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Women's Basketball Preview: Weber State

Women's Basketball Haley Harrison

Women's Basketball Preview: Weber State

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POCATELLO, Idaho-
Idaho State women's basketball hosts Weber State in its Play4Kay game on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. (MST) before heading to Greeley, Colo. to play Northern Colorado at 2 p.m. (MST).

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.

Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game and donations for the Play4Kay movement can be made here.

Scouting Weber State
Weber is 3-21 on the season with a 1-14 record in the Big Sky. The Wildcats currently sit last in the conference and are on an 11-game losing streak.

Overall, the team is producing 57.4 points per game while shooting 483-1291 (.374) from the field, 106-347 (.305) from three and 305-449 (.679) from the free-throw line.

Jadyn Matthrews, Ula Chamberlin, Kori Pentzer, Kayla Watkins, Daryn Hickok, and are the projected starters for the Wildcats. Liz Graves has also seen 19 starts this season.

Matthews put up a team-high 17 points and grabbed six boards against Idaho State earlier this season while averaging a 44.4 shooting percentage on the season. She leads the team in boards, grabbing 5.9 per game.

Chamberlin followed with eight points against ISU and leads WSU in field-goals made (86), three-pointers made (117), and assists (2.5 pg). Pentzer added seven points against the Bengals. 

Watkins averages 9.1 points per game. Hickok leads the Wildcats in field-goal percentage (46.9) while averaging 10.1 points per game.

Graves leads WSU with 11 points per game and averages 5.3 boards per game. 

The two teams matched-up earlier this season on Jan. 16 in Ogden, Utah where the Bengals walked away with a 65-54 victory. The game was tied after three quarters and the Wildcats had a three point lead in the fourth period before the Bengals rallied. The key plays were back to back three point shots from Callie Bourne and Dora Goles to give ISU the lead back and give them some breathing room. Bourne had a career high 26 points in the game on 10-14 shooting. Goles was the only other Bengal in double figures with 10. Weber turned the ball over 22 times which led to 20 ISU points.

Weber State leads the all-time series 48-40. ISU has won six of the last 10 and four of the last five. Head Coach Seton Sobolewski is 15-9 in his career vs. Weber State.  

All-Time Series Results
ISU vs. WSU (Since 2009)

*    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
    01/16/20    A    W    65-54
    
Big Time Bengals
National Rankings 

Idaho State is No. 11 in three-point field goal percentage (.376), No. 47 in field goal percentage (.437), No. 48 in 3-point field goal defense (.284).

ISU in the Big Sky 
No. 1: FG % (.437), 3pt FG % (.372), 3pt FG Defense %: (.284) 

No. 2: Scoring Margin (+6.9), Rebounding Defense (836 - 34.8 per game) 

No. 3: Assists (359- 15.0 per game), FG % defense (.373), Scoring defense (61.8 ppg)

Bourne is seventh in rebounds (165 - 6.9 pg), fourth in defensive boards (133 - 5.5 pg) and No. 11 in scoring (12.6 ppg). Goles is third in 3-pointers made (58), fourth in steals (53 - 2.2 pg), and No. 13 in assists (73 - 3.0 pg). Ellie Smith is fourth in blocked shots (45). Diaba Konate ranks 10th in assists (80 - 3.3 pg) and ninth in steals (38 - 1.6pg). 

Trends
Bourne has recorded double-digit points the last thirteen games and has reached double-digit points in all but four games this season. Goles has produced double-digits in eleven of 15 conference games with a career-high 36 points against Montana on Feb. 15. Konate follows with double-digits in six conference games including a career-high 32 points against NAU on Feb. 6. 

Recap: Montana
ISU defeated Montana 72-59 on Saturday afternoon in Reed Gym.
 
The Bengals shot over 45 percent from the field and from three while shooting 81 percent from the free-throw line. ISU defense held the Lady Griz to just 32 percent from field-goal range and 18 percent from three.
 
ISU was aggressive, scoring 14 points off a fast breaks. Each team scored 32 points in the paint.
 
Dora Goles scored a career-high 36 points after going 10-17 from the field, 11-12 from the free-throw line, and sinking five 3s. Her 36-points is just two shy from tying the all-time single game point record (38) and is the most a player has scored under Head Coach Seton Sobolewski. She also had a team-high three steals, grabbed three boards, and tossed two assists.
 
Callie Bourne followed with 10 points in her 13th consecutive double-digit game. Montana Oltrogge grabbed a career-high 11 boards while adding seven points for the Bengals.

School                        Big Sky    Pct.    Overall    Home        Away    Streak
Montana State            13-1        0.929    17-6            8-2        9-3         W9
Idaho                         10-4        0.714    15-8            8-2        7-4          W2
Northern Arizona        10-5        0.667    13-11        5-4        7-6           L1
Montana                    9-6            0.600    14-10        8-5        6-4          L1
Idaho State                9-6           0.600    13-11        7-4        6-7          W1
Southern Utah            7-7           0.500    13-10        9-2        4-8         W1
Northern Colorado        7-7         0.500    11-12        4-6        7-6         W1
Portland State            6-9            0.400    12-13        7-5        5-7         L5
Sacramento State        6-9          0.400    8-16        4-6          4-10         L1
Eastern Washington        2-12      0.143    3-20        3-8        0-11        W1
Weber State                1-14           0.067    3-21        1-9        2-12        L11
 
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Players Mentioned

Dora Goles

#5 Dora Goles

G
5' 7"
Junior
Ellie Smith

#13 Ellie Smith

F
6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
Callie Bourne

#12 Callie Bourne

G
5' 9"
Freshman
Montana Oltrogge

#25 Montana Oltrogge

F
6' 0"
Freshman
Diaba Konate

#23 Diaba Konate

G
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Dora Goles

#5 Dora Goles

5' 7"
Junior
G
Ellie Smith

#13 Ellie Smith

6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
F
Callie Bourne

#12 Callie Bourne

5' 9"
Freshman
G
Montana Oltrogge

#25 Montana Oltrogge

6' 0"
Freshman
F
Diaba Konate

#23 Diaba Konate

5' 7"
Freshman
G

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