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POCATELLO, Idaho - Idaho State will play Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. at 6 p.m. mtn. The Bengals are coming off their first loss of the season, losing 70-62 to Illinois-Chicago on Friday. The Bengals return to the Mountain- West to face Utah State on Friday.
LAST GAME: ILLINOIS-CHICAGO
The Idaho State Bengal women's basketball team fell 70-62 to Illinois-Chicago in a hard-fought loss in its first game away from Reed Gym in the 2013-14 season.
Lindsey Reed led the Bengals with a game-high 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds. With her effort Friday she surpassed the 1000 career points mark at ISU.
The Bengals were outrebounded for the first time this season. UIC hauled in 53 rebounds while Idaho State grabbed a season low 35.
Reed was the only Bengal to score in double figures while four Flames scored more than ten. Rachel Story led UIC with 18 points, Katie Hannemann and Terri Bender each scored 12 and Ruvanna Campbell scored 10.
REED HITS THE MILLENNIUM MARK
With 19 points on Friday night
Lindsey Reed surpassed 1000 career points. She is just the17th player in ISU history to score more than 1000 points in her career. She also hit the 500 career rebound mark against Black Hills State last Monday.
THE "ROAD" TO BIG SKY PLAY
The Bengals began a tough nine-game schedule at UIC and will not play at Reed Gym until Jan. 9th against North Dakota. Road games include UIC, Oklahoma State, Utah State, Boise State, Drake and Iowa.
The game at UIC was the first game East of the Mississippi for Idaho State under coach
Seton Sobolewski.
A DECADE OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Idaho State has advanced to a school record 10 straight Big Sky Conference Tournaments. In that time the Bengals have advanced to two NCAA tournaments (07 and 12) and four WNITs (04, 06, 08 and 13).
ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State is 3-0 on the season with wins against Lamar, UT Arlington and Northern Colorado. All Three of the Cowgirl's games were played at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Monday's game will be the fourth of six regular-season home games for OSU in November and will continue a seven-game homestand.
OSU has finished with four double-figure scorers in each of its first three games. Senior Tiffany Bias averages 15.3 PPG to lead the Cowgirls. She also has 23 assists in just three games and enters the contest with 603 career assists. She is currently tied for 11th on the Big 12's all-time list with Texas Tech's Melinda Schmucker and is just three shy of tying Oklahoma's Dionnah Jackson for 10th place.
The Cowgirls are riding a 27-game winning streak at home against non-conference opponents.
The Bengals will be OSU's second consecutive opponent from the Big Sky Conference after playing Northern Colorado Saturday. OSU is 9-1 all-time against Big Sky foes.
The Cowgirls are led by Head Coach Jim Littell. In his third season at OSU Littell has led the Cowgirls to consecutive 20-win seasons including an NCAA berth in 2012-13 and a WNIT appearance in 2011-12.
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