Gallery: (11-13-2021) WBB vs Park
POCATELLO, Idaho – In a night filled with raucous cheers from the Idaho State student section and energetic play on the court, the Idaho State women's basketball scored the second-highest amount of points in school history as they downed Park University 109-56.
Five different Bengals scored in the double-digits as the Bengals cruised to victory.
The Bengals started off strong in the first quarter, Estefania Ors scored seven points on three-of-three shooting from the field with a three-pointer. The Bengals continued to press in the quarter and ended the first 10 minutes up 25-11.
The Bengals then had a slower second quarter, scoring 21 points while also giving up 21 to the Buccaneers.
Coming out from the half, the Orange and Black kicked it into overdrive outscoring Park 27-12 in the third led by Tomekia Whitman's seven points on three-of-five shooting and Callie Bourne's six points.
With victory in their sights, the Bengals didn't let up, out scoring the Buccaneers 36-12.
The 109 total points that the Bengals scored was the second-highest number of points scored in program history. The highest being the 113 points the Bengals scored against Weber State in 2017-18.
Whitman and Ors both scored 18 points. Whitman went seven-of-12 from the field with one three-pointer, seven boards, four assists and five steals in a career night.
Ors went six-of-11 from the field shooting four-of-eight from behind the three-point arc.
Bengal freshman Anaya Bernard had sixteen points, shooting seven-of-11 from the field while also tacking on an assist and a steal.
The Bengal's scored 54 points in the paint and shot 14-of-30 from behind the arc.
Montana Oltrogee passed 500 career points in the game
The Bengal defense had an incredibly strong night, forcing 31 turnovers and scoring 39 points off of them.
When all was said and done, the Bengals shot 47.7 percent from the field, 46.7 percent from the three-point line and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line.
The Orange and Black are on the road now until the start of conference play in December. First up the Bengals travel to Spokane, Thursday to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Follow along at ISUBengals.com to keep up to date with the team and the action.
