Bengals Face UND in Big Sky Semis

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Idaho State plays tournament host North Dakota in the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament at 4 p.m. (MDT), Friday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, N. D.

Idaho State (14-16, 11-9 BSC) is the fifth seed in the tournament and defeated fourth seed Eastern Washington 70-65 in overtime of the quarterfinals. North Dakota (20-9, 15-5 BSC) is the top seed and earned the right to host the tournament. UND received a bye to the semifinals as the No. 1 seed.

Montana and the Southern Utah will meet in the other semifinal. Southern Utah (22-8, 15-5 BSC) is the regular-season co-champion and defeated Sacramento State 86-78 in the first quarterfinal matchup. Third seeded Montana (21-9, 14-6 BSC) defeated Montana State 75-66 to advance. The teams split the regular season with both teams winning at home.

Lindsey Reed leads ISU in scoring at 16.5 points per game. Jessica Tingey scores 11.9 PPG and leads the Bengals with 6.9 rebounds per game.

FOLLOWING THE BENGALS IN GRAND FORKS
Fans can to watch Idaho State's game against North Dakota, as well as every tournament game, by going to watchbigsky.com or downloading the Watch Big Sky app on their Apple or Android device.

Fans can also listen live to the voice of the Bengals, Mark Liptak, on KISU 91.1 in the Pocatello area or by clicking the "listen live" link on the front page of isubengals.com.

Idaho State sports information will update the @ISUAthletics Twitter account live during the game and the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts will be updated with behind the scene looks at the Bengals' experience in Grand Forks.

TICKET INFORMATION
Bengal Fans traveling to Grand Forks can buy all-session passes or single day passes starting at 10 a.m. on the day of the game.
          All-session reserved package:
              $15 upper reserved and $27 lower reserved
Single-Session tickets:
          Adult: $10 upper reserved and $15 lower reserved
             Youth (2-12 years): $5
             UND Students (with valid ID): $5

ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA
Madi Buck leads UND with 16.4 points per game. Mia Loyd scores 14.1 PPG and leads the team in rebounds at 9.2 per game.

North Dakota is coached by Travis Brewster who is 31-26 in his second season at the helm.

ISU- UND REGULAR SEASON: NORTH DAKOTA SWEEPS THE BENGALS
UND beat ISU 48-47 in Pocatello. A last minute shot by ISU fell short and North Dakota prevailed.

The game in Grand Forks was just as close. North Dakota won 64-59 in the only other overtime game of the season for the Bengals.

11-STRAIGHT
With ISU's 86-62 win over Eastern Washington, the Bengals clinched their 11th consecutive trip to the Big Sky Tournament. The streak is the second-longest current streak in the Big Sky, behind only Montana. The Grizzlies have played in every Big Sky Tournament.

LAST GAME: EASTERN WASHINGTON
It wasn't easy but Idaho State defeated Eastern Washington 70-65 in overtime to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament and give Head Coach Seton Sobolewski his 100th career win.

Lindsey Reed scored a game-high 19 points and Rebecca Schrimpsher scored 18 to lead ISU to its first tournament win since the 2012 title.

The Bengals and Eagles fought hard in the first half but EWU led 30-28 at the break. The battle continued in the second half and Eastern was able to extend its lead to 42-34 with 13:03 left in the game.

Idaho State then went on an 8-0 run, capped off with five straight points from Schrimpsher to tie the game at 42 with 10:34 left in the game.

The Bengals and Eagles traded leads for the rest of the game. Eastern led 57-55 with just under a minute left when Reed was fouled and sent to the line. She hit both free throws to tie the game.

ISU had one more chance but Jenkins' shot bounced off the front of the rim as the horn sounded, sending the game into overtime tied at 57.

Idaho State shot just 32.6 percent in regulation but in overtime the Bengals were 5-of-6 from the field and scored on every possession in the extra period. Schrimpsher was two-for-two from the field and two–for-two from the line to lead Idaho State in the extra frame.

Behind the hot shooting, the Bengals cruised to the 70-65 win.
REED, TINGEY HONORED BY THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE
Idaho State seniors Lindsey Reed and Jessica Tingey earned Big-Sky honors on Monday as voted upon by the coaches in the league.
Reed was first-team all-conference and Tingey earned honorable mention honors.

Reed was third in the Big Sky in scoring at 16.4 points per game. She also was 10th in the conference with 6.3 rebounds per game and sixth in the conference with 3.9 assists per game.

Tingey was second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game and her 6.8 rebounds ranked eighth in the conference. She also was sixth in the conference in field goal percentage at 51.1 percent.

BENGALS SHINE IN THE SECOND HALF
Idaho State has outscored their opponents in the second half in 14 of the last 16 games, including the last seven games.

BENGAL OFFENSE
The Bengals averaged 64.4 points per game. It is the best offensive output for Idaho State since 2010-11 when ISU averaged 66.3 PPG, and second best offensive output Head Coach Seton Sobolewski's tenure.

2013-14    64.4
2012-13    61.4
2011-12    62
2010-11    66.3
2009-10    61.3
2008-09    61.6



SOBOLEWSKI HITS THE CENTURY MARK
The Idaho State win over Eastern Washington in the Big Sky Quarterfinals was Head Coach Seton Sobolewski's  100th career win in his six seasons at ISU. Here is a look at the road mark wins of Sobolewski's career.

His first career win came in a 67-50 victory over Alcorn State on Nov. 17, 2008.
His 25th career win came in a 63-51 victory against Portland State on Feb. 26, 2010.
His 50th career win came in a 47-36 victory against Jackson State on Dec.  3, 2011.
His 75th career win came in a 70-38 victory against Carroll College on Dec.14, 2012.
His 100th career win came in a 70-65 victory against Eastern Washington on March 14, 2014

SOBOLEWSKI BECOMES THE WINNINGEST COACH IN ISU HISTORY
The win over Northern Arizona on Feb. 1 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 conference championship to advance to the NCAA tournament.  His current record is 100-85 overall and 64-40 in Big Sky play.

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 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 683 career rebounds she is eighth in ISU History. Her 1,465 career points ranks fourth in ISU history.

Scoring
3. Mandi Carver  1,538
4. Lindsey Reed 1,465
5. Ashley Toner   1,342

Rebounding
7. Jeanne Gragg 733
8. Lindsey Reed  683
9. Michelle Grohs 669