Montana 70, Northern Colorado 56
Co-stars of the game: Senior guard Will Cherry and junior guard Kareem Jamar. Cherry had 21 points and three assists and Jamar had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Both worked the pick-and-roll very well, either getting to the rim, dropping it off, or kicking it out for a three by Jordan Gregory or Mike Weisner.
“With the guys we have it’s a no-brainer to go …

Montana’s senior point guard Will Cherry will be ready to go for Friday night’s semifinal. Cherry recently missed three games with an injured foot, but returned for the regular-season finale last Saturday against Northern Arizona.
“Will feels good,” Montana coach Wayne Tinkle said. “He wanted to go full in practice (Tuesday) and (athletic trainer Dennis Murphy) and I had pre-arranged that he’d do half of it. At the end we had …

First, my individual awards.
MVP: Will Cherry, Montana. His scoring is down in his injury-plagued senior season, but his defensive presence is hard to quantify with statistics, although being second all-time in league history in steals is one indication. Ask ISU coach Bill Evans how Cherry can change a game without scoring. On a night that Cherry was 1 for 8 from the field, Evans credited Cherry’s defense with winning the …

Montana 63, Northern Arizona 50
Star of the game: Will Cherry. The senior guard led the Griz with 14 points and held NAU sharp-shooter Gabe Rogers in check all night.
The win was Montana’s 91st since Will Cherry and fellow senior Mathias Ward came aboard four seasons ago.
“I just know we came a long way,” Cherry said. “My freshman year we were third going into the tournament, my sophomore year we were …

With the Griz needing a win Saturday to lock up the Big Sky Conference outright crown for the second straight season, it looks like senior guard Will Cherry could return to the floor against Northern Arizona on senior night. Cherry has missed three straight games after re-injuring the same foot he broke back in September.
“He’s really begging Murph,” Montana coach Wayne Tinkle said Friday, referring to Griz athletic trainer Dennis …

Montana 63, Sac State 52
Star of the game: Jordan Gregory. Gregory, another one of the Grizzlies’ Super Sophs, scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Griz. He was 5 for 11 from the field overall, 3 of 7 from 3-point range, and 8 for 8 at the line. Gregory is now shooting 86 percent from the line. As a team the Griz were 16 for 17 against the Hornets …

Montana senior forward Mathias Ward had surgery Wednesday morning on his injured left foot and will miss the rest of the season, Coach Wayne Tinkle announced Wednesday afternoon.
Ward was injured on Feb. 16 in Montana’s 61-54 road win at Idaho State.
A 6-foot-7, 228-pound senior from Gig Harbor, Wash.,Ward had started the first 24 games of the season for the Grizzlies. He is the team’s leading scorer, averaging 14.8 points a …

The Grizzly Scholarship Association will hold a fan appreciation pregame tailgate Saturday before the Montana-Northern Arizona men’s basketball game.
The fan function will be hosted in the East and West Auxiliary gyms of the Adams Center from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The first-place Grizzlies (17-1 BSC, 21-6) will face the fifth-place Lumberjacks (8-10, 11-18) at 7 p.m. in Dahlberg Arena.
Fans can purchase a hot dog and a bag of chips for $1 and a …

Montana (17-1, 21-6). Games remaining: vs. Sac State, vs. N. Arizona. What the Griz achieved in a road sweep of Montana State and Southern Utah is pretty remarkable. They beat the Cats and the T-birds essentially with next season’s team, as senior leaders Will Cherry and Mathias Ward sat out with injuries. There’s a lot to be said for knowing how to win and this team defines that. If neither …

Montana 86, Southern Utah 74 OT
Star of the game: Kareem Jamar. The junior scored 26 points to lead the Griz to their 17th win in 18 Big Sky games. Jamar was 7 for 14 from the field and 12 for 13 from the line. As a team, the Griz were 31 of 34 at the free-throw line. The last time the teams played, the Griz missed 16 of 47 attempts.
Secoind …