MISSOULA — Ahmaad Rorie can’t remember a shooting slump quite like the one that peaked with his struggle against Stanford.
Montana’s All-Big Sky point guard has not shot the basketball well during the first month of his junior season. The weight of preseason all-conference expectations combine with the bull’s eye on his back as he enters his second year as the floor general in Travis DeCuire’s system weighed heavily.
After a 1-of-12 shooting night that included misses on all seven of his 3-point attempts in Montana’s 70-54 loss at Maples Pavilion on November 29, Rorie decided to simply relax.
Before the Grizzlies’ home game against Cal State-Northridge on Sunday night, Rorie calmly listened to music. He spent the weekend leading up to the first home game against a Division I opponent by getting up extra shots in an effort to shake a start that saw him shoot just 37.6 percent in UM’s first seven games. Rorie connected on just 13 of his 48 (27 percent) 3-point tries before Sunday.
Rorie ignored text messages from his friends Sunday evening leading up to the game, instead choosing to focus on his concentration and finding his stroke once again.
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