Bulldog WBB Game Notes 2013-14 Schedule/Results Game #27 • Feb
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Contact: Jason Clay, Assistant Athletic Communications Director Office: 559-278-6577 (direct) Cell: (559) 287-3304 E-mail: [email protected] Website: gobulldogs.com Contact: Kasandra Martinson ([email protected] - 559-389-1901) Bulldog WBB Game Notes 2013-14 Schedule/Results Game #27 • Feb. 26, 2014 November Fresno State (16-10, 10-5 MW) 3 Notre Dame De Namur (Exh) W, 81-42 at 8 UC Merced W, 74-50 Boise State (15-10, 9-4 MW) 10 USC L, 63-54 16 at Cal State Fullerton W, 68-57 6 p.m. PT • Taco Bell Center (12,480) • Boise, Idaho 22 at Washington State L, 92-79 Radio: None • Live Stats: GoBulldogs.com • TV: MW Network 29 & vs. Liberty W, 70-66 Series record: Fresno St. leads 21-9 • Last Meeting: Fresno St. 72, BSU 63 (1/4/14 Fresno, Calif.) 30 & Seton Hall L, 64-58 Bulldog Headlines Opening Tip ► Head coach Raegan Pebley Fresno State is set for its final regular season road trip as the Bulldogs December picked up the 150th victory of are away from home for a pair of games this week, beginning on her career on Saturday, doing so 5 San Diego Christian W, 82-28 Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Boise State. against the Utah State team that she 8 Santa Clara W, 69-49 coached for nine seasons before 14 Portland W, 76-67 taking over at Fresno State. Pebley The Bulldogs enter a pivotal week as they have three games left on the schedule before the 2014 Reese’s Mountain West Tournament 20 San Francisco L, 76-47 is 40-19 (.678) now in her second season coaching the Bulldogs. in Last Vegas. The ’Dogs currently sit in a tie for third place with 28 No. 4 Stanford L, 86-54 Nevada in the MW standings with a 10-5 league record, and are just ► Senior guard Bree Farley has a a half game back of Broncos who sit 10-4 in conference play. January chance to join Taylor Thompson 1 * at UNLV W, 79-63 as the second 1,000-point career Fresno State is responsible for one of Boise State’s losses this year, scorer on this year’s team. Farley 4 * Boise State W, 72-63 as the Bulldogs defeated the Broncos 72-63 back on Jan. 4. has 944 career points and with 8 * at Air Force W, 77-43 a minimum of four guaranteed 11 * Colorado State W, 60-50 games remaining, needs to average That win was the second of four-straight for Fresno State to open conference play. Since that four-game winning streak, the Bulldogs 15 * San Diego State L, 70-69 14 points in those four games to reach 1,000 points. She is currently did not win consecutive games until this past week when they took 18 * at New Mexico W, 75-73 averaging 14.2 points in conference down Wyoming and Utah State at home. 22 * at Nevada L, 63-60 play. There have been 20 Bulldogs, 25 * UNLV W, 70-52 including Thompson, who have Fresno State has won five-straight at home, but head up to Boise 29 * at Wyoming L, 87-76 scored 1,000 points in school looking to snap a four-game losing streak in road games. Before history. losing their last four games on the road, the Bulldogs opened up February ► At 9.9 steals per game, the Mountain West play by winning their first three road contests. 5 * Air Force W, 76-49 Bulldogs rank No. 2 in the MW and 8 * at San Jose State L, 68-66 42nd nationally. Over the last five games, the Bulldogs have been allowing just 59.8 12 * Nevada W, 73-48 points per game and have been holding opponents to 36.4 percent ► Fresno State Athletics and shooting from the floor. In their last game out, Utah State scored 15 * at Colorado State L, 53-47 ESPN2 790 AM are celebrating the 70 points on the ’Dogs and that was the first time in six games, 19 * Wyoming W, 65-60 women’s basketball senior class since Jan. 29 at Wyoming, that Fresno State has allowed 70 or more 22 * Utah State W, 72-70 by offering free ticket vouchers to Senior Night on March 7. The points. 26 * at Boise State 6 p.m. vouchers may be redeemed at the Save Mart Center Box Office for For the season, the Bulldog rank No. 2 in the Mountain West in March four free tickets to Senior Night. scoring defense by allowing just 61.9 points per game. 1 * at San Diego State 2 p.m. Probable Starters 7 * San Jose State 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG STAT MPG 10-15 ! MW Tournament TBA 5 Bree Farley G 5-10 Sr. Kadina, South Australia 12.4 4.7 41 3’s 30.4 11 Alex Furr G 5-5 Jr. Athens, Texas 4.3 1.3 19 3s 16.4 15 Jacinta Vandenberg C 6-6 So. Melbourne, Australia 6.3 6.5 38blk 23.3 22 Robin Draper G 5-9 Jr. Fresno, Calif. 6.4 1.3 38 3s 23.7 All times Pacific and subject to change 33 Taylor Thompson G 5-5 Sr. Cache, Okla. 13.5 4.9 111ast 33.6 * - Mountain West game ! - 2014 Reese’s MW Championship (Las Vegas, Nev.) Key Reserves & - Seton Hall Tournament (South Orange, N.J.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG STAT MPG 10 Alex Sheedy F 6-1 Jr. Moe, Australia 12.6 5.8 27ast 30.8 25 Moriah Faulk G 5-10 RS So. Santa Monica, Calif. 7.5 5.1 32 3s 21.1 1 Raven Fox G 5-7 Jr. Antioch, Calif. 4.7 1.3 17stls 12.4 20 Emilie Volk G 5-11 Fr. Ogden, Utah 2.7 1.2 10stl 9.9 42 Toni Smith C 6-0 So. Del City, Okla. 4.2 3.3 .534FG 8.9 Scouting Boise State Bulldogs At A Glance Boise State enters Wednesday’s contest a half-game up on the Bulldogs in the conference Overall Record ................................16-10 standings, having gone 10-4 in Mountain West play. The Broncos are 10-3 at home overall Home Record ....................................11-4 this year including a 5-1 mark in league play. Boise State averages 71.7 points per game Road/Neutral Record .........................5-6 and ranks No. 2 in the MW in turnover margin at +2.6. Deanna Weaver is the Broncos’ Overtime ..............................................0-0 leading scoring, putting in 13.7 points per game and 6.3 rebounds. She is one of four Last Five Games ..................................3-2 Broncos scoring in double figures this year. Last 10 Games .....................................6-4 Series History with Boise State Looking Ahead Wednesday’s game will be the 31st in the series between Boise State and Fresno State. The Bulldogs hold a 21-9 advantage in the series, having won 10-straight over the Broncos. Date Opponent Record Fresno State is also 9-3 when playing at Boise State and won 85-63 at Taco Bell Arena 3/1 at San Diego State 10-14 in last seasons trip to Boise. In the first meeting with the Broncos this year, Fresno State 3/7 San Jose State 10-15 was led by Bree Farley, who scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Taylor Thompson added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists. The Bulldogs shot 46.3 percent in the game and scored 32 points in the paint compared to just 16 for the Broncos. Fresno State out-rebounded Boise State 43-28 and that is the Bulldogs’ 2013-14 MW Standings biggest rebounding margin over an opponent in conference play. Teams MW Overall Thompson Gives Bulldogs Win at the Buzzer Colorado State 13-2 21-5 Taylor Thompson led the Fresno State women’s basketball team to a pair of big victories Boise State 10-4 15-10 last week when she averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 4.5 steals and shot Fresno State 10-5 16-10 40.6 percent from the field. Thompson, who already became a 1,000-point scorer and Nevada 10-5 15-11 the school’s all-time steals leader this season, provided her biggest moment of the year Wyoming 9-5 18-7 on Saturday when she hit a seven-foot floater in the lane over Utah State’s 6-4 forward UNLV 7-7 10-16 Tijana Djukic as time expired to give the Bulldogs the 72-70 victory. Her shot completed San Diego State 7-7 10-14 a major comeback for the ‘Dogs, who trailed by 10 with 4:47 left in the game. She scored Utah State 5-10 11-15 four points, had three steals and two assists in that final 4:47 to help Fresno State complete San Jose State 4-10 10-15 the comeback victory over Utah State. Thompson finished the game with 16 points while New Mexico 4-10 9-16 matching her season-highs in assists (eight) and steals (five) playing in 38 minutes. That Air Force 0-14 1-23 was the 17th game of Thompson’s career where she has recorded five or more steals in a game. In the first game of the week, Thompson scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds in Preseason Mountain West Poll the win over Wyoming to give her the second double-double of the season and fourth of Rank School (1st Place Voies) Points her career.