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POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State women's basketball returns home for the final non-conference match of the season. The Bengals take on the Utah Valley University Wolverines in Reed Gym, Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m.
Video of the game will be broadcast on ESPN+. Mark Liptak will be on the call on KISU 91.1. Live Stats of the contest will also be provided. Links can be found above or by visiting ISUBengals.com.
Bengal Bites (With Thanks to Liptak)
Dora Goles hit a free throw against St. Thomas on 12/11 to become the 21st member of the Idaho State 1,000 point club.
Tomekia Whitman leads the conference in steals, averaging 2.9 a game. She needs 28 more to break into the ISU single-season top-10 steals list.
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 against Park 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)
Over the last three games the Bengals have averaged 21 offensive rebounds per game. The Bengals are ranked 2nd in the conference in offensive rebounds averaging 13.7 per game.
Ellie Smith is now tied in seventh place all-time in blocked shots with 110. She's tied with Natalie Doma who played from 2004-2008. Ellie needs 20 rebounds for 300 in her career. Ellie is ranked 9th in the conference in blocked shots averaging 1 a game.
Estefie Ors has scored 1,454 points, 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 505. Next up on the list is Ashley Toner with 510 made field goals. She played from 1999-2003. Ors is just the sixth Bengal player to have at least 500 made field goals in a career.
Estefie now has 214 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 three assists to give her 300 which would tie her for 10th place all-time with Jennifer Griffin who played from 1998-2002.
Estefie has played in 135 games for ISU. That is the all-time program record.
Dora Goles became the 21st ISU WBB player to pass 1,000 points in a career when she got 10 at St. Thomas (MN.) She's scored 1,004 and counting. Goles is now in fifth place with 152 made three-point shots.
Goles is now ninth all-time in made field goals with 476. Next up is Lindsey Reed at 486. Goles also needs 14 assists to give her 300 which would tie her for 10th 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 10 rebounds for 200 in her career.
Callie Bourne needs one rebound for 600 in her career. She is also ranked 5th in the conference in rebounds averaging 7.5/game and 7th in the conference in assists with 3.6/game
Seton has now coached 411 games.
Numbers to Watch
1 – Number of Rebounds Callie Bourne needs for 600 in her career
1 – Block needed by Ellie Smith to control 7th place all-time in the ISU record book.
17 – Points Estefania Ors needs to pass Grace Kenyon for 5th place all-time scoring
6 – Win streak ISU is on against Utah Valley
Quick Scout and Series History – Utah Valley
The Utah Valley Wolverines are 5-5 this season at the end of non-conference play.
The Wolverines played common opponent Park University in November, beating the Buccaneers 90-47.
UVU has played four Big Sky Conference opponents so far this season going 3-1. Their lone loss came to Montana State on Dec. 11 (67-58) Against Portland State, Montana and Southern Utah the Wolverines outscored opponents 185 - 147.
The Wolverines on the season are outscoring opponents 64.9 to 58.3 on average and are holding opponents to a 35.7 field goal percentage.
UVU is turning the ball over 14.4 times per game compared to their opponents 13 times per game.
The Wolverines are big defensively at the net, averaging 3.4 blocks per game.
#40 Josie Williams leads the team in scoring average at 16.3 ppg. She is shooting 53.5 percent from the floor and has started nine games for UVU.
#03 Maria Carvalho leads UVU from behind the arc, averaging 2 made three pointers a game and 5.4 attempts per game.
This will be the 16th meeting of the two programs since 2004.
The Bengals lead the all-time series 10-5 and at home in Reed Gym the Orange and Black owns the series 7-1.
Previous 10 Meetings (ISU Leads 8-2)
12/04/10 H W 68-56
11/19/11 A L 68-59
12/08/12 H W 69-67
12/20/13 A L 56-59
12/13/14 H W 68-67
12/29/15 A W 56-47
12/20/16 H W 61-56
12/16/17 A W 70-58
12/6/18 H W 80-68
12/03/19 A W 88-61
