Montana Grizzlies @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds

0-3, 0-2 Big Sky

Final

	1	2	T
Montana MONT	36	38	74
Southern Utah SUU	31	44	75

Southern Utah ThunderbirdsSouthern UtahSUU

3-1, 2-0 Big Sky

Marin, Jones lead S. Utah over Montana 75-74

Dec 6, 2021, 06:28 am

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- — Dre Marin and Tevian Jones scored 19 points apiece as Southern Utah narrowly defeated Montana 75-74 on Saturday. Maizen Fausett added 16 points for the Thunderbirds. Fausett also had nine rebounds.

John Knight III had six rebounds for Southern Utah (3-1, 2-0 Big Sky Conference).

Kyle Owens scored a career-high 21 points for the Grizzlies (0-3, 0-2). Cameron Parker added 19 points and six assists. Michael Steadman had 13 points and seven rebounds.

The Thunderbirds improve to 2-0 against the Grizzlies on the season. Southern Utah defeated Montana 64-63 last Thursday.

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Game Information

Cedar City, UT

Referee:Ryan Holmes

Referee:Jeff Ketchu

Referee:Scott Brown

NCAA Division I

Big Sky Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Portland State	13-5	-	20-11
Montana State	12-6	1	18-14
Eastern Washington	11-7	2	14-19
Northern Colorado	10-8	3	20-12
Montana	10-8	3	18-16
Weber State	10-8	3	16-16
Idaho	9-9	4	21-15
Sacramento State	6-12	7	10-21
Idaho State	5-13	8	13-20
Northern Arizona	4-14	9	10-22

United Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah Valley	14-4	-	25-9
California Baptist	13-5	1	25-9
Utah Tech	11-7	3	19-15
UT Arlington	9-9	5	18-14
Southern Utah	6-12	8	10-22
Tarleton State	5-13	9	14-18
Abilene Christian	5-13	9	14-19

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