Bengals Set for Series with Lady Griz

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POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State women's basketball hits the road this week to take on the University of Montana In Missoula. Game one starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25 and Game two on Feb. 27 at 12 p.m.

The game will feature Live Stats, video, and audio. Audio is brought to you by Mark Liptak and KISU radio. All platforms are accessible on isubengals.com.

All-Time Series Results vs Montana

The University of Montana leads the overall series 72-14. The Bengals are 6-4 in their Previous 10 matchups.

Overall: 14-72, Home: 10-29, Away: 4-41, Neutral: 1-2

+	03/11/15	A	L	67-69
*	02/25/16	A	L	62-47
*	12/29/16	H	W	61-43
*	03/03/17	A	L	53-68
+	03/06/17	N	W	63-53
*	03/02/18	H	W	72-60
*	01/24/19	H	W	50-34 (Lowest by D1 Opponent)
*	02/16/19	A	L	60-59
*	01/23/20	A	W	67-53
*	02/15/20	H	W	72-59

 

Previous Matchup with Montana on 02/15/20

The Idaho State women's basketball team 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 13^th consecutive double-digit game. Montana Oltrogge grabbed a career-high 11 boards while adding seven points for the Bengals.
 
ISU had a 13-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. Each team was aggressive to the basket, scoring a combined 16 points in the paint.
 
The game stayed close until the Bengals went on a 9-3 run to take a 10-point lead at 27-17 with 1:24 minutes left in the first half. A three-point shot from Goles gave ISU the 10-point lead. The Lady Griz managed to lay one up before the buzzer to end the half down 27-20.
 
ISU shot 36 percent from the floor against UM's 21 percent in the half. Bourne finished the half with eight points and Goles followed with seven.
 
UM went on a 13-5 run in the middle of the third quarter to catch up to ISU and eventually taking a short-lived 41-39 lead with 2:28 minutes left. The quarter would end tied at 45. Goles scored 14 of ISU's 18 points in the quarter.
 
The Bengals jumped out in a six-point lead, 51-45, in the first two minutes of the final quarter. The Lady Griz cut the lead to three at 51-48 but would get no closer the rest of the game. Idaho State went on a 21-11 run to end the game led by Goles with 13 points.

Bengal Bites

·        At 16-3 ISU has guaranteed themselves a winning season regardless of what happens the rest of the way. It is the 9^th time in 13 years under Seton they've done this. They've also had a .500 year. So, the totals are: Nine winning seasons…three losing ones and a .500 campaign. 

 

·        The 16-3 start to the season is the best in program history. Program is 46 years old. 

 

·        The 10-0 start at home is the best home start since the 2010-11 team started the year 10-0 at Reed Gym. They'd finish the year 12-1 at home. 

 

·        In the last 14 games Delaney Moore and Ellie Smith have combined for 237 points and 141 rebounds out of the post. That's an average of 16.9 points and 10.0 rebounds a game. Ellie is now in 10^th place all-time in blocked shots with 91. She needs four more to pass Nicole Davis for 9^th place with 95. Davis played from 1993-1996.  

 

·        Estefania Ors has scored 1,276 points. She has passed Charly Bond, 1976-1980, and moved into 9^th place on the all-time scoring list. Next up is Alison Verona with 1,320 points.

 

·        Ors also needs seven more games to pass Kara Jenkins and become the leader in most games played. Jenkins played in 124 games for ISU.

 

·        Delaney Moore stands at 113 games played. She is now alone in 11th place. 

 

·       Dora Goles has tied Saylair Grandon 2015-2019, for 8^th place on the all-time made three-point shot list with 130.

 

 

Last Game Recap: vs Montana State

 

The Idaho State women's basketball team lost a tough 88-80 overtime contest against the Montana State Bobcats Saturday afternoon in Bozeman, Mont. The Bengals erased a 12 point deficit in the fourth quarter to take the game to overtime before eventually falling to the Bobcats. 

Diaba Konate opened the scoring for the Bengals, hitting a jumper at 08:24 to tie the game at 2-2. With 5:40 to go in the first, Callie Bourne hit a three-pointer to give the Bengals their first lead of the game at 5-4. The Bengals would go on a 15-0 run capped by a jumper from Delaney Moore to give the Bengals a 17-4 lead. The Bobcats responded with an 8-0 run at the end of the quarter to cut the Bengal lead to 17-12.

In the second, Dora Goles broke the Bengals scoring drought with a three-pointer with 7:20 in the period giving the Bengals a 20-15 lead. After a Montana State three with 5:25 to play the Bobcats tied the game at 22 apiece. The Bobcats ended the half going on an 18-3 run heading into the locker room with a 37-25 halftime lead over the Bengals.

With 1:53 left to play in the third, Konate hit a three to bring the Bengals to within 11 points of the Bobcats at 53-42. The Bengals would go 4-4 over the final 1:30 of the quarter to pull within 6 heading into the final period.

Less than a minute into the 4th, Estefania Ors hit a three to pull the Bengals to within three at 55-52. The Bengals would cut the lead to two with a made layup by Ors with 7:39 to play. The Bengals tied the game at 60 after two free-throws by Moore with 4:05 left to play in the game. After a jumpshot by Konate with 3:12 the Bengals took their first lead since the first quarter at 62-60 lead. Tomekia Whitman hit a jumper to give the Bengals the 68-66 lead with 1:17 to play after an O-board by Ors. The Bengals would take a 72-69 lead with 20 seconds to play.

After gaining possession, the Bobcats hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 72 with .06 seconds left and send the game to overtime.  

In the first minute of overtime, The Bengals and Bobcats went back and forth with field goals. At 02:25 to play in OT, Ors hit a three-pointer to tie the game. 

The Bobcats then went on a 9-2 run over the last three minutes of overtime while the Bengals only made one of their last eight field goals to end the game with the 88-80 Bobcat victory.

The Bengals shot 38.6% from the field. Five Bengals shot in double-digit figures. Delaney Moore led the team with a career high 25 points. Goles and Ors both scored 11 points.

Two Bengals had double-doubles. Bourne had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Konate scored 11 points and 10 rebounds.  Overall, the Bengals out-rebounded the Bobcats 48-41.