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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Bengals play their fourth game in eight days Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. against Montana State in Shoyer Gym. The game will not be played at Worthington Arena because of an indoor track and field event.
The Bengals are coming off a 67-48 loss at Montana where they struggled offensively in the first half. Idaho State outscored the Lady Griz in the second half, 38-37 but the damage had been done.
The Bengals are led by
Lindsey Reed averages 14.3 points per game and Tingey who averages 11.6 PPG and 6.4 rebounds per game.
ABOUT MONTANA STATE
The Bobcats are 11-5 overall and have the best record in the Big Sky at 6-1. Their lone loss came in a 107-95 defeat in the conference opener at Sacramento State.
The Bobcats have won six straight including an 87-71 win over Weber State Thursday in Worthington Arena.
Montana State has four players that average double-figures scoring. Ashley Brumwell leads MSU with 14.3 PPG, Jasmine Hommes scores 12.1 PPG, Jackie Elliott score 11.3 PPg and Kalli Durham averages 10.4 ppg. Brumwell also leads the Bobcats with 6.1 RPG.
The Bobcats are coached by Tricia Binford. In her ninth year at the helm Binford has a career record of 131-124. She is Montana State's all-time winningest coach.
LAST GAME: MONTANA
The Montana Lady Griz outscored the Idaho State Bengals 35-15 in the first half en route to a 67-48 victory on Thursday night at Dahlberg Arena.
The Bengals were 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) from the floor in the first half and had nine first half turnovers compared to just two for Montana.
The Bengals picked up the pace significantly in the second half and made 13-of-29 field goals, led by
Jessica Tingey who scored all of her 10 points on 5-of-12 shooting in the second half.
Montana extended its lead to 30 at 67-37 with 4:08 remaining in the game but ISU ended the game on an 11-0 run to cut the final deficit to 67-48.
SOBOLEWSKI SETS ISU BIG SKY WINS RECORD
With the win at Southern Utah Sobolewski moved past Jon Newlee for career Big Sky wins with 55. Newlee still holds the total career wins mark at 93 but Sobolewski is closing in with 91.
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