The University of Montana men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Maroon and Silver scrimmages Tuesday night at Dahlberg Arena. The men’s game will start at 6 p.m., the women’s game at 8 p.m.

The men’s scrimmage will be played in two 18-minute halves. The women will play two 20-minute halves.

Both teams have been practicing since Friday, Oct. 17.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to put on a little bit of show tomorrow night and let the public see our new faces and establish the way we want to play this year,” Griz coach Wayne Tinkle said. “The main thing we’re going to be looking for is the level of intensity we’re going to play with, and then the discipline and execution.

“Offensively we want to make sure we’re executing with the pace and tempo that we want. Defensively we want to make sure we’re playing with the aggression that we want.

“Our defense is probably a little bit ahead of our offense right now, so it might not be pretty at this point in the game. Hopefully it doesn’t look like a three-ring circus.”

“I’m hoping our fans will want to get an early peek at this team, because it’s going to be an exciting one,” Lady Griz coach Robin Selvig said. “We return a great bunch of players and have added some exciting newcomers. It’s a fun bunch. We have a chance to be a really good team.

“Tomorrow will be more of a game-like situation, so it’s more fun for the players and it’s a good gauge for the coaches to see where we are. Sometimes you learn things about the players when you’re on the court with officials that you don’t find out in practice. Though hopefully not too much that you don’t already know.”

The Grizzlies will have two home exhibition games before their season opener at Colorado State, Friday, Nov. 14: Northwest University on Friday, Oct. 31, and Great Falls on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Both games tip off at 7 p.m. at Dahlberg Arena.