Oredigger Men to face Griz tonight in Missoula

Already off to their best start in recorded history at 10-0, the Montana Tech Men's Basketball Team tonight will head west on I-90 to Dahlberg Arena in Missoula for a date with the Montana Grizzlies for an exhibition basketball contest at 7pm.  While the game is an exhibition and will not count towards the Orediggers official record, it offers the Orediggers a chance to play up a couple of classifications, facing a Montana Grizzly team with Big Sky Championship aspirations, and maybe get a win as they did a few years back.  Which gives the Griz plenty of motivation and reason to take the Orediggers seriously and as a clear threat.

Montana Tech comes into the contest undefeated and can simply shoot the lights out with guards Keeley Bake and Brayden Koch who are simply deadly from behind the three-point arc.  They will be met by a formidable Grizzly backcourt which includes Money Williams who recently dropped 30 points on Tennessee, the first non-SEC player in decades to achieve the feat, and Brandon Whitney whose slash-and-create style could create problems for defenders.  Up front, the Griz; have the speedy Malik Moore who scored 30 on St. Thomas on Saturday, 6-5 forward Joe Pridgen who is an undersized rebounder with the air of Charles Barkley and 6-9 bruiser TeJon Sawyer, who has a nice touch from the outside to compliment his rebounding prowess.  The Orediggers are expected to start the versatile Michael Ure up front along with Ifeyani Okeke and Hayden Diekhans, whose inside play this season has led the Orediggers to their impressive start.

Tickets for tonight's contest are available at gogriz.com/tickets.