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WATCH – Big Sky women’s hoops championship – ‘Cats beat Lady Griz in final seconds

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Montana State beat Montana 58-57 on a Marah Dykstra buzzer-beat to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

The No. 1 seeded Bobcats are now 30-3 and headed to the Big Dance for the third time under head coach Tricia Binford.

Montana was the No. 6 seed entering the tournament and upset No. 3 Idaho and No. 2 Northern Arizona on the way to the title game.

Binford, senior Esmeralda Morales and junior Marah Dykstra along with Montana interim head coach Nate Harris & seniors Dani Bartsch and MJ Bruno addressed the media following the game.

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Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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