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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Bengals host Montana State Thursday at 7 p.m. and Montana Saturday at 2 p.m. both games will be played at Reed Gym. ISU has lost three straight games after winning six of their previous seven games.
Idaho State beat Montana State 74-63 in Bozeman in the first meeting of the two schools.
Lindsey Reed leads ISU with 15.4 points per game.
Jessica Tingey scores 11.9 PPG and leads the Bengals with 6.9 rebounds per game.
The Bengals are tied for sixth place in the Big Sky conference with a 7-7 conference record; ISU has a 9-14 record overall.
ABOUT MONTANA STATE
The Bobcats are 12-11 overall and tied with Idaho State at 7-7 in Big Sky play. MSU started the conference season with a 6-1 record but has lost six of the last seven games starting with their loss against Idaho State. Their lone win in that time came last Thursday over league leader North Dakota.
Jasmine Hommes scores 13.4 points per game to lead MSU. Ashley Brumwell scores 13.2 PPG and leads MSU with 6.3 rebounds per game and Kalli Durham scores 10.3 PPG.
Montana State is coached by Tricia Binford is in her ninth season at the helm in Bozeman. She has a career record of 132-130. The Bobcats have participated in seven straight Big Sky tournaments.
LAST MATCHUP: BENGALS BEAT MONTANA STATE 74-63
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.
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.
The Bengals were 23-29 (46.9 percent) from the field, including 9-19 from 3-point range, while holding MSU 21-55 (38 percent) from the field.
Idaho State also outrebounded MSU 43-25.
LAST GAME: WEBER STATE
The Idaho State Bengals fell to Weber State, 84-71, on Monday night at the Dee Events Center.
The Bengals were led by
Jessica Tingey with 18 points.
Lindsey Reed scored 16 for the Bengals and
Kara Jenkins had 10 points on the loss.
Regina Okoye led WSU with 16 points. Desiree Ramos scored 15, Brianna Averette had 14 points off of the bench and Amanda Hughes had 12 points.
The Bengals outrebounded WSU 42-27 but had 25 turnovers which led to 36 points.
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 633 career rebounds she now is 10th in ISU History. Her 1,325 career points ranks sixth in ISU history. At the current pace Reed would end her career in fourth all-time scoring and ninth in career rebounds.
Scoring
5.
Ashleigh Vella 1,341
6.
Lindsey Reed 1,325
7. Alison Verona 1,320
Rebounds
8. Michelle Grohs 669
9. Lynn Henderson 634
10.
Lindsey Reed 633
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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