Jan. 22, 2010
Final Stats
Eastern Washington Box Score 
Cheney, WA - Idaho State (9-10, 4-2 BSC) started slow and with Eastern Washington (12-6, 6-0 BSC) hitting 50 percent, 8-of-16, from the arc at momentum breaking moments the Eagles kept ISU from gaining a foothold in its 70-60 loss on Friday night at Reese Court. The Bengals were unable to upset the undefeated leader of the Big Sky Conference, sending Idaho State in a tie for second place with Portland State in the league standings. ISU's loss ended the Bengals three-game win streak.
Senior Oana Iacovita recorded a game-high 18 points, 10 in the first half alone. She was 8-of-16 from the field as well as posting a trey and a shot at the line. Senior Andrea Videbeck recorded 14 points in the match up. Videbeck, who leads the Big Sky Conference in free throw percentage, was a perfect 3-of-3 from the line to extend her consecutive made free throw streak to 22 dating back to January 4th at Montana.
"We came out flat. We got off to a slow start, but then we caught up and tied the game at 22," said Head Coach Seton Sobolewski of ISU's first half effort. "Defensively we didn't push hard enough. We lost sight of our man, we rotated slowly, and left people for open shots and weren't fully focused for the entire game and Eastern Washington was able to step up."
Eastern Washington jumped to a quick 10-2 lead to start the game, holding the score until the 11:52 mark, as Idaho State shot just 10 percent (1-of-10) to begin the game. The Bengals would snap into its more consistent play late in the first half for a 13-5 run to give Idaho State it's only tied score at 22-22 with 2:51 left on the clock off a Iacovita jump shot.
Within the team's run senior point guard Videbeck recorded a 7-0 of her own where she hit two of her three free throws, knocked down a three-pointer and drove to the basket for a layup. Portland State would head into the break with a four point lead, up 31-27.
In the second half ISU would fight to reduce the lead, but the Eagles could not miss as they lobbed up three-pointers to end ISU's chance at gaining momentum or building a lead. Eastern Washington came out with an 11-2 run in the first half including treys from Kyla Evans and Nicole Scott. Scott would lead the Eagles with 15 points, followed by Jessica Huntington with 14, Brianne Ryan with 12 and Evans with 11 points.
"I never felt like we got a strong momentum other than the time when we tied the game. I felt like they were really solid and any little mistake we made they really capitalized on. They made us pay for every little mistake we made."
Scott had an impeccable night shooting 2-of-3 from the arc, 5-of-9 from the field and a perfect 3-of-3 from the line. She made both of her three-point attempts in the first half. Scott also pulled down seven rebounds and posted two blocks. Both Evans and Huntington would run hot in the second with two three-pointers each to help Eastern Washington hit 4-of-7 for a 57.1 percent accuracy. The Eagles also posted 50 percent (13-of-26) from the field in the second.
Eastern Washington would posts its largest lead of 18 with 4:58 on the clock in the second half. The Bengals would post a 6-2 run in the final minutes capped off by a three-pointer from Kaela Oakes to close the margin to ten points.
"Right now we need to let this one go and refocus for Portland State," said Sobolewski.
Idaho State will face the Vikings (10-9, 4-2 BSC) on tired and traveled legs as ISU head to Portland for its 8:05 p.m. MT contests at the Peter W. Stott Center as the teams fight for rankings in the Big Sky. Both the Bengals and Portland State are tied for second place in the league.
Note: Freshman Morgan Wohltman competed for five minutes in her first game back from being ill. The last game she played was her 11 point performance against Utah State at the Arizona State Tournament in the beginning of December.
