BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Aaron Broussard scored 23 points and shot 70 percent from the floor to lead Seattle University over Montana State 85-73 Tuesday night.
Seattle (1-2) jumped out to a 15-8 lead after a 3-pointer by Broussard at the 12:46 mark before Montana State (2-2) began a 19-7 run over the next eight minutes to take a five point lead, 27-22. In the final five minutes before halftime, Seattle broke a 30-30 tie on a 3-pointer by Chad Rasmussen and capitalized on three straight missed shots by the Bobcats en route to building a 39-33 lead at the break.
Seattle shot a scorching 62.5 percent in the second half while outscoring Montana State 46-40, never allowing the Bobcats to get closer than 10 points in the game's final 9:13.
Eric Wallace chipped in with 18 points and 8 rebounds for the Redhawks. Xavier Blount led Montana State with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Seattle (1-2) « | 39 | 46 | 85 |
| Montana State (2-2) | 33 | 40 | 73 |
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| Seattle | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Broussard, F | 33 | 7-10 | 8-9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| C. Trent, F | 24 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| E. Wallace, C | 29 | 7-10 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| A. Tate, G | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| P. Obasi, G | 20 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Rasmussen | 30 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| L. Green | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Carter | 14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| C. Burrell | 11 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 28-50 | 22-25 | 40 | 14 | 19 | 85 | |
| 56% | 88% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Johnson, F | 25 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| X. Johnson-Blount, F | 22 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| M. Fall, C | 33 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Singleton, G | 27 | 3-8 | 5-5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| S. Reid, G | 17 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stewart | 24 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| C. Moon | 22 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| M. Dison | 14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Allou | 12 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| J. Budinich | 4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 24-64 | 15-21 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 73 | |
| 37.5% | 71.4% | ||||||
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