Big Sky Men's Basketball Power Rankings 1/6/10

1.  Northern Colorado--Earned a nine-point victory against Northern Arizona this last week.  Led, as usual, by Will Figures.  They had a light week last week to prepare for the challenge at home this coming week.

2.  Weber State--Earned two hard fought wins at home against the Montanas.  The Wildcats lead all the way vs the Bobcats, but the visitors from Bozeman kept it close.  Against the Grizzlies on Saturday, they had a slow start to the second half, allowed Montana to take an eight point lead before Damien Lillard caught fire and led the Cats back.  Tough test for Weber State coming this week.

3.  Montana State--Earned a split on their trip down I-15.  Lost in Ogden and won in Pocatello.  Bobby Howard led the way for the Bobcats over the week, scoring 18 points against the Bengals on Saturday.

4.  Portland State--Won against Sacramento State at home, in fact, they won big.  Jamie Jones and Dominic Waters both had 25 against the Hornets.

5.  Montana--Lost both games this last week on the road, but was in the game late in both of them.  Anthony Johnson was the leading scorer in Pocatello with 15, while Will Cherry came off the bench for the Grizzlies in Ogden and led the way with 16.

6.  Eastern Washington--Won their game against Sacramento State.  Glen Dean led the way for the Eagles with 29 against the Hornets.

7.  Northern Arizona--Lost at home to Northern Colorado.  Nick Larsen led the Lumberjacks in the loss.

8.  Sacramento State--Traveled to the Northwest and lost both games, including a 28 point loss to the Vikings on Saturday.  In Portland, Duro Bjegovic led the way--off the bench--with 17.  Antonio Flags led the way in the heartbreaker in Cheney.  He had 18.

9.  Idaho State--Give the Bengals credit for beating Montana at home on New Year's Eve.  But lost in Pocatello on Saturday.  In the loss, there was balanced scoring: Broderick Gilcrest, Amorrow Morgan and Chron Tatum each scored 15.  Morgan scored 32 against the Grizzlies.  The Bengals had only 4 bench points on Thursday and 7 on Saturday.

Games this week:

I-15ers visit the Northerns
The Northesterners travel to Montana
Sacramento State steps out of conference to play against the independent Seattle Red Hawks in California's Capital.

Big Game of the coming week:  Thursday as Weber State visits Northern Colorado.