Box Score
LACEY, Wash. – The University of Alaska men's basketball team picked up its first postseason victory since 2005, 87-73, over Montana State University Billings in the quarterfinals of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament Thursday.
The loss ended the Yellowjackets season, and their chance at defending the conference tournament title. Montana State Billings finished with five players scoring in double digits. Stefan Tica led the Nanooks (16-11) with 17 points. Tica made five of seven shots, including his only three three-pointers, to key an outstanding shooting performance by the Nanooks who shot 58.2 percent connecting on 32 of 55 including 16 of 24 in the second half (66.7 percent).
UAF also got 13 points from Sergej Pucar, 11 each from Ronnie Baker and Andrew Kelly, and 10 from Dallen Bills.
Jarrell Crayton led MSUB with 23 points and a tournament record-tying 13 rebounds. Crayton matched the record set by Brian Barkdoll of Northwest Nazarene against Central Washington in 2011.
Omar McDade had 17 points and
David Arnold finished with 16 as the Yellowjackets completed their season with a 16-14 record.
MSUB - UAF POSTGAME NOTES
* Montana State Billings has won seven of the last 10 meetings with Alaska Fairbanks.
* MSU Billings and UAF met for the 59th time, in a series that dates back to 1973.
* MSUB has won 26 of the 29 all-time meetings in Billings.
* Alaska Fairbanks holds a 16-11 advantage in Fairbanks.
* Montana State Billings and Alaska Fairbanks have met once before in the postseason. The Yellowjackets picked up a 98-91 win in the NAIA District 5 tournament on March 7, 1973.
* This was be only the third time the Nanooks and MSU Billings have met on a neutral floor. MSUB won the previous two neutral meetings, the last in Chico, Calif., on Dec. 30, 1993.
Newspaper Box Score
MSU Billings vs Alaska
03/07/13 7:30 pm at Marcus Pavilion - Lacey,WA
At Marcus Pavilion - Lacey,WA
ALASKA 87, MSU BILLINGS 73
MSU BILLINGS (16-14)
Crayton,Jarrell 11-14 1-3 23; McDade,Omar 5-15 5-6 17; Arnold,David 5-12 3-7
16; Hatcher,Kalob 1-5 2-2 5; Trabing,Robby 2-2 0-1 4; Cusworth,Cameron 1-3
2-2 4; Johnson,Sam 1-4 0-0 3; Nelson,Tyler 0-0 1-4 1; Desin,Danny 0-1 0-0 0;
Wallace,Devon 0-2 0-0 0; Hook,Jimmy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 14-25 73.
ALASKA (16-11)
Tica,Stefan 5-7 4-5 17; Brinson,Dominique 3-7 7-9 13; Kelly,Andrew 3-3 5-8
11; Baker,Ronnie 5-9 0-3 11; Bills,Dallen 5-8 0-0 10; Ngawaka,Zach 3-4 2-3
8; Pucar,Sergej 3-10 0-0 6; Voeut,Pat 3-5 0-0 6; Pierson,Cody 2-2 0-1 5;
Robinson,Hank 0-0 0-0 0; Reese,Anthony 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-55 18-29 87.
MSU Billings.................. 27 46 - 73
Alaska........................ 37 50 - 87
3-point goals--MSU Billings 7-17 (Arnold,David 3-4; McDade,Omar 2-5;
Johnson,Sam 1-1; Hatcher,Kalob 1-2; Desin,Danny 0-1; Wallace,Devon 0-1;
Cusworth,Cameron 0-2; Crayton,Jarrell 0-1), Alaska 5-12 (Tica,Stefan 3-3;
Pierson,Cody 1-1; Baker,Ronnie 1-1; Pucar,Sergej 0-2; Voeut,Pat 0-1;
Brinson,Dominique 0-4). Fouled out--MSU Billings-Arnold,David,
Alaska-Pucar,Sergej. Rebounds--MSU Billings 28 (Crayton,Jarrell 13), Alaska
37 (Voeut,Pat 6). Assists--MSU Billings 14 (Hatcher,Kalob 6), Alaska 17
(Voeut,Pat 8). Total fouls--MSU Billings 25, Alaska 24. Technical fouls--MSU
Billings-McDade,Omar, Alaska-None. A-241
GNAC Men's Quarterfinal #2
