Bobcat men hit 25 treys to defeat Northern Arizona

BOZEMAN – Freshman Tyler Hall scored 29 points and made eight of Montana State’s school-record 25 treys as the Bobcats defeated Northern Arizona 101-58 Thursday night in a Big Sky Conference men’s basketball game.

Hall, a frosh from Illinois who has already set the Cats’ record for freshman scoring, shot 10-for-14 from the field. He was 8-for-11 from 3-point range.

The Bobcats of coach Brian Fish improved to 11-13 overall and 6-6 in Big Sky play.

Northern Arizona, which trailed 56-18 at halftime, fell to 4-19 and 2-10.

N. ARIZONA (4-19)

Johnson 4-5 10-12 21, Brown 2-5 0-1 4, Green 0-3 0-2 0, Kaluna 0-4 4-8 4, DeBerry 1-5 0-0 2, Yanku 6-15 8-11 21, de Laveaga 0-0 0-0 0, Rivera-Vega 0-2 2-2 2, Twombly 0-1 0-0 0, Thomas 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 15-42 24-36 58.

MONTANA ST. (11-13)

Green 3-4 0-1 6, Hall 10-14 1-2 29, Colbert 2-7 2-2 7, Everett 3-6 0-0 7, Blake 0-0 0-0 0, Holm 4-9 0-0 12, Neumann 5-5 0-0 15, Matlock 4-8 2-3 13, Kanseyo 0-0 1-2 1, Gobeloglu 4-9 0-0 11, Robison 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-63 6-10 101.

Halftime—Montana St. 56-18. 3-Point Goals—N. Arizona 4-13 (Johnson 3-3, Yanku 1-1, Twombly 0-1, Rivera-Vega 0-2, Green 0-2, Kaluna 0-2, DeBerry 0-2), Montana St. 25-43 (Hall 8-11, Neumann 5-5, Holm 4-7, Matlock 3-4, Gobeloglu 3-8, Everett 1-3, Colbert 1-4, Green 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—N. Arizona 21 (Yanku 5), Montana St. 45 (Everett 7). Assists—N. Arizona 7 (Yanku 4), Montana St. 24 (Matlock 10). Total Fouls—N. Arizona 15, Montana St. 27. A—2,275.