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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Idaho State Bengals host Sacramento State, Thursday at 7 p.m. and Northern Arizona Saturday at 2 p.m. both in Reed Gym.
The Bengals have both confidence and momentum after winning three of the last four games including a 74-63 road win over first-place Montana State Saturday afternoon.
The Bengals are led by
Lindsey Reed who averages 14.5 points per game and
Jessica Tingey who scores 11.7 PPG and leads the Bengals with 6.4 rebounds per games.
ABOUT SACRAMENTO STATE
The Hornets are currently tied with Montana and Southern Utah at third in the Big Sky Conference with a record of 5-3 in conference play. Sac St. has an overall record of 13-4 and have won two straight.
Sacramento State is near the top of the nation in many offensive categories. The Hornets rank second in scoring (90.5 PPG), first in three pointers made per game (12.9) and first for steals per game (14.7 SPG).
Five Hornet players average in double-figures led by Alle Moreno with 14.3 PPG, Fantasia Hilliard scores 13.1 PPG, Hallie Gennett averages 11.6 PPG, Takara Burse with 10.9 PPG and Andrea Chenier with 10 PPG. Burse also leads Sacramento State with 5.8 RPG.
The Hornets are coached by Bunky Harkleroad in his first season at Sacramento State. Harkleroad comes to Sacramento by way of Division II Glenville State College where he was a finalist for NCAA Div. II coach of the year.
LAST GAME: MONTANA STATE
The Idaho State Bengals outscored Montana State 46-36 in the first half en route to a 74-63 road win over the top team in the Big Sky Conference Saturday afternoon.
The Bobcats had won the previous six games before the loss against the Bengals.
Rebecca Schrimpsher scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range to lead the Bengals to the win.
Along with Schrimpsher's 18 points,
Lindsey Reed scored 17 points and
Jessica Tingey scored 12.
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 92.
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.
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 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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