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THIS WEEK IN IDAHO STATE BASKETBALL
Idaho State takes on Drake University Saturday at 2 p.m. on the ICCU Court inside Reed Gym before traveling to Salt Lake City to face the University of Utah Wednesday December 10 at 7 p.m.
Mark Liptak will call both games live on 91.1 FM  KISU.

ABOUT  DRAKE UNIVERSITY
The Bulldogs are from Des Moines, Iowa and play in the Missouri Valley Conference.  The enter Saturday on a one-game losing streak after falling 69-56 to Colorado State in their last outing.  

Drake has three players averaging double-figures in scoring led by Lizzy Wendell (20.9 PPG) and Kyndall Clark (17.0 PPG).

LAST MATCHUP VS DRAKE
The Bengals and Bulldogs met for the first time last season in Iowa.  Drake won the game 78-59. Lindsey Reed scored 23 for ISU while Lizzy Wendell had 20 for Drake.  The Bulldogs shot 47.3% from the field while holding ISU to 34.7%

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
The Utes play in the Pac-12 Conference and are 2-4 on the season.  They UNLV Saturday before welcoming ISU next week.  Utah just snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating in-state rival Utah State 63-57 at the Huntsman Center.

Taryn Wicijowski leads the team in scoring at 17.2 PPG.

LAST MATCHUP VS UTAH
The Utes defeated the Bengals 56-31 on December 6, 2011 in Salt Lake City.  Utah has won 28 of the 29 meetings between the two schools.  ISU's only victor y in the series came in 2010 when they defeated the Utes 71-58 in overtime.

LAST GAME RECAP FOR IDAHO STATE
The Bengals fell 86-62 to in-state rival Boise State. Grace Kenyon tied her career-high with 17 points.   Deanna Weaver scored 28 for the Broncos on 10-14 FG and 5-7 3PT.

MAGIC NUMBER IS 70
ISU is undefeated 2-0 when they score at least 70 points in a game this season.  They are 23-1 in the last four seasons when they reach that mark.

AFTERNOON VS EVENING
The Bengals have won both of their games played in the afternoon while losing all four games played in the evening

11-STRAIGHT
Idaho State has qualified for the post-season tournament in 11 consecutive seasons. The streak is currently the second-longest in the Big Sky, behind only Montana. The Lady Griz have played in every Big Sky Tournament.

NEW FACES FOR BENGALS
The ISU roster includes only two seniors (Rebecca Shrimshper and Jasmine Lemon). Four of the top five scorers from 2013-14 graduated. There are seven new players on this year's roster. (Woodworth, Newton, Woods, Hochstein, Morch and Somers)