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Bobcats earn road sweep despite sporadic shooting, await UNC

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BOZEMAN — Montana State scorched the nets in Cedar City. At 7,000 feet above sea level in Flagstaff, the Bobcats went cold.

For the first time in the Brian Fish era, MSU’s men’s basketball team completed a road sweep despite enduring a dismal shooting performance Saturday night at Northern Arizona. Despite shooting just 30 percent and seeing its starting backcourt of junior Tyler Hall and sophomore Harald Frey finish 2-of-18 from beyond the arc, Montana State gutted out an overtime win over Northern Arizona.

The extra time victory came less than 48 hours after MSU put up 104 points in a five-point win at Southern Utah. The gritty effort also gave the Bobcats its first road sweep to open Big Sky Conference play since the 2004-2005 season.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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