NCAA Championships

NCAA Tournament presser – Montana State after 97-62 first-round loss to Texas Tech

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SAN DIEGO, California – Montana State advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996 by winning the outright Big Sky Conference regular-season title and then winning the league tournament for the first time in 26 years.

MSU drew a No. 14 seed and a matchup with Big XII powerhouse Texas Tech. The third-seeded Red Raiders made 10 straight shots to open up a 30-9 lead on the way to a halftime advantage of 52-25 and a final score of 97-62. Texas Tech moves on to face No. 11 Notre Dame, a 78-64 winner over No. 6 Alabama in the second game here on Friday.

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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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