GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Kareem Jamar scored 26 points on 9-of-10 shooting including four 3-pointers and Montana defeated Big Sky foe Northern Colorado 85-77 on Saturday night.
Montana (10-5, 6-0 Big Sky) needed 12 3-pointers to get past the Bears, which led 17-5 only 5 minutes into the game. The Grizzlies were down by 15 at one point but rallied with a 30-12 run to close out the first half capped by Will Cherry's three-point play with 1 second remaining.
Cherry ended the game with 21 points, six assists and five rebounds for the Grizzlies.
The two teams were tied at 65 with just over 8 minutes to play but Jamar's 3-pointer with 7:06 to play gave Montana a 68-65 lead and the Grizzlies never trailed again.
Derrick Barden had 21 points and 15 rebounds to lead Northern Colorado (3-11, 1-5). Tevin Svihovec and Tate Unruh had 19 apiece.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Montana (10-4) « | 44 | 41 | 85 |
| Northern Colorado (3-11) | 41 | 36 | 77 |
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| Montana Grizzlies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Jamar, F | 39 | 9-10 | 4-6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| M. Ward, F | 29 | 6-11 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| A. Martin, C | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Cherry, G | 37 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| K. Henderson, G | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Weisner | 28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| E. Hutchison | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Coleman | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Gregory | 13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| K. DeShields | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-54 | 13-18 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 85 | |
| 55.6% | 72.2% | ||||||
| Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Barden, F | 38 | 9-13 | 2-4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| T. Huskisson, F | 35 | 3-10 | 2-7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Osborne, C | 27 | 3-7 | 4-6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Unruh, G | 35 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| T. Svihovec, G | 30 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Addo | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Davis Jr. | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Garnica | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Tucker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Keane | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-60 | 9-19 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 77 | |
| 50% | 47.4% | ||||||
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