Lady Griz set to welcome Gunlock, BYU

The Montana women’s basketball team, after three straight games away from home, will return to Dahlberg Arena this week, hosting BYU on Wednesday night on Robin Selvig Court. 

The Lady Griz (1-3) and Cougars (4-0) will tip off at 7 p.m., meeting for the first time since 2000, for the 12th time overall. 

BYU enters Wednesday’s game with a 4-0 record and an average margin of victory of 32.5 points under first-year coach Lee Cummard. Wednesday’s game will be BYU’s first away from Provo this season. 

The Lady Griz came out of a trio of difficult match-ups with three losses, to Oregon, Washington and South Dakota State.  

Washington is ranked No. 25 in this week’s AP top 25 poll, while South Dakota State is behind Duke, Minnesota, Ohio State and Stanford among those teams outside the top 25 receiving votes. 

Montana’s most recent game was a 95-71 setback against the Jackrabbits at The Monument in Rapid City. 

The Cougars are making a return to normal under first-year coach Lee Cummard. 

After three seasons with sub-.500 records under Amber Whiting, the coach and school agreed to part ways in March, opening the big chair for Cummard. 

He was an assistant for the BYU men’s team in 2018-19 before moving to Judkins’ women’s program. 

Leading BYU is sophomore guard Delaney Gibb, last year’s Big 12 Freshman of the Year after averaging 17.4 points. Voted to this season’s Preseason All-Big 12 team, Gibb is averaging 16.3 through four games.  

Freshman Braeden Gunlock, of Bigfork, Mont., has appeared in all four games this season. She has totaled 10 points and seven rebounds. 

Montana is 8-3 all-time against BYU, 4-1 in Missoula.