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Spight scores 40, Northern Colorado beats SHSU in CIT semis

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) Andre Spight scored 40 points with seven of Northern Colorado's 17 3-pointers and the Beats beat Sam Houston State 99-80 on Wednesday night in the CIT semifinals.

Northern Colorado made its first 10 shots from the field with four 3-pointers and Spight scored 16 points in the first half to help the Bears build a 42-39 lead after shooting 68 percent overall, including 8 of 14 from distance.

Spight was 15 of 24 from the floor to reach 1,000 career points and UNC shot 59 percent.

Leaders
Points:	A. Spight	22.5
Rebounds:	J. Radebaugh	6.0
Assists:	A. Spight	3.7
FG%:	J. Davis	51.5%
FT%:	A. Spight	78.3%
3P%:	J. Radebaugh	43.8%
Steals:	A. Spight	1.2
Blocks:	J. Sanders	1.4

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	31-3
2	Villanova	36-4
3	Xavier	29-6
4	Kansas	31-8
5	Michigan State	30-5
6	Cincinnati	31-5
7	Michigan	33-8
8	Gonzaga	32-5
9	Duke	29-8
10	North Carolina	26-11
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	36-4
2	Michigan	33-8
3	Kansas	31-8
4	Duke	29-8
5	Virginia	31-3
6	Texas Tech	27-10
7	Loyola Chicago	32-6
8	Xavier	29-6
9	Purdue	30-7
10	Gonzaga	32-5
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Big Sky Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Montana	16-2	26-8
Idaho	14-4	22-9
Weber State	13-5	20-11
Eastern Washington	13-5	20-15
Northern Colorado	11-7	26-12
Portland State	9-9	20-14
Idaho State	9-9	14-16
Montana State	6-12	13-19
North Dakota	6-12	12-20
Southern Utah	5-13	13-19
Sacramento State	4-14	7-25
Northern Arizona	2-16	5-27
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	81.1 (35)
Rebounds:	9.4 (245)
Assists:	11.9 (296)
FG%:	47.0% (56)
FT%:	68.9% (271)
3P%:	35.9% (120)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	72.9 (185)
Rebounds:	28.1 (21)
Assists:	10.1 (13)
FG%:	44.5% (212)
FT%:	68.6% (38)
3P%:	32.8% (62)