ISU vs St. Thomas – Watch | Listen | Live Stats
POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State women's basketball heads to St. Paul, Minn. to take on the St. Thomas Tommies Saturday afternoon.
Tip is set for 12:00 p.m. MT in Schoenecker Arena on St. Thomas' campus.
Live Stats will be provided for the match and Mark Liptak will be on the call on KISU 91.1.
Video of the match is available on the Tommies' website.
Links to all media can be found above or at ISUBengals.com
Bengal Bites (With Thanks to Mark Liptak)
· The Bengals played the 19th most difficult SOS in the country this non-conference
· season.
· The OT win against Carroll marks the first time in program history that the Bengals have played in back-to-back overtime games.
· In the game against Park on 11/13/21, Montana Oltrogge passed 500 career points.
· The 109-56 win over park was the 2nd highest scoring game in Bengal history. (first place
· was a 113-107 win against Weber State in the Big Sky Tournament.)
· The 53-point differential was the fourth highest in program history.
· The Bengals 34 assists were one shy of the overall ISU record (35 vs NAU on 2-15-1992)
· In the game against Missouri, Ellie Smith Passed Grace Kenyon for 9th all time in career
· blocks (105 total)
· Tomekia Whitman is ranked 5th in the conference in steals, averaging 2.3/game.
· Ellie Smith is now in eighth place all-time in blocked shots with 109. Next up is Natalie Doma who played from 2004-2008. She blocked 110 shots. She needs 22 rebounds for 300 in her career.
· Estefie Ors has scored 1,432points, she is now sixth all-time. Next up, fifth on the list, is Grace Kenyon with 1,471 points. Ors is now in sixth place all-time in made field goals with 491. Next up on the list is Ashley Toner with 510 made field goals. She played from 1999-2003. She now has 210 made three-point shots in her career the best ever for the program. She became the 15th player in ISU WBB history with at least 1,000 points and at least 500 rebounds when she had three boards vs. Toledo in the Cancun Classic. Ors also needs four assists to give her 300 which would tie her for 10 th place all-time with Jennifer Griffin who played from 1998-2002.
· Estefie has played in 134 games for ISU. That is the all-time program record.
· Dora Goles is now in fifth place with 151 made three-point shots. Fourth on the list is Chris Urbanski who made 172 three-pointers in her career which spanned from 1997 through 2001. She needs six points for 1,000 in her career. She'd become the 21 st ISU WBB player to hit that mark. Goles is now ninth all-time in made field goals with 472. Next up is Lindsey Reed at 486. Reed played from 2010-2014. She needs three steals to tie for 10 th place all-time at 142 with Stacey Nelson who played from 1993- 1997 and Grace Kenyon who played from 2014-2019. Goles also needs 15 assists to give her 300 which would tie her for 10 th place all-time with Jennifer Griffin who played from 1998-2002.
· Montana Oltrogge needs two more made three-point shots for 100 in her career.
· Tomekia Whitman needs 20 rebounds for 200 in her career.
· Callie Bourne needs nine rebounds for 600 in her career.
Numbers to Watch
6 – Points Dora Goles needs to become the 21st member of the ISU 1,000 point club.
2 – Blocks needed for Ellie Smith to become 7th all-time in blocked shots in the Bengal record book.
4 – Number of field goals Estefania Ors needs for 500 in her career
400 – Number of broadcasts Mark Liptak has done for Idaho State University
Quick Scout and History – St. Thomas
· This is the inaugural NCAA DI season for the St. Thomas Tommies, they previously competed in the NCAA DIII MIAC Conference.
· The Tommies are 2-6 so far this season with wins against South Carolina State (65-50) and Chicago State University (62-57).
· The Tommies have losses against Wisconsin, Illinois State, Cal Poly, North Texas and UNI.
· St. Thomas is averaging 57.8 ppg while their opponents are averaging 71.5. The Tommies are shooting 37.5 percent from the field and 30.5 percent from behind the three point arc.
· #22 Erin Norling leads the team offensively with 13.5 ppg. Only one other Tommie is averaging double-digit scoring, #4 Jade Hill with 12.0 ppg.
This will be the first meeting of the two programs
