Montana 61, Sacramento St. 60

Scores

Final

Montana 61

(6-4, 2-0 Big Sky)

Sacramento St 60

(6-4, 1-1 Big Sky)

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10:05 PM ET, December 21, 2012

Hornet Gym, Sacramento, CA

	1	2	T
MONT	25	36	61
SAC	20	40	60

Top Performers

Montana: M. Ward 16 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Ast

Sacramento State: J. Dickson 15 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast

Montana 61, Sacramento St. 60

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Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Will Cherry sank a free throw with 2 seconds left in the game, enabling Montana to escape with a 61-60 road victory over Sacramento State on Friday night.

Montana (6-4, 2-0 Big Sky) was able to overcome a rally by Sacramento State (6-4, 1-1) in the final 19 seconds.

Sacramento State's Cody Demps hit a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left to cut Montana's lead to 60-57, and another 3-pointer, this one by Dylan Garrity, tied it at 60 with 7 seconds remaining.

Cherry then stepped to the line, making 1 of 2 foul shots, and time ran out on Sacramento State.

Mathias Ward scored 16 points to lead Montana. Kareem Jamar scored 11 and Cherry 10.

John Dickson scored 15 for Sacramento State, Mikh McKinney 14, Garrity 12 and Konner Veleto 10. Veleto also had 10 rebounds.

Team Stat Comparison

	MONT	SAC
Points	61	60
FG Made-Attempted	20-42 (.476)	21-54 (.389)
3P Made-Attempted	5-16 (.313)	5-15 (.333)
FT Made-Attempted	16-21 (.762)	13-16 (.813)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	12 (0/0)	17 (0/0)
Largest Lead	13	2

Game Leaders

	MONT	SAC
Points	M. Ward 16	J. Dickson 15
Rebounds	M. Ward 5	K. Veteto 10
Assists	W. Cherry 5	D. Garrity 4
Steals	W. Cherry 4	D. Garrity 2
Blocks	K. Jamar 3	K. Veteto 1
Team Stats: Montana \| Sacramento State

2012-13 Season

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Dec 21, 2012	MONT 61, @SAC 60	Recap
Mar 7, 2013	@MONT 63, SAC 52	Recap

Next 5 Games

MONT	SAC
01/03 EWU 9:05pm 01/05 PRST 9:05pm 01/10 @UND 8:05pm 01/12 @UNCO 6:35pm 01/17 SUU 9:05pm	01/03 @NAU 8:35pm 01/07 SUU 10:05pm 01/10 @PRST 10:35pm 01/12 @EWU 9:05pm 01/17 @IDST 9:05pm
Complete Schedule: Montana \| Sacramento State

Big Sky Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
Weber State	18-2	26-6
Montana	19-1	25-6
North Dakota	12-8	16-16
Sacramento State	8-12	14-15
Montana State	10-10	13-17
Northern Colorado	10-10	13-18
Southern Utah	8-12	11-20
Northern Arizona	8-12	11-21
Eastern Washington	7-13	10-21
Portland State	5-15	8-20
Idaho State	5-15	6-24
View expanded standings »

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