MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Spencer Coleman's 3-point basket with 4:12 to go brought Montana all the way back from as many as 15 down to give the Grizzlies a 59-57 lead and eventually a 66-63 victory over Idaho on Saturday night.
For Montana, Kareem Jamar had 17 points and seven rebounds, Mathias Ward had 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Coleman had nine points and five rebounds.
Before Coleman's big bucket, Montana's (2-1) last lead came at the 10:57 mark in the first half when Jamar hit a jumper to make it 15-14 Grizzlies.
Up 34-30 at halftime, Idaho (0-2) went on a 16-5 run capped off by a Marcus Bell lay-up to take its biggest lead of the game at 50-35 with 12:27 remaining.
The Grizzlies stormed back, outscoring Idaho 24-7 to take the 59-57 lead off Coleman's 3-pointer.
Stephen Madison scored 22 points and Kyle Barone added 19 in the loss for the Vandals.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Montana (2-1) « | 30 | 36 | 66 |
| Idaho (0-2) | 34 | 29 | 63 |
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| Montana Grizzlies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ward, F | 23 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| E. Hutchison, C | 12 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Jamar, G | 38 | 5-7 | 6-7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| J. Gregory, G | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| K. DeShields, G | 19 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Coleman | 23 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| M. Weisner | 19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Henderson | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Martin | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Wiley | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 23-48 | 13-18 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 66 | |
| 47.9% | 72.2% | ||||||
| Idaho Vandals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Madison, F | 35 | 7-14 | 6-7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| W. Faines, F | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Barone, C | 38 | 8-16 | 3-5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| M. McChristian, G | 35 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Hill, G | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Habeeb | 24 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Borton | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Bell | 12 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Douglas | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Kammerer | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 10-17 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 63 | |
| 42.1% | 58.8% | ||||||
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