GAME 4
MONTANA STATE (1-2) vs (RV) STANFORD (2-0)
Date: Wed., Nov. 12
Time: 8 p.m. MT
Venue: Maples Pavilion
Location: Stanford, Calif.
MSU Records: Home 1-1, Road 0-1, Neutral 0-0
Stanford Records: Home 2-0, Road 0-0, Neutral 0-0
Series: Stanford leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: L, 76-95 (12/8/75)
STORYLINES
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Montana State heads out on the road for the second time this season to face (RV) Stanford for just the third time in school history. The game will take place at 8 p.m. MT in Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., with the game set to air live on ACC Network Extra.
BIG SKY OPPONENTS: The Bobcats seek to become the first Big Sky Conference team to dethrone undefeated Stanford in 2025-26. The Cardinal opened its season with an 89-79 win over Portland State on Nov. 4 and recently defeated Montana, 91-68, at Maples Pavilion on Nov. 8.
ROAD TRIPPIN’: Montana State opens its five-game road trip at Stanford on Wednesday, kicking off a stretch of games that will feature one ACC opponent (Stanford), two Mountain West challengers (Boise State and Utah State), and the Battle at the Beach against Nobel and Long Beach State. Two of those teams, Stanford and Utah State, each received one vote in the Week 2 AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll.
SHOOTING LIGHTS OUT: Montana State is among the nation’s best shooting teams as the 2025-26 season gets underway. The Cats rank 11th nationally in effective field goal percentage (.654) and 18th in field goal percentage (55.7%), sitting at the top of the Big Sky Conference in both categories. The Bobcats’ 12 three-pointers made per game is tied for 31st in Division I basketball while ranking third in the Big Sky.
PICKING POCKETS: Bobcat senior Jed Miller has 10 steals through three games this season, ranking fifth in the nation and first in the Big Sky. Miller, who led the Cats in steals last season, recorded two swipes in MSU’s season opener at Colorado before tallying four each against Northwest Indian College and Denver. The Bobcats rank second in the Big Sky with 9.7 steals per game.
DOUBLE-DIGIT PRODUCTION: The Bobcats continue to benefit from prolific production from multiple scorers, with four Cats scoring in double figures in each of Montana State’s first three games to open the season. Jed Miller (14.0 ppg) and Christian King (11.3 ppg) tallied 10 or more points in all three contests so far while Patrick McMahon (17.5) scored in double figures in each of the two games in which he competed. Davian Brown (15.7 ppg) has two double-digit scoring performances this season, led by his Bobcat-best 26-point outing against Northwest Indian College on Nov. 5. Cavin Holden and Jaden Steppe have each scored in double figures once this season.
CHASING 2,000 POINTS: Graduate transfer Davian Brown needs 38 points to reach the 2,000-point milestone for his collegiate career. The native of Pasadena, Calif., tallied 1,447 points during his four years at the NAIA level between The Master’s University (2020-22) and Lewis-Clark State (2022-24) before pouring in 515 points in his lone season at Biola (2024-25). Brown has 1,962 career points and counting, including 47 over his first three games as a Bobcat.
A LOOK AT THE CARDINAL: Stanford concludes its three-game season-opening homestand with its third-straight Big Sky Conference opponent when Montana State comes to town on Wednesday. The Cardinal is 2-0 through one week of play, earning wins over Portland State and Montana. Freshman guard Ebuka Okone ranks third in the nation in scoring with 27.5 points per game, and the Cardinal has forced 20.5 turnovers per game, which is good for the 13th-most in Division I this season.
PRESEASON PROJECTIONS: MSU earned a share of fifth place in the Big Sky Preseason Coaches’ Poll and was picked sixth in the media poll ahead of the 2025-26 season.
LOGIE CONTINUES HIS WINNING WAYS: Montana State head coach Matt Logie is no stranger to winning, owning a 309-96 (.763) career head coaching record across all NCAA divisions. Logie’s 309 victories rank second among active Division I head coaches 45 years old or younger behind first-year Iowa head coach Ben McCollum with 427.
THE MATT LOGIE FILE: Third-year MSU head coach Matt Logie has taken his teams to the NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 14 seasons as a head coach, and is believed to be just the second men’s coach in history to lead teams to the Big Dance at the Division I, Division II, and Division III levels (Tobin Anderson). Logie ranks 27th in NCAA men’s basketball history in career winning percentage (.763) and is 13th among active head coaches. Logie came to Montana State after four seasons at Point Loma (Division II), where his teams rolled up an 82-23 record with three conference championships, and eight seasons at Whitworth (Division III), where his teams went 194-35.
CAT TRACKS
+ Montana State and Stanford are set to square off for the first time in 50 years when the Cats make the trek to Maples Pavilion on Wednesday. The two teams last faced off on Dec. 8, 1975, when the Cardinal defeated the Bobcats, 95-76, in Palo Alto, Calif. Wednesday marks the two teams’ third-ever meeting and second matchup in California.
+ Stanford is opening is season against three-straight Big Sky Conference opponents. The Cardinal also faced three Big Sky Conference squads during the 2023-24 season, going 3-0 against those teams. Stanford’s last loss against at Big Sky opponent came against Portland State, 87-78, in the PK80 Invitational on Nov. 26, 2017.
+ The Bobcats will face Power Four opponents Colorado (Big 12) and Stanford (ACC) in their first two road contests of the season, marking MSU’s first ocurrance of facing Power conference opponents in their opening two road games since the 2011-12 season. Montana State fell to Arizona State, 78-72, on Nov. 11 before triumphing over Utah, 70-64, in its second road contest of the season on Nov. 19. Both of MSU’s opponents were members of the Pac-12.
+ Montana State is no stranger to tough competition, taking on four Power Four opponents during the 2024-25 season. The Bobcats earned their last win over a Power conference team on Nov. 16, 2023, when they defeated California, 63-60, in Berkeley.
+ Three Bobcats reached career milestones in Montana State’s 75-73 loss to Denver on Nov. 9. Junior Cavin Holden tallied the 700th point and 200th assist of his collegiate career, Patrick McMahon surpassed 500 career points with his opening bucket against the Pioneers, and Davian Brown played in his 150th career college basketball game.
+ The Bobcats rewrote the record books against Northwest Indian College on Nov. 5, posting the third-highest field goal percentage (64.7%) and third-most three-pointers made in a game in school history (21) while matching MSU’s records for fifth-highest field goal total (44), eighth-highest scoring effort (114), and ninth-most steals (15) in a game.
+ Montana State’s 21 three-pointers against Northwest Indian College marked the Cats’ first time making 20 or more threes in a game since Dec. 16, 2023, when they drained 20 against SAGU American Indian College. It was also MSU’s highest three-point total since the Bobcats made 23 against Northwest Indian College on Dec. 27, 2022 en route to a 144-59 win. 144 points is the program record for points in a game.
+ With the Bobcats’ win over Northwest Indian College on Nov. 5, Montana State has now won seven-straight home openers dating back to the 2019-20 season. The Bobcats’ last home-opening loss came against Utah State, 101-71, to open the 2018-19 campaign.
+ Three Bobcats made their first career starts in the season opener at Colorado on Nov. 3. Senior Jed Miller received the first starting nod of his 72-game Bobcat career while Christian King and Chris Hodges also started for the first time in their MSU debuts. Central Washington transfer Cavin Holden and Bobcat returner Patrick McMahon rounded out the Cats’ new-look starting five against Colorado.
+ Montana State debuts a new-look lineup in 2025-26 with 10 newcomers joining five returning Bobcats on the 15-man roster. Redshirt senior Patrick McMahon and senior Jed Miller lead a crop of returners that also features redshirt junior Jeremiah Davis, who missed most of last season with an injury, redshirt sophomore Calum Rutherfurd, and redshirt freshman Grayson Gaddis. MSU’s seven-member transfer class includes Davian Brown (Biola), Cavin Holden (Central Washington), Christian King (Washington), Seth Amunrud (Dawson CC), Chris Hodges (Wisconsin), Waka Mbatch (Florida State) and Jaden Steppe (Colorado State). Freshmen Howie Keene, CJ Purdie, and James Steward round out the 2025-26 Bobcat roster.
+ Montana State faces two teams coming off of NCAA Tournament appearances in 2024-25, including at-large selection Utah State (Nov. 29) and defending Big Sky Champion Montana (Jan. 17 & Feb. 14). Both teams fell to Big Ten opponents in the Round of 64 as the No. 10 Aggies were ousted by No. 7 UCLA, 72-47, and No. 14 Montana fell to current Bobcat Chris Hodges and the No. 3 Badgers, 85-66.
+ Three current Bobcats have played in at least one NCAA Tournament game, and two others were members of teams that reached the tournament while they were on the roster. Patrick McMahon scored seven points in eight minutes against Texas Tech during the 2022 Round of 64, Chris Hodges appeared in NCAA Tournament games for Wisconsin in three-straight years from 2023-25, and Jed Miller recorded an assist in MSU’s First Four game against Grambling State in 2024. Jaden Steppe played in seven games a member of Colorado State’s Mountain West Championship team in 2024-2025, and Calum Rutherfurd redshirted during Montana State’s most recent Big Sky Championship year in 2023-24.
+ The Cats concluded the 2024-25 season with a 15-18 record, including a 9-9 mark in conference play. Montana State finished fifth in the Big Sky regular season standings and defeated No. 4 Idaho State in dominant fashion, 80-60, in the Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals before falling to top-seeded Northern Colorado in the semis, 72-45. The defeat ended the Bobcats’ run of three-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 2022-24, which marked the longest tournament streak by a Big Sky team since Weber State appeared in three-straight NCAA Tournaments from 1978-80.
+ Redshirt senior Patrick McMahon enjoyed a breakout year last season, tallying 18 double-figure scoring performances in 2024-25. He posted four 20-point performances off the bench in conference play, including a then-career-high 23 points in the regular-season finale vs Idaho on March 3, 2025. The lone starter returning from last year’s team, McMahon averaged 9.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game last season and owns an impressive .530 career field goal percentage in 74 games and counting as a Bobcat.
+ Jed Miller entered his fourth year in Bozeman with 71 games under his belt, one short of Patrick McMahon’s 72 for the most among active players in a Bobcat uniform. Miller led MSU in steals last season with 43 while also dishing 74 assists in 33 games.
+ Junior guard Cavin Holden was a prolific scorer at the Division II level for Central Washington, averaging 15.1 points per game on 47.6% shooting during the 2024-25 season, including a 43.8% mark from deep. Holden tallied 674 points in just two seasons at CWU and earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Player of the Year honors during his sophomore season.
+ Davian Brown joins the Bobcats for his final year of collegiate eligibility in 2025-26, following in the footsteps of his older brother Darius, who played on MSU’s Big Sky Championship and NCAA Tournament team in 2022-23. Darius played in 33 of 34 games and averaged 9.1 points on 46.5% shooting, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game en route to Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year honors and a Third-Team All-Conference Selection. Davian averaged 15.6 points per game last season at Division II Biola and enters the 2025-26 season with a total of 1,915 points scored across his five-year collegiate career at Biola (D-II), Lewis-Clark State (NAIA), and The Master’s University (NAIA).
+ Chris Hodges provides 40 games of Big Ten experience for the Bobcats as a graduate transfer from Wisconsin. He was the Badgers’ 2024 recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award during his third year in Madison.
+ Washington transfer Christian King adds another 20 games of Power Four experience from his time in the Big Ten, tallying 50 points and 31 rebounds during his redshirt freshman season in 2024-25. His father, Rich King, was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 14th pick in the 1991 NBA Draft.
+ Jeremiah Davis rejoins the Bobcats’ rotation after missing the final 20 games of the 2024-25 season due to injury. During his eight-game stint with the Cats last season, Davis scored in double figures twice (vs. Northwest Indian, Nov. 11; at USC, Dec. 15).
+ Bozeman native Seth Amunrud returns home for his junior season after two years at Dawson Community College, where he was an NJCAA Second-Team All-American this past season after averaging 21.1 points per game and shooting 55.2% from the field, 46.8% from three, and 88.7% from the line.
+ Montana State was picked for a share of fifth in the Big Sky Preseason Coaches’ Poll and sixth in the Big Sky Preseason Media Poll.
+ Logie’s 309-96 career mark in 14 seasons is good for a .763 winning percentage, 13th-best among active coaches at four-year schools and the 27th-highest winning percentage in the history of all NCAA men’s college basketball coaches. Logie’s teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 14 years as a head coach at three different institutions, and his teams have won at least 21 games in every season save two he has coached in his career.
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