The Bengals Face Weber State Monday

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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Bengals travel to Ogden, Utah to play Weber State Monday at 7 p.m. at the Dee Events Center. The Bengals have lost two straight; one to Big Sky leader North Dakota and one to second place Southern Utah.

The Bengals beat Weber State in their first matchup 60-58.

Lindsey Reed leads ISU with 15.4 points per game. Jessica Tingey scores 11.6 PPG and leads the Bengals with 6.9 rebounds per game.

ABOUT WEBER STATE
The Wildcats are 0-13 in Big Sky play this season and haven't won a conference game since 2011.

Weber State is led by Desiree Ramos with 13.8 points per game, Amanda Hughes scores 12.8 PPG and leads WSU with 6.1 rebounds per game.

Weber State is coached by Bethann Ord. She has a 6-74 record in her third season in the helm at WSU.

LAST MATCHUP: BENGALS WIN 60-58
Rebecca Schrimpsher hit a layup with 3.2 seconds on the clock to give Idaho State the 60-58 win.

he Bengals fell behind early but battle back to take a 55-48 lead with 3:23 to play on a layup on Jessica Tingey. Weber State battled back to tie the game at 58 on a put back layup with 30 seconds left on the clock.

Lindsey Reed led the Bengals with 22 points. Tingey scored 10 for the Bengals and Sheryl Bitter had a career-high 11 points off of the bench.

Regina Okoye led WSU with 17 points and Desiree Ramos scored 11.

LAST GAME: SOUTHERN UTAH
The Idaho State Bengals fell to second-place Southern Utah, 70-66, Thursday night at Reed Gym in Pocatello.

Kara Jenkins scored a career-high 20 points to lead Idaho State. The Bengals led most of the game before the T-Birds pulled ahead in the final minutes behind forward Lori Parkinson who scored all of her 14 points after the break.
Along with Jenkins, Lindsey Reed scored 17 and Jessica Tingey scored 14 to round out the Bengals in double-figures.

Reed, Tingey and Alissa Willard led the Bengals with seven rebounds each.

Andrea Jones led SUU with 15 points while Lori Parkinson scored 14 and Hailey Mandelko added 12.

SOBOLEWSKI BECOMES THE WINNINGEST COACH IN ISU HISTORY
The win over Northern Arizona was Head Coach Seton Sobolewski's 94th career victory. The win pushed Sobolewski past Jon Newlee as the winningest coach in ISU history.

Sobolewski has led Idaho State to the Big Sky tournament each year of his tenure including 2012 when the Bengals won the championship to advance to the NCAA tournament. He has a career .543 winning percentage with the latest of the wins coming Saturday afternoon against his alma mater, Northern Arizona.

REED IN THE RECORD BOOKS
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.

Against Southern Utah Reed moved into the top 10 all-time in rebounds; with 625 career rebounds she now is 10th in ISU History. Her 1,309 career points ranks seventh in ISU history. At the current pace Reed would end her career in fourth all-time scoring and ninth in career rebounds.

Scoring
5. Ashliegh Vella 1,341
6. Alison Verona  1,320
7. Lindsey Reed 1,309

Rebounds
8. Michelle Grohs    669
9. Lynn Henderson    634
10. Lindsey Reed     625

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.