Women's Basketball Preview: Weber State

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POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State women's basketball travels to Ogden, Utah to face Weber State on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. (MST) before returning home to host Portland State on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m.

The game will feature live stats, video, and audio brought to you by Mark Liptak and KISU 91.1. The pregame show will begin approximately 20 minutes before game time.

Scouting Weber State
The Wildcats have a young roster that includes one sole senior, two international players from Australia and Spain, and two transfers. Injuries have left the senior and two juniors off the court.  The projected starters are Liz Graves, Ula Chamberlin, Kayla Watkins, Jadyn Matthews, and Kori Pentzer. 

Graves, a BYU transfer, leads Weber in scoring, averaging 12.6 points per game while shooting 55-138 (.399) from the floor and 16-40 (.400) from three. She also leads WSU in rebounds with six boards per game, steals with 1.3 per game, and fouls with 3.1 per game.

Chamberlin averages a team second-best 10.2 points per game, shooting 52-136 (.399) from field-goal range and has a team-high three-pointers made, 22-65 (.338). She leads the team in assists with 2.7 per game, turnovers with 5.0 per game, and a team second-best 1.1 steals per game.

Watkins is 32-103 (.311) from field-goal range, averaging 8.7 points per game and a team-best 6.6 rebounding average. Matthews has a team second-best seven blocked shots and averages 5.9 points per game.  

Pentzer shoots well from a distance going 12-39 (.308) from three while only shooting 24-94 (.255) from the floor.

WSU, who was picked 11th in both the coaches' pre-season poll and by the media, has tallied a 3-11 record so far in the 2019-20 season and is 1-4 in the Big Sky with a 65-60 home victory over Northern Colorado. Overall, the team is shooting 277-751 (.369) from the field, 72-222 (.324) from three, and 169-265 (.638) from the free-throw line to average 56.8 points per game.

Weber is third in the Big Sky in defensive rebounds, averaging 35.9 boards per game.

The Wildcats finished their 2018-19 season with an 6-25 overall record and a 3-17 conference finish. WSU would make it to the first round of the Big Sky Tournament before falling 81-74 to Eastern Washington. The team is led by second-season Head Coach Velaida Harris. Harris is the first African-American woman to ever to be a collegiate head coach of any sport in the state of Utah at the Division I level.

ISU walked away with two victories over WSU in last season's match-ups. The last meeting ended in a 84-57 Bengal victory on Feb. 23, 2019, in Pocatello. The Bengals held Weber to 22 points in the first half to take a 12-point lead at the break. ISU recorded eight steals, forced 17 turnovers and blocked four shots while shooting 55 percent for the game and 50 percent (9-18) from three point range and outscoring the Wildcats 38-16 in the paint and 23-15 off turnovers.

Weber State leads the all-time series, 48-40. ISU has won six of the last 10 and three of the last five meetings. Head Coach Seton Sobolewski is 14-9 in his career vs. Weber State.

All-Time Series Results
ISU vs. Weber State
Overall: 40-48, Home: 21-20, Away: 16-27, Neutral: 3-1    
    01/29/77    H    L    60-61    
    12/06/77    A    L    58-72    
    12/16/78    A    L    78-90    
    02/20/79    A    L    87-91    
#    02/02/80    H    W    68-66    
#    02/28/80    A    L    62-83    
    1980-81    H    L    81-88    
#    02/20/81    A    L    70-94    
#    01/23/82    H    L    67-82    
+    02/11/82    A    L    69-98    
*    02/05/83    A    L    75-88    
*    03/05/83    H    L    75-83    
*    01/28/84    H    L    68-74    
*    02/25/84    A    L    70-81    
*    01/18/85    A    L    67-80    
*    02/15/85    H    W    74-72    
*    01/31/86    A    L    88-89    
*    03/01/86    H    L    85-88    
*    01/31/87    H    L    47-56    
*    02/28/87    A    W    72-67    
*    01/25/88    A    W    68-55    
*    02/22/88    H    L    56-69    
*    01/19/89    A    L    61-73    
*    02/18/89    H    L    61-74    
*    02/02/90    A    W    60-55    
*    03/02/90    H    L    59-65    
*    01/12/91    A    W    76-63    
*    02/15/91    H    W    89-76    
*    01/30/92    A    W    70-68    
*    03/05/92    H    W    85-70    
*    01/14/93    H    W    74-56    
*    02/13/93    A    W    78-57    
*    01/13/94    A    L    52-66    
*    02/12/94    H    W    73-58    
*    01/21/95    A    L    64-85    
*    02/15/95    H    L    80-83(OT)    
*    01/20/96    H    L    70-82    
*    02/15/96    A    L    69-80    
*    01/10/97    H    W    65-53    
*    02/13/97    A    L    69-78    
*    01/08/98    A    L    59-66(OT)    
*    02/12/98    H    W    76-37    
*    01/15/99    H    L    45-51    
*    02/18/99    A    W    59-58    
*    01/20/00    A    L    61-71    
*    02/24/00    H    L    43-57    
*    01/26/01    H    W    48-44    
*    03/01/01    A    W    63-60    
24+    03/09/01    N    W    56-55    
*    02/02/02    A    L    60-78    
*    03/02/02    H    L    75-80(OT)    
*    02/08/03    A    L    74-95    
*    03/08/03    H    L    69-72    
*    02/07/04    H    W    57-48    
*    03/06/04    A    L    74-54    
*    01/29/05    H    L    71-82    
*    02/24/05    A    L    37-59    
*    01/26/06    A    W    82-81(OT)    
*    02/23/06    H    W    84-66    
24+    03/10/06    N    L    70-71    
*    01/24/07    A    W    78-65    
*    03/01/07    H    W    81-56    
24+    03/09/07    N    W    72-63    
*    02/01/08    A    W    64-50    
*    03/08/08    H    W    81-69    
*    01/31/09    H    L    77-78(OT)    
*    03/06/09    A    L    60-74    
*    01/15/10    A    W    57-49    
*    02/18/10    H    W    79-75(OT)    
*    02/24/11    A    L    61-66(OT)    
*    03/03/11    H    W    71-51    
*    01/28/12    A    W    54-52    
*    02/18/12    H    W    65-53    
*    01/14/13    A    W    69-483-455    
*    02/21/13    H    W    68-37    
*    01/20/14    H    W    60-58    
*    02/17/14    A    L    84-71    
*    02/07/15    A    L    57-63    
*    02/28/15    H    W    63-56    
*    01/02/16    H    L    61-46    
*    01/23/16    A    W    58-57    
*    01/07/17    A    L    43-50    
*    01/28/17    H    W    57-52    
*    12/30/17    H    L    70-76    
*    01/27/18    A    L    73-84    
+    3/07/18    N    W    113-110    
*    01/10/19    A    W    70-57    
*    02/23/19    H    W    84-57    

Big Time Bengals
National Rankings
Idaho State is No. 43 in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.354).

Big Sky Rankings
ISU leads the Big Sky in offensive rebound percentage (.359). The Bengals are second in the Big Sky in field-goal percentage (.426), three-point field goal percentage (.354), assists (218- 15.6 per game), and rebounding defense with 490 boards, averaging 35 per game. Idaho State is finishing third in the conference in steals (131 - 9.6 per game) and blocked shots (54 - 3.9 per game)

Callie Bourne is fifth in the BSC in rebounds with 106 for an average of 7.57 per game and third in defensive boards with 82. Dora Goles is third in steals with 32, averaging 2.3 per game and fifth in 3-pointers made with 30. Ellie Smith is third in blocked shots with 25.

Recap: Northern Arizona
ISU dropped a 70-59 home contest to Northern Arizona on Saturday afternoon in Reed Gym.

Idaho State shot 35.6 percent from the field while NAU finished the afternoon shooting 49 percent. The Bengals were 12-19 from the free throw line while NAU was 14-20. NAU out rebounded Idaho State 33-31.

Callie Bourne led the Bengals in scoring with 16 points while Diaba Konate scored 14. Dora Goles scored 11 points and grabbed a career-tying nine rebounds.