Denver 81, Montana State 79

December 20, 2003

Non-Conference Regular Season

Worthington Arena (Bozeman, Montana)

Attendance: 3,731

Officials: Byrne Haskins, Robert Holloway, Bruce Allen

Team Rebounds: Denver (0) Montana State (1)

Technicals: Denver (0) Montana State (0)

  1 2 Final
DEN (5-4) 43 38 81
MTSTU (3-5) 37 42 79

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 71 114.1 111.3
MTSTU 71 111.3 114.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .704 0.282 0.222 0.245
MTSTU .650 0.211 0.250 0.280

Denver Pioneers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Zeljko Zupic Starter PF 36:00 3-7 2-5 1-2 10.5 0 6 6 3 0 0 2 2 9
- Brett Starkey Starter C 27:00 6-8 0-0 1-2 6.8 3 2 5 0 4 0 3 1 13
- Carvell McAlister Starter SF 28:00 2-3 0-0 4-4 3.8 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 8
- Erik Benzel Starter SG 37:00 9-11 6-6 4-5 20.6 0 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 28
- Rodney Billups Starter PG 36:00 1-4 1-2 2-2 6.8 1 4 5 6 3 3 6 0 5
- Ryan Goral Bench PG 05:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 2
- Antonio Porch Bench SG 19:00 3-8 0-2 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6
- Yemi Nicholson Bench C 09:00 5-7 0-0 0-2 7.8 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 1 10
- James Lane Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
  Team                                
        200 30-49 9-15 12-17 56.6 6 21 27 19 22 5 20 4 81
          61.2% 60.0% 70.6%                    

Montana State Fighting Bobcats

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Josh Barsh Starter SF 25:00 1-3 0-2 0-0 -0.2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 2
- Frank Brown Starter PG 30:00 2-4 0-1 4-6 9.8 0 4 4 5 2 2 2 0 8
- Jason Erickson Starter SG 39:00 6-12 0-3 7-9 13.9 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 19
- Danny Faaborg Starter PF 35:00 5-6 3-4 0-4 9.0 0 2 2 3 3 1 2 0 13
- Calvin Ento Starter C 28:00 7-9 0-0 0-0 8.0 1 5 6 0 2 0 3 0 14
- Dennis Woodall Bench SG 08:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
- P.J. Owsley Bench PF 10:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
- Nick Dissly Bench SG 24:00 6-11 2-5 3-4 11.5 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 17
- Marcus Clift Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   1            
        200 30-50 5-16 14-23 49.6 5 15 21 16 15 7 15 0 79
          60.0% 31.3% 60.9%                    

Denver Pioneers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rodney Billups
10.9p, 2.4r, 4.6a		 Erik Benzel
15.6p, 4.7r, 3.1a		 Carvell McAlister
7p, 3.1r, 1.4a		 Zeljko Zupic
9.4p, 7.7r, 1.9a		 Brett Starkey
15.2p, 7.6r, 1a
Rotation  
 		 Antonio Porch
6.4p, 3.1r, 1.1a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Ryan Goral
3.3p, 0.7r, 0.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Yemi Nicholson
3p, 3.3r, 0.3a
Lim PT James Lane
1.3p, 0.6r, 1a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

Montana State Fighting Bobcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Frank Brown
7.3p, 2.8r, 3.6a		 Jason Erickson
16.3p, 2.5r, 3.8a		 Josh Barsh
3.1p, 1.4r, 1.6a		 Danny Faaborg
6.9p, 2.5r, 1.1a		 Calvin Ento
7.6p, 6.3r, 1.3a
Rotation  
 		 Nick Dissly
10p, 3.1r, 1.9a		  
 		 P.J. Owsley
3p, 1.3r, 0a		  
 
Lim PT Marcus Clift
0p, 0r, 0a		 Dennis Woodall
3.8p, 1.4r, 0.5a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Today's Games

(1) UConn 104
Iona 54
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Indiana 41
(2) Kentucky 80
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(3) Duke 89
(11) Texas 61
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(4) North Carolina 114
(14) Wake Forest 119
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(6) Kansas 72
UC Santa Barbara 52
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(8) Oklahoma 68
Jackson State 46
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(9) Stanford 87
(13) Gonzaga 80
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California 57
(11) Saint Joseph's 59
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(15) Florida 70
West Virginia 57
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(16) Cincinnati 89
Middle Tennessee State 54
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(17) Purdue 80
Fort Wayne 69
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(18) Pittsburgh 70
Murray State 49
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(19) Syracuse 74
Siena 61
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(20) Louisville 80
Austin Peay 63
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(22) Wisconsin 63
(23) Marquette 59
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(24) Dayton 78
Prairie View A&M 65
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