Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and additions to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

Kentucky is among one of the states where lawmakers want to rename a road after Trump. He already has roads named for him in at least 3 other states.

Private prison company CoreCivic has announced it will contract with the State of Montana to transfer 240 inmates to the company's 2,672-bed Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi in the first quarter of 2025.

The state's prison capacity problem has worsened over the last year, with hundreds of inmates waiting in county jails for a bed to open up in prison.

Percentages: FG .390, FT .500. 3-Point Goals: 6-23, .261 (Patterson 2-4, McMahon 1-2, Zephir 1-2, Goracke 1-3, Lecholat 1-4, Miller 0-1, Walker 0-1, Agbonkpolo 0-3 ...

Eastern Washington hosts the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks after Andrew Cook scored 21 points in Eastern Washington's 74-64 loss to the Montana State Bobcats.

"I just like how resilient we are, staying true to the game plan, playing harder. We’re still learning how to finish out games.” - MSU forward Brandon Walker

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Northern Arizona scores 9.7 more points per game (81.3) than Montana State gives up to opponents (71.6). The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and additions to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

Towt 5-10 2-5 12, Bowser 0-3 0-0 0, Ragab 1-1 0-0 2, Jackson 4-15 0-0 8, McLaughlin 9-24 4-8 24, Campisano 1-2 0-0 2, Wistrcill 0-0 0-0 0, Baker 0-2 0-0 0, Rickwood-Pitt 0-0 0-0 0, Abelman 1-2 0-0 2, Fort 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 22-61 6-13 53.

Montana State Bobcats (13-2, 3-0 Big Sky) at Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (12-4, 3-0 Big Sky) Flagstaff, Arizona; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona faces Montana State after Taylor Feldman scored 24 points in Northern Arizona's 65-46 victory against the Montana Grizzlies.