SPEARFISH, S.D. — Tyree Haynie only scored four points Thursday night, but the last two were big.
The Tech senior guard netted a jump shot in the waning seconds of the game to hand Montana Tech a 53-51 non-conference men's basketball win over Black Hills State Thursday in Spearfish, S.D.
“Our players made some big plays,” said Oredigger head coach Aaron Woliczko. “But Black Hills was tough and they made plays at the end too.”
Yellow Jacket guard Rob Johnson stole the ball in the final minute and went in for the score to tie the game 51-all with 14 seconds, erasing a five-point lead the Orediggers held seconds before.
Tech took time, and set up the play to Haynie.
“We got Ty one-on-one and he attacked with a running floater with about five seconds left,” Woliczko said. “Then Cole Conway did a great job contesting their last shot.”
Tech freshman Adam Greger led the Orediggers with 21 points, five rebounds and a blocked shot.
“Greger made some great moves and nice jump shots,” Woliczko said. “He had the hot hand for us tonight.”
A.J. Paine also drew high praise from his coach, following a strong defensive effort where he held BHS's leading scorer to eight points. Paine also drained 11 points and collected three steals.
“The place we did the best was contesting shots,” Woliczko said, noting Black Hills' 29 percent shooting performance. “That was the big difference.”
The Orediggers, now 7-3, play their final preseason game Friday night against South Dakota Tech. Tech opens its Frontier Conference schedule on Jan. 6 at home against Westminster.
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Tech Wins Second Game in South Dakota
RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota treated the Montana Tech men's basketball team well as the Orediggers able to add two road wins this week.
The Orediggers rallied back from a 34-24 halftime deficit to defeat South Dakota Tech on Friday night.
The team's second game at the Perkins Classic saw another game-winning shot by Tech senior Tyree Haynie. He scored in the final seconds to give Tech a 53-51 win over Black Hills State Thursday night.
Tech head coach Aaron Wolizco credited his team's second half defense for keeping them in the game.
“We were down big in the first half,” the coach said. “We just caqme out and played great defense in the second half. We only had two turnovers in the second half. We forced seven. Our guys just did an unbelievable job of getting back in the game, then getting ahead and holding onto the win.”
Wolizco noted that Haynie and senior guard A.J. Paine were both part of two of the game's most important plays. Haynie grabbed a loose ball so Tech could call a time out in the final minutes.
Paine then scored a 3-pointers off Tech's inbounds play as the shot-clock went off to tie the game up 62-62.
The Oredigger defense held at the other end and Haynie managed a score to put the Tech men up for good.
Daniel Simon was Tech's leader on offense Friday with 20 points.
“He played one of his best games of hte year,” Wolizco said. “He just did a great job of attacking their post guys.”
Paine was Tech's second-leading scorer with 17 points. His coach liked his consistentcy at the 3-point line throughout the week.
Butte High product Cole Conway had a game-high 11 rebounds and inked his name on Tech's rebounding bubble, which is for any player that registers a game with double digits in boards.
Tech had a nine-point game from freshman Adam Greger.
Next week the Orediggers are at home against L-C State and Westminster. Tech plays Westminster on Friday.
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