Montana Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:26:42 PDT

The Grizzlies might have the best player in the conference, senior guard Anthony Johnson. Plus they have some incentive following a home loss to Montana State last season in the first round of the league tournament.

Coach Wayne Tinkle has no less than three returning starters among seven lettermen returning.

Johnson, who was the league's Newcomer of the Year after leading the Big Sky in scoring at 17.6 points per game, will receive a lot of attention from opposing defenses.

But that was the case last year, too, and the former Yakima Valley Community College standout proved to be up to the task.

Jack McGillis and Ryan Staudacher also return to the Grizzly starting lineup, and former Eastern Washington starter Michael Young returns to bolster the...