Arkadiy Mkrtychyan had 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, Victor Sanders added 19 points, including five in the last 1:33, and No. 5 seed Idaho beat Montana 81-77 on Thursday in the Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals.
Brayon Blake had 12 points and Pat Ingram and Nate Sherwood scored 10 apiece for Idaho (18-12), which will play top-seeded North Dakota (20-9) in the semifinals at 6:35 p.m. Friday (630 AM).
“I thought our guys played extremely hard tonight, with a lot of heart,’’ Idaho coach Don Verlin said. “Pat coming up with those big offensive rebounds. The gameplan was to go down low early and I thought Ark delivered early, time and time again.