FORT COLLINS — Dorian Green hit two free throws with 9.6 seconds left and scored 18 points to help Colorado State edge Montana 62-61 on Saturday night.
Green, who was 5-for-9 from the free-throw line, was fouled on a driving layup and calmly converted the free throws.
Montana (6-4) had two chances to win it, but Anthony Johnson’s shot hit the side of the backboard and Derek Selvig missed a tip-in at the buzzer.
Adam Nigon had a career- high 17 points and Travis Franklin added 11 for the Rams (7-3), winners of five of six.
Johnson led Montana with 19 points.
Johnson’s layup in traffic put Montana ahead 56-55 with 2:10 left, but Nigon’s layup put the Rams back ahead 57-56.
Michael Taylor’s 3-pointer with 54 seconds remaining gave the Grizzlies a 59-58 advantage. The lead changed hands again on Green’s layup with 44 seconds left and once more after two free throws by Johnson with 31 seconds left.
FG FT Reb
MONT. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Selvig 30 5-8 0-0 2-9 0 4 10
Ward 17 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 4
Staudacher 34 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3
Cherry 25 4-8 0-0 0-3 0 4 8
Johnson 36 5-14 9-12 0-1 3 2 19
Young 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Taylor 18 3-5 0-0 1-5 0 1 7
Stockton 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Banny 11 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
McGillis 21 3-8 3-4 4-5 2 3 10
Totals 200 23-53 12-16 9-29 7 21 61
Percentages: FG .434, FT .750. 3-point goals: 3-14, .214 (McGillis 1-1, Taylor 1-3, Staudacher 1-4, Young 0-1, Selvig 0-1, Cherry 0-2, Johnson 0-2). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 2 (Selvig 2). Turnovers: 9 (Cherry 3, Selvig 2, Ward, Stockton, Staudacher, Johnson). Steals: 10 (Cherry 5, Staudacher, Johnson, Ward, McGillis, Selvig). Technical fouls: None.
FG FT Reb
CSU Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Franklin 22 4-7 3-7 0-3 0 2 11
Ogide 33 4-9 1-2 2-6 3 3 9
Nigon 34 6-9 1-2 0-2 1 3 17
Green 38 5-8 5-9 1-5 2 3 18
Dunn 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Bocar Ba 6 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 2
Hornung 24 1-1 1-2 2-8 1 4 3
Del Bene 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Busch 15 0-2 0-0 2-4 1 0 0
Smith 14 1-5 0-0 0-3 1 1 2
Totals 200 22-44 11-22 10-35 9 18 62
Percentages: FG .500, FT .500. 3-point goals: 7-15, .467 (Nigon 4-7, Green 3-4, Busch 0-1, Smith 0-3). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 2 (Bocar Ba, Nigon). Turnovers: 17 (Hornung 3, Franklin 3, Smith 3, Nigon 2, Ogide 2, Green, Dunn, Bocar Ba). Steals: 4 (Nigon 2, Hornung, Ogide). Technical fouls: None.
Montana 23 38 — 61
Colorado State 30 32 — 62
A — 2,498. Officials —Mark Reischling, Shawn Lehigh, John Paul Guerrero.
