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POCATELLO, Idaho - The Idaho State women's basketball team is on the road for both of its games this week against Montana, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. (MST) in Missoula, Mont. and Montana State, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. (MST) in Bozeman, Mont.
The games will feature live stats, video, and audio brought to you by
Mark Liptak at KISU 91.1. The radio show will begin approximately 20 minutes before game time.
Scouting Montana
Two years of injuries have led Montana to have one of the older teams in the Big Sky with six redshirts including three seniors (two redshirts) and three juniors (two redshirts). The projected starters are Mckenzie Johnston, Emma Stockholm, Sophia Stiles, Madi Schoening, and Abby Anderson. Gabbi Harrington has also seen 15 starts for Montana.
Johnston, who was voted pre-season all-conference, leads the Lady Griz averaging 12.2 points per game. She has a team-high .375 average from beyond the three-point arc while also leading the team in free-throws made (39), rebounds (85 - 5.3 pg), assists (79 - 4.9 pg), and steals (22 - 1.4 pg). She ranks third in Big Sky conference play in assists.
Stockholm follows Johnston with 11 points per game, shooting .451 from the floor and .829 from the free-throw line. Stiles is UM's best guard while producing 1.4 steals per game and 2.3 assists per game.
Schoening is shooting .310 from field-goal range while Anderson has a team-high .470 field-goal percentage and leads the team with 23 blocks. She also has a team second-best 37 free-throws made.
UM, who was picked fifth in the coaches' pre-season poll and seventh by the media, has tallied a 9-7 record so far in the 2019-20 season and is 4-3 in the Big Sky. They struggle to defend the three-point shot, allowing .370 by their opponents with six teams hitting ten or more three balls against them. However, they protect the basketball well, sitting No. 24 in the nation in turnover to assist ratio (1.22).
Overall, the team is producing 68.2 points per game while shooting 381-937 (.407) from the field and 83-250 (.332) from three. Montana leads the Big Sky in assists (254 - 15.9 per game) and defensive rebound percentage (.725). With eight players shooting 70 percent or better from the free-throw line, the Lady Griz rank second in the BSC in free-throw percentage (.759) and second behind ISU in rebounding defense (.342).
The Lady Grizzlies finished their 2018-19 season with an 14-16 overall record and a 9-11 conference finish. They ended their season falling 64-56 to Southern Utah in the first-round of the Big Sky tournament. The team is led by fourth-year Head Coach Shannon Schweyen who worked as an assistant coach for 24 years prior to being named head coach. Montana went 531-203 with Schweyen as an assistant coach while winning 14 Big Sky Conference regular-season titles and advancing to 13 NCAA Tournaments. As a head coach, Schweyen has a three-year record of 35-56.
Both teams walked away with a victory in last season's match-ups. The last meeting ended in a 60-59 Montana victory on Feb. 16, 2019, in Missoula. ISU trailed 22-10 after a quarter then held UM to only two points in the second period to get back into the game. Montana was 19-30 from the free-throw line while ISU was only 7-13.
Montana leads the all-time series, 72-12, winning six of the last ten games. Head Coach
Seton Sobolewski is 6-18 in his career vs. Montana with those six wins representing half of the total number of ISU program wins over the Lady Griz.
All-Time Series Results
ISU vs. Montana
Overall: 12-72, Home: 9-29, Away: 3-41, Neutral: 1-2
12/09/78 A L 52-53
12/30/79 N L 50-66
1980-81 A L 46-59
1980-81 H W 59-52
* 01/15/83 H L 61-66
* 02/12/83 A L 57-78
* 02/03/84 H L 37-64
* 03/04/84 A L 50-82
* 01/26/85 H L 76-94
* 02/22/85 A L 69-91
* 01/18/86 H L 48-60
* 02/14/86 A L 57-86
* 01/17/87 A L 61-85
* 02/13/87 H L 57-77
* 01/30/88 H L 52-80
* 02/29/88 A L 55-72
* 01/26/89 A L 47-77
* 03/04/89 H L 44-60
* 01/25/90 A L 57-61
* 02/15/90 H L 47-67
* 01/10/91 H L 49-62
* 01/25/91 A L 46-89
24+ 03/08/91 A L 48-91
* 01/02/92 H L 52-71
* 02/06/92 A L 55-81
* 01/30/93 A L 54-74
* 02/27/93 H L 45-70
* 01/28/94 H L 57-86
* 02/26/94 A L 39-81
* 01/28/95 H L 48-80
* 02/24/95 A L 42-70
* 01/27/96 A L 50-67
* 02/23/96 H L 51-78
* 01/02/97 A L 58-69
* 01/31/97 H L 52-66
* 01/03/98 H L 53-72
* 01/30/98 A L 45-87
* 01/07/99 A L 52-65
* 02/05/99 H L 50-53
* 01/13/00 H L 48-56
* 02/11/00 A L 48-80
* 01/18/01 A W 67-62
* 02/16/01 H W 56-53
24+ 03/10/01 A W 68-59
* 01/19/02 H L 61-72
* 02/15/02 A L 61-74
* 01/16/03 A L 47-79
* 02/15/03 H L 55-66
* 01/15/04 H L 66-76
* 02/14/04 A L 57-76
24+ 03/13/04 A L 62-66
* 02/05/05 H L 69-75
* 03/03/05 A L 52-70
24+ 03/11/05 A L 67-78
* 02/04/06 A L 55-105
* 03/02/06 H W 71-57
* 01/18/07 H L 87-90
* 02/18/07 A L 72-90
* 01/17/08 H W 90-77
* 02/23/08 A L 54-76
* 01/15/09 A L 48-70
* 02/21/09 H L 39-73
24+ 03/13/09 A L 56-70
* 01/04/10 A L 55-63
* 02/06/10 H L 53-67
* 01/20/11 A L 54-61
* 02/19/11 H L 60-63
24+ 03/10/11 N L 53-66
* 01/07/12 A W 58-51
* 02/06/12 H W 54-48
* 01/24/13 H L 57-52
* 02/16/13 A L 61-49
* 01/23/14 A L 67-48
* 02/22/14 H L 76-67
* 01/10/15 A L 65-77
* 02/19/15 H L 51-69
+ 03/11/15 A L 67-69
* 02/25/16 A L 62-47
* 12/29/16 H W 61-43
* 03/03/17 A L 53-68
+ 03/06/17 N W 63-53
* 03/02/18 H W 72-60
* 01/24/19 H W 50-34 Lowest point total by DI opponent
* 02/16/19 A L 60-59
Big Time Bengals
National Rankings (As of Jan. 20)
Idaho State is No. 23 in three-point field goal percentage (.370).
Big Sky Rankings (Based on Conference Games)
ISU leads the Big Sky in conference play in offensive rebound percentage (.339) and is second in the conference in field-goal percentage (.430), three-point percentage (.370) while finishing third in steals (146 - 9.13 per game), blocked shots (60 - 3.8 per game), assists (248- 15.5 per game), scoring defense (63.13 ppg), and field-goal percentage defense (.386).
Callie Bourne is sixth in the BSC in rebounds with 118 for an average of 7.4 per game and fourth in defensive boards with 93.
Dora Goles is third in steals with 38, averaging 2.25 per game, third in 3-point FG percentage (.407), and fourth in 3-pointers made with 37.
Ellie Smith is fourth in blocked shots with 29.
Trends
Bourne and Goles have had double-digit points the last five games with Konate following with double-digits in three conference games.
The Bengals have out-rebounded their opponents in all but four of their 14 games so far this season.
Big Sky Standings
School Big Sky Pct. Overall Home Away Streak
Montana State 6-1 .857 10-6 5-2 5-3 W2
Idaho 5-1 .833 10-5 6-0 4-3 W3
Northern Arizona 5-2 .714 8-8 4-3 3-4 W5
Portland State 5-3 .625 11-7 6-2 5-4 W3
Montana 4-3 .571 9-7 5-3 4-3 L2
Northern Colorado 3-3 .500 7-8 2-3 5-5 L1
Idaho State 3-4 .429 7-9 4-3 3-6 L1
Southern Utah 2-4 .333 8-7 7-0 1-7 L2
Sacramento State 2-5 .286 4-12 3-4 1-8 W1
EWU 1-5 .167 2-13 2-4 0-8 L5
Weber State 1-6 .143 3-13 1-5 2-8 L3
Recap: Portland State
ISU fell in a tough 69-64 loss to Portland State on Saturday afternoon in Reed Gym. The Vikings shot 46 percent from the field, 39 percent from three, and went 12-19 from the free-throw line. The Bengals shot a season-high 63 percent from three to keep them in the game while out-rebounding PSU 34-31. Goles led the Bengals with 20 points, going 7-10 from the floor and making a career-high six 3's. Bourne followed with 10 points and six boards.
Delaney Moore produced a season-high-tying six boards.
