DILLON, Mont. -- Dickinson State ran into foul trouble and Montana Western made them pay Saturday at the Finny Memorial Tournament.
The Bulldogs shot 21 of 31 from the free-throw line and standout guard Brandon Brown scored a game-high 36 points as Western held off DSU 75-64.
"We did the things we wanted to do, but they did the same thing to us," DSU head coach Ty Orton said.
Matt Lee led the Blue Hawks with 14 points and six rebounds, and fouled out along with John Hanstad, who had 11 points.
DSU committed 26 fouls and didn't get any help on its end, going just 3 of 4 from the free-throw line.
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"It's hard to do anything when all they do is shoot free throws over and over again," Orton said.
Nathan Lebsock added 12 points and three steals for the Blue Hawks (1-2), who visit Montana Tech this afternoon.
DICKINSON STATE (1-2): Matt Lee 6-8 2-3 14, Dano Fagerlund 3-7 1-1 7, Nathan Lebsock 5-13 0-0 12, Tevin Hurd 3-10 0-0 7, John Hanstad 4-5 0-0 11, Zach Edward 0-0 0-0 0, Jeff Hurd 2-3 0-0 4, Isiah Thomas 2-3 0-0 4, Brock Boos 0-0 0-0 0, Robbie Morey 2-5 0-0 5, Ryan Kittleson 0-1 0-0 0, Jarek Hanson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 3-4 64.
MONTANA WESTERN (4-0): Tyler Hurley 2-4 0-0 5, Kyle Erickson 2-6 3-8 7, Kyle Perry 4-7 0-0 8, Brandon Brown 10-21 14-18 36, Cody Thueringer 5-13 4-5 16, Jared Smithson 0-2 0-0 0, Levi Simon 0-0 0-0 0, JC Isakson 0-0 0-0 0, Gabe Rucker 0-0 0-0 0, Mark Lussier 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 24-54 21-31 75.
Halftime: DSU 37-34. Total fouls: DSU 26, MW 13. Technical fouls: DSU 2, John Hanstad, Coach. Fouled out: Lee, Hanstad. 3-point goals: DSU 7-22 (Lebsock 2-6, T. Hurd 1-4, Hanstad 3-4, J. Hurd 0-1, Morey 1-4), MW 6-20 (Brown 2-6, Thueringer 2-6, Hurley 1-2, Erickson 0-3, Smithson 0-2, Lussier 1-1). Rebounds: DSU 32 (Lee 6), MW 40 (Erickson 8). Assists: DSU 17 (T. Hurd 4), MW 14 (Brown 4, Thueringer 4). Steals: DSU 9 (Lebsock 3), MW 4 (four with 1). Blocks: DSU 0, MW 5 (Perry 3). Turnovers: DSU 20 (Lebsock 4), MW 17 (Brown 5).
