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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Bengals face North Dakota Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the first game at Reed Gym since the Nov. 11, game against Carroll College.
Idaho State played nine consecutive games including games against Iowa and Oklahoma State. They also started Big Sky play on the road against Portland State and Eastern Washington.
The win over Portland state was the 10th consecutive win in a Big Sky opener for the Bengals.
ISU is led by
Lindsey Reed with 14.6 points per game and
Jessica Tingey with 11.4 ppg and 6.3 rebounds per game.
ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota (8-4, 3-0 BSC) sits atop the Big Sky with three wins including two against Northern Colorado because of a conference scheduling quirk. UND also defeated Southern Utah in conference play.
Madi Buck leads UND with 17.3 PPG and Mia Loyd averages 13.2 PPG and leads North Dakota with 10 RPG.
Head Coach Travis Brewster leads UND in the second season as head coach. In his first season at North Dakota Brewster guided UND to a 11-18 record.
LAST GAME: PORTLAND STATE
Eastern Washington started with an 11-0 run en route to a 67-55 win against Idaho State at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash., Saturday afternoon.
After the early 11-0 run, Idaho State was able to cut the lead to six (14-8) on a steal and layup by
Sheryl Bitter with 13:15 left in the half.
The Eagles extended their lead to 35-25 at the half.
The Bengals were able to slash the deficit to three with 8:33 remaining in the game before a 9-0 run by the Eagles shut the door on the Bengals comeback bid.
SOBOLEWSKI ONE WIN AWAY FROM IDAHO STATE RECORD
With the win at Portland State
Seton Sobolewski tied former ISU coach Jon Newlee for Idaho State record for Big Sky Conference wins at 54. Sobolewski has 89 wins which is just four wins shy of Newlee's ISU record 93 wins.
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 Illinois-Chicago and will not play at Reed Gym until Thursday's game against North Dakota. Road games included 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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