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POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State women's basketball heads to Greeley, Colo. to play the Northern Colorado Bears on Saturday, Feb. 22, 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.

Scouting UNC
UNC is 11-13 on the season with a 7-8 record in the Big Sky. The Bears currently sit seventh in the conference.

Overall, the team is producing 61 points per game while shooting 538-1428 (.377) from the field, 113-400 (.283) from three and 269-387 (.695) from the free-throw line.

Jasmine Gayles, Alisha Davis, Alexis Chapman, Micayla Isenbart, and Ali Meyer are the projected starters for the Bears.

Champan leads the team, and is ninth in the Big Sky, in scoring with 12.6 points per game followed by Davis with 11.4 per game. Davis leads the Bears, and is ninth in the conference, with 6.8 boards per game while sitting third in the Big Sky in blocked shots with 2.1 per game.

Meyer averages 6.3 rebounds per game. 

UNC is not a strong three-point shooting team as they sit second to last in the conference in three point field-goal percentage. However, they are strong rebounding team, sitting second in rebounding offense (41.2 pg) and rebounding margin (+4.3). They lead the conference in blocked shots (4.9 per game).


The two teams matched-up earlier this season on Jan. 30 in Reed Gym where the Bengals pulled away with a 59-39 victory, making Head Coach Seton Sobolewski's 200th career win. The game was broken open in the third quarter after ISU went on a 10-0, shooting 61 percent (8-13) and sinking three 3-pointers. The Bengals took the momentum into the fourth, outscoring the Bears 16-4 and holding them to 2-15 shooting. UNC scored 30 of its 39 points in the paint. Callie Bourne had 16 points to lead ISU.

ISU held Chapman, one of the better shooters in the Big Sky, to 0-10 shooting. Davis put up 15 points against ISU, nearly half of UNC's points, after going 7-17 from the floor.  

ISU leads the all-time series, 20-12. UNC has won six of the last 10 and four of the last five meetings. Sobolewski is 14-12 in his career vs. Northern Colorado.  

All-Time Series Results
ISU vs. WSU (Since 2009)
    01/02/09    A    W    60-55    
*    02/07/09    H    W    63-58    
*    01/09/10    H    W    74-65    
*    02/11/10    A    W    62-51    
*    02/28/11    A    L    49-73    
*    03/05/11    H    W    69-61    
*    01/02/12    H    W    57-52    
*    01/26/12    A    W    64-50    
+    03/10/12    H    W    49-46    
*    01/05/13    A    L    71-63    
*    01/31/13    H    L    50-49    
*    01/11/14    H    L    62-55    
*    02/06/14    A    W    79-71    
*    01/29/15    H    W    70-61    
*    01/07/16    A    L    48-47    
*    02/06/16    H    L    61-59    
+    03/07/16    N    W    54-45    
*    01/19/17    H    L    77-62    
*    02/18/17    A    W    68-58    
+    03/08/17    N    W    60-59    
*    01/13/18    H    L    63-57    
*    02/08/18    A    L    75-52    
+    03/09/18    N    L    66-73    
*    01/19/19    A    L    60-56    
*    02/28/19    H    L    61-59    
    01/30/20    H    W    59-39

Big Time Bengals
National Rankings (As of Feb. 11)
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: 3pt FG % (.362), 3pt FG Defense %: (.281) 

No. 2: Scoring Margin (+7.2), Rebounding Defense (871 - 34.8 per game), FG % (.435), FG% defense (.370) 

No. 3: Assists (375- 15.0 per game), FG % defense (.373), Scoring defense (61.0 ppg)

Bourne is seventh in rebounds (174 - 7.0 pg), fourth in defensive boards (138 - 5.5 pg) and No. 11 in scoring (12.6 ppg). Goles is third in 3-pointers made (60), fourth in steals (54 - 2.2 pg), and No. 13 in assists (80 - 3.2 pg). Ellie Smith is fourth in blocked shots (48). Diaba Konate ranks 11th in assists (84 - 3.4 pg) and ninth in steals (39 - 1.6pg). 

Trends
Bourne has recorded double-digit points the last fourteen games and has reached double-digit points in all but four games this season. Goles has produced double-digits in eleven of 16 conference games with a career-high 36 points against Montana on Feb. 15. Konate follows with double-digits in seven conference games including a career-high 32 points against NAU on Feb. 6. 

Recap: WSU
ISU defeated Weber State, 55-41, on Thursday night in Reed Gym. 

The Bengals' shot 39 percent from the floor against Weber's 30 percent while each team grabbed 35 boards. 30 of ISU's points came from the paint while scoring 17 points off of 21 Weber turnovers. 
 
Bourne led the Bengals in her fourteenth consecutive double digit game with 11 points while going up for nine boards. Konate followed with ten points. 
 
Ellie Smith had a career-high night with 13 rebounds and Goles tied her career-high seven assists.




School    Big Sky    Pct.    Overall    Home    Away    Streak
Montana State        14-1    0.933    18-6    9-2    9-3        W10
Northern Arizona        11-5    0.688    14-11    6-4    7-6        W1
Idaho        10-5    0.667    15-9    8-2    7-5        L1
Idaho State        10-6    0.625    14-11    8-4    6-7        W2
Montana        9-6    0.600    14-10    8-5    6-4        L1
Southern Utah        8-7    0.533    14-10    10-2    4-8        W2
Northern Colorado        7-8    0.467    11-13    4-6    7-7        L1
Portland State        6-10    0.375    12-14    7-5    5-8        L6
Sacramento State        6-10    0.375    8-17    4-7    4-10        L2
Eastern Washington        3-12    0.200    4-20    3-8    1-11        W2
Weber State        1-15    0.063    3-22    1-9    2-13        L12