This Week's Matchup

Game #13
Montana Tech vs. Lewis-Clark State
Dec. 7, 2013, 8:30 p.m. MST
Activity Center, Lewiston, ID
 

Game Coverage

The contest will be streamed online by going to the Men's Basketball schedule page on www.godiggers.com and clicking on Live Video. Live stats are also available on the same page.

For the Record

Þ This is the first conference game for Montana Tech with Coach Pat O'Herron at the helm
Þ Over the last three seasons Montana Tech is 1-5 against the Warriors
Þ The 15 wins last season were the most for Montana Tech since the 1999 season when the Orediggers won the Frontier Conference

Last Time

Þ The Oredigger Men lost to the Warriors in their first contest last season 63-65 on a last second shot
Þ Montana Tech lost the second conference contest against L-C State 75-93 on 2/9/2013
Þ Tech's last win over L-C State in Lewiston, Idaho was on 2/23/2006 in a 65-60 shootout

Big Shot Bryan– Senior guard Bryan Bock recorded his first career triple-double last week against the College of Idaho scoring 29 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and dishing out 12 assists. Bock averaged 24 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 10 assists in the two games last weekend for the Orediggers.
 
Percentage Power— The Orediggers are third in the Frontier Conference in field goal percentage (46.3%). The Orediggers have two players who shoot over 50 percent from the field in Adam Greger (55.5%) and Brandon Rydberg (54.7%).
 
Junior with a Jumper— Adam Greger is third scoring in the Frontier Conference at 19.8 points per game. The junior is third in the conference in field goal percentage shooting at 55 percent.  Greger led the Frontier Conference last season scoring 18.9 points per game.
 
Digger Dimes— Montana Tech is second in the Frontier Conference in assists with 161. Montana Tech averages 16.1 assists per game and has  four players who average two or more assists per game in Bryan Bock (5.4), Roman Pruneda-Garza (3.4), Travis Peevey (2.5), and Brandon Rydberg (2.0).
 
Next Step Rydberg— Brandon Rydberg has scored in the double digits for five straight games and averages  16.6 points over that stretch. The junior is shooting 54.7 percent from the field and 54.1 percent from three for the Orediggers.  Rydberg  averaged just 7.5 points per game last season.
 
Three Point Peevey— Travis Peevey is fourth in the Frontier Conference and 24th in the nation in three point field goals made with 22. The senior is shooting 37.3 percent from behind the three point line and has made 5 three pointers in two games this season.
 
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