Montana ST-MEMPHIS Memphis beats Montana State 76-51 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Elliot Williams scored 22 points and Wesley Witherspoon added 13 points as Memphis won its fifth game in a row, a 76-51 victory over Montana State on Wednesday night.

Williams was 8-for-15 from the floor and recorded his sixth consecutive game with at least 20 points. Witherspoon missed only one of his five shots in the game, including hitting 2 of 3 outside the arc.

Memphis (6-1) never trailed, eventually building the lead to 31.

Branden Johnson led the Bobcats (4-4) with 12 points the only Montana State player in double figures. Bobby Howard, Montana State's leading scorer at 15.6 per game, was limited to six points on 3 of 8 from the field.

The Bobcats shot just 34.5 percent for the game (19 of 55) and committed 19 turnovers.

MONTANA TECH-WEBER ST Weber State defeats Montana Tech 73-70 OGDEN, Utah (AP) Franklin Session scored 15 points, including a pair of late free throws, to help Weber State defeat Montana Tech 73-70 on Wednesday night.

Damian Lillard hit a pair of free throws to give the Wildcats (4-4) the lead for good at 71-70 with 1:37 remaining. He finished with 13 points.

Dean Colbray had a game-high 25 points for Montana Tech (4-7), an NAIA school that counted the game as an exhibition. Kellen Hasquet added 15.

Trailing 56-48 with 11:48 remaining, Weber State went on a 12-3 run that ended with a 3-pointer by Kyle Bullinger.

Matt Washington had five of his nine points during that stretch.

GRIZ VOTER San Francisco writer gives Griz lone vote Missoula, Mont. (AP) The University of Montana received a vote in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Football Poll, and the Missoulian tracked down the voter to find out why.

Ray Ratto is a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle who has one of 65 votes in the AP poll.

He says he has a soft spot for really good Football Championship Subdivision teams when he can't make up his mind between which four-loss Football Bowl Subdivision team is better than another four-loss team.

The unbeaten Montana Grizzlies play host to Appalachian State on Saturday in the FCS semifinals.

Information from: Missoulian, http://www.missoulian.com DOLPHINS-CARPENTER Carpenter gets AFC special teams award (Stations: NOTE Montana interest.) UNDATED (AP) The NFL announced that Miami Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter has been named the AFC special teams player of the week for games played Dec. 3, 6-7.

Carpenter accounted for 10 points, including a 41-yard field goal with 1:02 remaining, in Miami's 22-21 victory over the New England Patriots last Sunday. It was Carpenter's third game-winning kick of his career and second of the 2009 season.

Carpenter, a former University of Montana kicker and Helena, Mont., native, has converted 19 of 20 of his field goal attempts this season, including eight that were 40 yards or longer. His career long of 52 yards came against the Patriots on Nov. 8.

Carpenter is tied with Minnesota's Ryan Longwell for the NFL lead in field goal accuracy at 95 percent.

This is Carpenter's second special teams honor. He won for his Week 14 efforts against the Buffalo Bills in Toronto during the 2008 season.

UGF WRESTLING University of Great Falls wrestling ranked 4th in NAIA GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) The University of Great Falls wrestling team is ranked fourth in the NAIA national poll.

The Argos moved up two spots from sixth after defeating then fourth-ranked Southern Oregon last Friday.

Montana State-Northern is ranked 15th. Notre Dame of Ohio is ranked first.

In individual rankings, Michael French of Great Falls and Evan Hinebaugh of MSU-Northern are ranked first and second in the 184-pound weight class.

UGF's Brendon DeCock is ranked second at 174 pounds while teammate Alex Calvi is ranked second at 197 pounds.

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