary’s College (Canada)
DATE WIN/LOSS SCORE AT OPPONENT (*—FRONTIER CONFERENCE GAME)
Oct. 29 Win 109-24 Home Portland Bible College Dec. 30 4:00 PM Home Keyano University (Canada)
Nov. 4 Win 2-0 Home Bacone College (Okla.) Jan. 5 7:00 PM Home Carroll College *
Nov. 5 Win 90-69 Home Warner Pacific University (Ore.) Jan. 7 4:00 PM Home University of Providence *
Nov. 11 Win 70-61 Neutral Eastern Oregon University Jan. 12 7:00 PM Home MSU Northern *
Nov 12 Win 76-78 Neutral Dickinson State University Jan. 14 4:00 PM Away Montana Western *
Nov. 18 Win 75-47 Home Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) Jan. 19 7:30 PM Away Rocky Mountain College *
Nov. 19 Win 82-71 Home Dickinson State University Jan. 21 4:00 PM Away Carroll College *
Nov. 25 Loss 80-84 Away No. 1 Arizona Christian University Jan. 26 7:00 PM Home University of Providence *
Nov. 26 Win 77-63 Away SAGU American Indian College Jan. 28 4:00 PM Away MSU Northern *
Dec. 1 Win 82-59 Home Rocky Mountain College * Feb. 2 7:00 PM Home Montana Western *
Dec. 3 Loss 64-67 Away Montana Western* Feb. 4 4:00 PM Home Rocky Mountain College *
Dec. 17 Win 99-83 Away Northern New Mexico College Feb. 9 7:00 PM Home Carroll College *
Dec. 19 Win 85-82 Away University of the Southwest (N.M.) Feb. 11 4:00 PM Away University of Providence *
Feb. 18 4:00 PM Away MSU Northern *
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Orediggers the team in scoring through 11
games with 14.9 points per game.
feat on the road against Montana
Western. The bulk of the confer-
Continued from Page 3 This season has displayed the ence schedule is ahead of them,
emergence of several players starting with a home game on Jan.
They went 2-0 on the road trip who saw limited playing time a 5 against Carroll.
and overcame adversity late in year ago. Michael Ure has won “Moving forward, there is a
the game against the University the Frontier Conference Player consistent sense of urgency,” Hi-
of the Southwest. After lead- of the Week twice already this att said. “We need to understand
ing throughout the contest, the season after averaging 2 points that every game is going to be a
Diggers fell behind by three with per game last season. Hayden battle and every game is one that
a minute to go. Asa Williams was Diekhans redshirted last season we could potentially lose.”
fouled on a made three-point and has stepped into a starting There is plenty of reason to be
shot to give Tech the lead in one role for the Diggers, averaging 8.6 satisfied with how the season has
of the wildest finishes of the sea- points and 6.6 rebounds through started and how quickly the team
son. 11 games. has been able to gel. The expec-
“We always schedule up. We Transfer players have also tations are high for the Diggers,
try to get the best teams to come played a vital role for Tech so far. and they hope to be playing well
to our early season tournaments Williams and Chrishon Dixon enough to repeat as Frontier Con-
and we try to challenge ourselves have both started every game ference champions at the end of
with true road games,” Hiatt said. for the Diggers. Williams, who the season.
“Not many teams do that, but we transferred from Chandler-Gil- “I’m really proud of our guys
needed that with this group. They bert CC, has averaged 12.6 points for working so hard to get to this
have to go through the fire and be per game while shooting 44.4% point, but we’re not even close to
tested and challenged because from three-point range through where we expect to be when it’s
some things come too easy for 11 games. Dixon transferred from all said and done,” Hiatt said.
them with their overall talent.” Pima CC and has averaged 8.2
There is no shortage of talent points and 2.8 assists per game Gavin derkatch is a sports
on the Tech roster. Caleb Bellach, from the point guard position. reporter for the Montana
the Frontier Conference New- Tech has played two conference standard. Follow him on Twitter MEAGAN THOMPSON, THE MONTANA STANDARD
comer of the Year last season, has games at this point and is 1-1, in- @Gderkatch or email him gavin. Tech’s Chrishon dixon is not afraid to drive the lane against opposing
taken on a larger role and leads cluding a close three-point de- derkatch@406mtsports.com defenses.
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KNOW YOUR DIGGERS
Ure excelling after basketball hiatus
GAVIN DERKATCH
MONTANA STANDARD
gavin.derkatch@406mtsports.com
While it took a while to get back into
playing shape, Ure carved out a role off
the bench. He appeared in 29 games and
“He’s dependable. Anything
Most college basketball players have
taken the traditional path, going from high
school stardom straight to college to con-
averaged two points and 1.8 rebounds in the
Diggers’ Frontier Conference champion-
ship season.
that is asked of Michael, he
tinue working on their game.
For Montana Tech sophomore forward
Michael Ure, he chose to create his own
In the conference championship game
against Carroll, Ure was forced into ac-
tion in the first half due to foul trouble. He
will follow through at a high
trail. After being named the Idaho Gatorade
Player of the Year in 2019, he took two full
years off from basketball. Ure went on an
shined in his limited minutes, scoring four
points and recording a steal.
“Once I got a glimpse of him in that big
level. I would consider him a
LDS mission, spending time in Chile and
California.
“It was a wonderful experience for me,
moment, we knew wholeheartedly that it
was going to be a great offseason for Mi-
chael and that he would have a tremendous
perfectionist type. He really
it was a time where I could do something
greater than myself,” Ure said. “It allowed
me to serve others and I learned a lot about
year,” Hiatt said.
With a full offseason under his belt, Ure
made big strides and has taken on a vital
wants to achieve excellence
different cultures and being as selfless as I
can be.”
An average day was spent helping others
role for the Diggers as a sophomore. He has
started every game, averaging 13.7 points
and seven rebounds through the first 11
in everything that he does.”
in need and spreading the teachings of his games. Ure has been effective both in and Adam Hiatt, head coach
religion. outside of the paint, shooting 43.6% from
The journey to Tech wasn’t conventional, three-point range.
but the end destination makes sense based The huge leap in playing time and pro-
building a
on his long relationship with head coach duction have led to Ure earning the Fron-
Adam Hiatt. Ure has attended Hiatt’s tier Conference Player of the Week twice
basketball camps since he was the coach already this season.
Winning team
at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Off of the court, Ure has proven to be a
When Hiatt took the job at Tech and con- great teammate. Whether it is with bas-
tinued his camp in Butte, Ure continued to ketball, school or his religion, he gives his
takes …
attend. full effort.
“I’ve gone to his camps since I was a little “He’s dependable. Anything that is asked
kid. Every summer I was always there, just of Michael, he will follow through at a
trying to improve and become the best bas- high level,” Hiatt said. “I would consider
ketball player that I could be,” Ure said. him a perfectionist type. He really wants
Ure made an impression on Hiatt early on to achieve excellence in everything that he HardWork - dedication – Practice
and they developed a relationship over the
years. When it became time to make a deci-
does.”
The commitment to excellence translates
& tHe desire to be tHe best!
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sion for college Ure said, “It just felt right”. to academics as well. Ure is a biological sci-
“You can tell from a relatively young age ences major and plans to attend medical
who the outlier players are based on the school after he graduates from Tech.
orediggers!
special qualities they have,” Hiatt said. For student-athletes, everyone has a
“Michael was one of those players.” different path before they get to their fi-
Once Ure got to campus after his mission, nal destination. Every step of the way has
it had been two years since he had played played a role in Ure excelling both on and
basketball competitively. Both Ure and Hi- off the court.
att knew there was a lot of work to be done
to get back to being the player he once was. Gavin derkatch is a sports reporter for
“Last year was a very big year of growth the Montana standard. Follow him on
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2022-2023 MONTANA TECH MEN’S BASKETBALL
0 | Levi Torgerson 1 | Asa Williams 2 | Camdyn LaRance 3 | Chrishon Dixon 4 | Emani Scott 5 | Bridger Deden
10 | Caleb Bellach 11 | Hayden Diekhans 12 | Keeley Bake 13 | Sayer Patton 14 | Ty Huse 15 | Owen Long
21 | John Dhuol 22 | Ifeanyi Okeke 23 | Bridger Larson 33 | Sam Gray
Adam Hiatt Tyler Miller Jeff Bellach Cody Baumstarck Robbie Simpson
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Graduate Assistant Student Strength &
Coach Conditioning Coach
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2022-2023 MONTANA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
4 | Ally Cleverly 10 | Lizzy Perry 11 | Madison Allen 12 | McKayla Kloker 14 | Jaycee Erickson 20 | Kia Wasson
22 | Dani Urick 24 | Tavia Rooney 30 | Liv Wangerin 31 | McKenna Liles 32 | Macy Mayer 33 | Aubrie
Rademacher
34 | Soda Rice 35 | Kasidy Yeoman 40 | Challis Westwater
Jeff Graham | Alexis Steele | Chris Brown | Trainer
Head Coach Asst. Coach
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OREDIGGERS WOMEN’S PREVIEW
TECH SAVVY
OREDIGGERS WOMEN’S ROSTER
No. Name Year Ht. Pos. Hometown
4 Ally Cleverly R-So. 5’7” G Butte
10 Lizzy Perry Jr. 5’8” G Oakesdale, Wash.
11 Madison Allen Sr. 5’4” G Gresham, Ore.
12 McKayla Kloker So. 5’7” G Helena
Women’s basketball 14 Jaycee Erickson Fr. 5’5” G Saco
geared for new heights 20 Kia Wasson Fr. 5’7” G Whitewater
TONY ADAMS 22 Dani Urick Sr. 5’10” F Belt
THE MONTANA STANDARD
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24 Tavia Rooney Jr. 5’11” G-F Townsend
The Montana Tech Oredig- 30 Liv Wangerin Fr. 5’10” F Plentywood
gers women’s basketball team is a 31 McKenna Liles Jr. 5’10” G Florence
fast-paced, aggressive squad that
plays well in transition, is patient 32 Macy Mayer R-Fr. 5’10” F Bozeman
around the basket, and can be 33 Aubrie Rademacher R-Fr. 5’10” G-F Kalispell
menacing defensively.
First-year head coach Jeff Gra- 34 Soda Rice R-So. 5’10” G-F Savage
ham and assistant coach Alexis 35 Kasidy Yeoman Fr. 5’7” G Florence
Steele have had a full cupboard
with plenty of returning talent. 40 Challis Westwater So. 6’2” Missoula
Madison Allen and Dani Urick Jeff Graham, Head Coach (first year)
are the two returning seniors for
MEAGAN THOMPSON, THE MONTANA STANDARD Alexis Steele, Assistant Coach (first year)
See WBB, PAGE 11 Head coach Jeff Graham is in his first year at Montana Tech.
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WBB year’s games are seeing good play-
ing time this season,” Rooney said.
down the stretch and fell by six
points.
Continued from Page 10 “It is keeping the team fresh.” “They never backed down and
“The energy and focus stays never quit,” Graham said.“Down by
the Orediggers. Urick played for fresh,” Urick said. “It allows the 22 in the fourth quarter and nearly
Graham when the two were at Belt starters to get a breather and give came back, the girls showed a ton
High School. everyone an opportunity to con- of character. It started momentum
Lizzy Perry, Tavia Rooney, and tribute and develop.” that we could build upon.”
McKennaLilesarethejuniorsonthe At publication time, the Oredig- While the team will engage upon
squad. Ally Cleverly and Soda Rice gers are 0-2 in Frontier Conference two non-conference games (St.
are redshirt sophomores, McK- play, falling to Rocky Mountain Mary’s University and Keyano Uni-
ayla Kloker and Challis Westwater College (59-42) at HPER and 73- versity) before returning to Fron-
are sophomores, Macy Mayer and 67 in a nail-biter against Montana tier Conference action in games
Aubrie Rademacher are redshirt Western in Dillon. at home against Carroll College on
freshmen, and Kasidy Yeoman, Liv The key game in the early going Jan. 5 and University of Providence
Wangerin, Kia Wasson, and Jaycee that showed Tech’s resolve and re- (Mont.) on Jan.7.,Graham feels that
Erickson are true freshmen on this siliency was the Western game on the Orediggers will be up to each
year’s team. Dec. 3. and every task.
“The senior and junior leader- Tech jumped out to a 20-10 lead “We will make sure that we are
ship has been great,” Graham said. MEAGAN THOMPSON, THE MONTANA STANDARD by the end of the first quarter.How- ready for each game,” Graham said.
“They have bought in to the style Tech’s McKayla Kloker (right) demonstrates tight defense against Rocky ever, Western erased the ten-point “There are no off-nights in the
of play that we have implemented.” Mountain College’s Kloie Thatcher. lead with a 32-9 run in the second Frontier Conference. You cannot
The front end of the 2022-2023 quarter to take a 42-29 lead at the afford a bad quarter in the confer-
has been loaded with excellent miles in 16 days. the team would have hoped for early half. The Bulldogs extended the ence. We have learned a great deal
teams, which has resulted in a 2-8 “They were trips that galvanized on, they have been in each game lead to 22, 63-41, with 8:27 left in this season and will keep getting
start for the Orediggers. the team,” Graham said. “I got the they have played. Small stretches the game. better with each game.”
The season started with an excit- opportunity to know the girls.I had where opponents have shot the The Orediggers tore into the mar-
ing 61-59 win on Kelvin Sampson the opportunity to talk to them and ball well have been the difference. gin with a 26-8 run over the next Tony Adams is the sports editor at
Court at HPER Center on Nov. 4 I understood what I had from a team However,the Orediggers are seeing seven minutes to cut the deficit to The Montana Standard. Follow him
Tech embarked on a pair of Idaho aspect.” playing time, one through 15. four points. However, Tech missed on Twitter (@herestony2) or email
road trips, which covered 3,300 Whiletheresultsmaynotbewhat “Girls that didn’t see time in last a three-pointer and two jumpers him at tony.adams@406mtsports.
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BALANCING ACT
KNOW YOUR DIGGERS
Allen finds equilibrium in basketball, environmental engineering
TONY ADAMS
THE MONTANA STANDARD
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When it comes to the academic
versus athletic balance of your
prototypical student-athlete,
Montana Tech Orediggers athletes
have their priorities in check.
Madison Allen is one of those
athletes that has gone through
academics and athletics, a de-
manding major, a transfer, the
COVID-19 year, and has set her-
self up for life after college bas-
ketball.
Allen, a senior from Gresham,
Oregon, had a great high school
career and elected to stick close
to home to start her college career
at Mount Hood Community Col-
lege, a member of the Northwest
Athletic Conference. She joined
MHCC in the 2017-2018 season
to be close to family and work on
general studies.
“I am family-oriented, so I
wanted to stay close to home to
start,” Allen said. “I had a chance
to play quite a bit in front of my
family.”
In 56 games at MHCC, Allen av-
eraged 5.9 points per game, which
included a 40.6% field goal per-
centage (89-of-219), 33.9% three-
point field goal average (38-of-
112), and 71.7% free-throw mark
(33-of-46). She had a collegiate
career-high 21 points against
Chemeketa on Nov. 17, 2018. Al-
len also had three 20-point games
and scored in double-figures 14
times at MHCC.
Allen decided to transfer from
Mount Hood Community College
to Butte to play for Montana Tech.
“I had offers to go other places,
but I loved playing ball with my
teammates here,” Allen said.
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ALLEN 36 starts. Having averaged 24.2 teammate’s bucket, drive the lane
minutes per game, Allen averaged herself for the basket or pull up
Continued from Page 12 4.4 points per game, 39.6% from beyond the arc for a three-point
the field, 41.1% from beyond the attempt.
“Tech is a beautiful campus and three-point line, and 62.5% from “I am surrounded with great
have great people here.” the free-throw line. scorers,” Allen said. “We have
Allen’s stay in Butte has been Tech went through a coaching great chemistry, and I love helping
anything but your ordinary col- change last summer. Carly Sanon set them up for the score.”
lege experience. resigned, and former Belt head While Allen is accomplishing
After arriving on campus in the coach Jeff Graham became the tasks on the basketball court, she
fall of 2019, she redshirted in the Orediggers’ new head coach. gets things done in the classroom
2019-2020 season. Then, CO- Bringing about a high-tempo as well.
VID-19 changed the face of col- offense predicated on solid de- An environmental engineer-
lege athletics. With the NAIA not fense, Tech continues to improve ing major, Allen’s academic diet
having athletics during the first with every game. since she has been on campus
part of the 2020-2021 school year, This season (as of Dec. 13), Allen has been broad topics like chem-
athletes picked up an extra year of averages 20.3 minutes per game, istry, biology, ecology, geology,
eligibility. 2.0 points. Her role has always hydraulics, hydrology, microbi-
“Since we could not be at the to provide the spark within the ology, and mathematics. Mixing
facilities, we had to be self-ac- starting five on the floor. the complexities of academia with
countable with our workouts,” Al- Teammates Tavia Rooney and the schematics on the hardwood,
len said. “Tavia and I would work Dani Urick have often been the gridiron, links, tracks or trails are
out and practice dribbling in our leading scorers in Allen’s time at challenges a collegiate student-
garage.” Tech but make no mistake about athlete goes through in-season.
Once the team began to play it: Allen is an Oredigger at heart. “It’s amazing what these kids
again, Allen began to flourish in At 5’4”, Allen is selfless player can do,” Montana Tech head coach
the Tech system. without fear. She pushes the Jeff Graham said. “To be focused
Coming into the 2022-2023 tempo, grab rebounds in the lane, on some of the complex degree
season, Allen made 43 appear- possesses a lethal dribble-drive,
ances for the Orediggers, with can either dish a pass to assist on a Please see ALLEN, Page 14 11 | Madison allen
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2022-2023 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Overall record 2-8 Remaining games:
Conference record 0-2 Date Time At Opponent (*- Frontier Conference game)
Date Win/Loss Score At Opponent (*- Frontier Conference game) Dec. 29 2:00 PM Home St. Mary’s University (Canada)
Nov. 4 Win 61-59 Home Dickinson State University Dec. 30 2:00 PM Home Keyano University (Canada)
Nov. 7 Loss 54-70 Away Montana State University Billings (Exhibition) Jan. 5 5:00 PM Home Carroll College *
Jan. 7 2:00 PM Home University of Providence *
Nov. 11 Loss 62-72 Neutral Whitman College
Jan. 12 5:00 PM Home MSU Northern *
Nov. 12 Loss 56-64 Neutral Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)
Jan. 14 2:00 PM Away Montana Western *
Nov. 13 Win 78-66 Away Walla Walla University
Jan. 19 5:30 PM Away Rocky Mountain College *
Nov. 18 Loss 55-76 Neutral Eastern Oregon University
Jan. 21 2:00 PM Away Carroll College *
Nov. 19 Loss 49-53 Neutral The College of Idaho
Jan 26 5:00 PM Home University of Providence *
Nov. 22 Loss 39.63 Away Idaho State University (Exhibition)
Jan. 28 2:00 PM Away MSU Northern *
Dec. 1 Loss 42-59 Home Rocky Mountain College * Feb. 2. 5:00 PM Home Montana Western *
Dec. 3 Loss 67-73 Away Montana Western * Feb. 4 2:00 PM Home Rocky Mountain College *
Dec. 18 Loss 56-87 Away University of Montana Feb. 9 5:00 PM Home Carroll College *
Dec. 21 Loss 56-65 Neutral Vanguard University (Calif.) Feb. 11 2:00 PM Away University of Providence *
Dec. 22 Loss 55-76 Neutral Eastern Oregon University Feb 18 2:00 PM Away MSU Northern *
Allen GO DIGGERS!
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programs that they are in,
then come to the court for
practice and games un-
distracted, and then pick
Montana
up the studies where they
left off after the games and Abstract
practices is incredible. We
have kids with complicated &Title
degrees and are super-
smart. That carries over to
the court.”
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