Logie ejected as Bobcats fall to N. Colorado

BOISE, Idaho — Matt Logie was ejected after picking up two technical fouls as Montana State fell to top seeded Northern Colorado 72-45 in the men’s Big Sky Conference Tournament Semifinals Tuesday.

Logie earned his first technical foul with 12:07 left in the second half as officials stopped play. His second technical came during the under-12 media timeout and Logie was escorted to the locker room. Montana State trailed 45-29 after the free throws. 

Jaron Rillie led the Bears with 13 points, Brock Wisne and Quinn Denker added 12 apiece. 

Bryce Zephir scored 11 points to lead Montana State. No other Bobcats were in double figures. Brian Goracke and Max Agbonkpolo tallied nine. 

With the win, the Bears move into Wednesday’s championship game at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. 

The Bobcats fell behind early as the Bears scored the first 15 points of the game. Montana finally broke the run more than eight minutes in as Goracke hit a 3-pointer. 

A 7-0 run brought Montana State within seven at 18-11, but Northern Colorado responded with seven straight points of their own and took a 29-17 advantage into the half. 

A pair of triples from Zephir and Agbonkpolo brought the Bobcats deficit back to 36-25 in the second half. 

After Logie’s ejection the Bears continued to grow their advantage out to 26 at 57-31 as Rillie hit a turnaround jumper in the paint.