The Montana Grizzlies won an overtime thriller over San Diego Saturday night in Missoula, 67 to 66, while the Lady Griz beat UNLV in Las Vegas on Saturday, also in OT, 69 to 65.
For those of you out there looking for the slam dunk of the summer, you need to look no further than this effort from Division II basketball player Angelo Sharpless.
Local basketball fans are heated over an incident that occurred Saturday, Feb. 25, in which an upset Stevensville girls basketball player allegedly shoved an excited Dillon fan to the ground.
Here's the latest sports news from Montana's News Station, KPAX: University of Montana Men's & Women's Basketball tonight, men on the road at N. Colorado, Lady Griz hosting Sac State; KPAX Teams of the Week.
Some of those friends I have recently reconnected with are my former Lady Griz teammates. Since taking on the role of a blogger and color commentator, both focused on Lady Griz basketball, I have been spending a lot of time reminiscing about on- and off-court memories, crazy fun road trips, and pre-game rituals. Routines, rituals, superstitions… call them what you want, they formulate after spending a lot of time together.
Coaches even have rituals. I will let Coach Selvig start it off: “I drive to the Rattlesnake trailhead listening to Il Divo on my way to the games. Been doing that for a few years. This year I also find myself praying a lot that we will start shooting the ball better!”
Big guys have even bigger hearts, and the towering Marcus Rosser is no exception.
The former power forward/center basketball player for the 2001-2003 University of Montana Grizzlies is on a mission to pay back the rewards he had been blessed with during his years representing our hometown team by coaching for Missoula's very own Special Olympics basketball team.
"That's what it's all about, g
According to multiple reports, former Michigan basketball star and NBA player Robert 'Tractor' Traylor was found dead Wednesday on the bedroom floor of his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. He was 34.
Police said Traylor had been missing for a few days, and that he apparently died of a heart attack. At time of his death, Traylor, a team member for the Bayamon Cowboys, was recovering from a hee