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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Bengals are back in action after a nearly two week break. ISU will play Utah Valley (1-10) Friday at 3 p.m. at UCCU Arena in Orem, Utah before taking another 13-day break when they will play Portland State in the Big Sky opener, Jan. 2.
The Bengals (2-6) are on a six-game losing streak but all of those games were on the road and two were on against top 25 teams (No. 20 Oklahoma State, No. 25 Iowa).
Lindsey Reed leads ISU with 14.6 Points Per Game and
Jessica Tingey is scoring 11.6 PPG and leads the Bengals with 7.8 Rebounds Per Game.
ABOUT UTAH VALLEY
The Wolverines are 1-10 on the season with their lone win coming against NAIA team Walla Walla University. Sophomore guard Katie Kuklok leads the Wolverines with 20.9 PPG and junior guard Tina Doughty score 13.7 PPG. Freshman forward Karlee Kartchner leads UVU with 7.3 RPG.
The Wolverines are led by veteran coach Cathy Nixon, in her 19th year at the helm. She has led Utah Valley from a junior college to a DI program. The Wolverines are in the first-year in the Western Athletic Conference and were picked to finish fourth by the media and sixth by the coaches.
LAST GAME: IOWA
Two Bengals scored in double figures but the No. 25 Hawkeyes dominated the second half on the way to a 95-47 win.
Iowa jumped out to a 25—16 lead with 8:13 left in the first half. Idaho State then went on an 8-0 run that culminated by a 3-pointer by
Anna Lee Policicchio to cut the deficit to 25-24 with 6:32 to play in the half.
The Bengals trailed 35-29 with 3:40 to play in the first frame when the Hawkeyes went on a 19-0 run that spanned the break and put ISU in a 25-point hole that they would be unable to come back from.
The Hawkeyes outscored the Bengals 51-18 in the second half for the 95-47 final.
Becca Schrimsher and Policicchio were the only Bengals to score in double-figures. Schrimsher led the way with 11 and Policicchio had 10 and a team-high nine rebounds.
BACK IN CHARGE
Idaho State head coach
Seton Sobolewski is back on the bench after missing the Drake and Iowa games for the birth of his second child.
HOLIDAY BREAK
The Utah Valley game will be the only matchup for the Bengals between the loss at Iowa on Dec. 7 and the Big Sky Conference opener at Portland State on Jan. 2.
REED HITS THE MILLENNIUM MARK
With 19 points against Illinois-Chicago
Lindsey Reed surpassed 1000 career points. She is just the 17th player in ISU history to join the 1000 point club. She also hit the 500 career rebound mark against Black Hills State in the first game of the season. Reed is the leading scorer for the Bengals this season and averages 14.6 PPG.
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).
TRIP TO THE WNIT
The Bengals played in their second-consecutive post season national tournament in 2013. The Bengals played Brigham Young in Provo in the opening round of the WNIT. The Bengals fell 69-54 to the Cougars.
Ashleigh Vella scored a team high 15 points and
Jessa Jeppesen grabbed eight rebounds in the loss to BYU.
TWO STARTERS RETURN FOR THE BENGALS
Kara Jenkins and
Lindsey Reed return for the Bengals. Jenkins comes into the season with 580 career points and 479 career rebounds. She has played in 93 games and has 53 starts for Idaho State.
Reed has 970 career points and 492 career rebounds. She has 92 games under her belt including 89 starts in her career at ISU.
OTHER RETURNERS FOR THE BENGALS
Along with the two starters the Bengals have three other seniors, one junior and one sophomore to round out the list of returning players.
Senior
Jessica Tingey, formerly Jessica Jensen, has 64 career points and 65 career rebounds. Senior
Alissa Willard, a JC transfer, played in 15 games in 2012-13 and scored four points. Senior
Sheryl Bitter has the most experience of tvhe last season's non-starters; she had played in 77 games and scored 109 points in her career at Idaho State.
Junior Becca Schimpsher has played in 35 career games and has 46 points. Sophomore
Anna Lee Policicchio played in only six games last season but spent time over the summer with the Canadian U19 National team.
ISU NEWCOMERS
The Bengals have eight newcomers, one JC transfer in junior guard
Jasmine Lemon and seven freshmen;
Grace Kenyon,
Sherise Porchia,
Katrina Bacovcin,
April Dawson,
Lindsay Brown,
Natalie Mecham and
Kyndall Adams.
BENGALS RANKED FIFTH IN BOTH PRESEASON POLLS
The Idaho State Women's basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big Sky Conference by both the coaches and the media.
The first five spots were the same in both polls. Eastern Washington is the favorite followed by Montana, Northern Colorado, Montana State then Idaho State.
In the coaches poll the Bengals were picked just above Southern Utah followed by Portland State, North Dakota, Sacramento State, Northern Arizona and Weber State. In the Media Poll Sacramento State was picked in the sixth spot followed by Portland State Southern Utah, North Dakota, Northern Arizona and Weber State. ISU received four first place votes in the media poll out of 30 ballots cast.
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