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Williams scores 40, Montana tops Northern Colorado 95-89 in Big Sky Tournament quarterfinal

By The Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Money Williams scored a career-high 40 points to lead Montana to a 95-89 victory over Northern Colorado on Monday night in a Big Sky Conference Tournament quarterfinal.

No. 4 seed Montana (17-15) will play top-seeded Portland State in a Tuesday semifinal.

Williams made 10 of 21 shots with two 3-pointers and 18 of 19 free throws, adding seven rebounds for the Grizzlies. Tyler Thompson totaled 14 points and five rebounds, while Kenyon Aguino scored 12.

Quinn Denker led the fifth-seeded Bears (20-12) with 29 points and eight assists. Ibu Yamakazi added 16 points and Brock Wisne posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Williams scored 18 points to help Montana open up a 49-32 lead at halftime.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Columbia’s Riley Weiss named Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia's Riley Weiss was chosen as the Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year on Tuesday. Weiss set a school record scoring 662 points this past season to lead the Lions to a 25-8 record and the WBIT championship. The junior averaged 21.0 points in the postseason tournament to earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Fairleigh Dickinson coach Stephanie Gaitley was picked as the Maggie Dixon Met Coach of the Year — the fourth time she's won the award. Gaitley led the Knights to a 30-5 mark. That's the most wins in a season for the program. FDU was second in the nation in scoring defense and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. Gaitley also won the award in 2013, 2018 and 2019 while coaching Fordham.
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