2019-20 Women's Basketball Media Guide
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2019-20 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE BigSkyConf BigSkyWBB www.BigSkyConf.comBigSkyConf BigSkyConf #BigSkyWBB 1 2019-20 BIG SKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Big Sky Conference Information .............................................2 2019-20 Big Sky Championship ............................................ 3 2019-20 Preseason Polls and All-Conference ...................4 2019-20 Composite Schedule ............................................ 5-7 2018-19 Big Sky Season Review.........................................8-12 2018-19 Season Statistics.....................................................14-22 286 South 200 West TEAM PAGES Farmington, Utah 84025 Eastern Washington ..................................................................24 Phone: 801.392.1978 • Fax: 801.392.5568 Idaho ...............................................................................................25 www.bigskyconf.com Idaho State ...................................................................................26 BIG SKY CONFERENCE STAFF Montana .........................................................................................27 Commissioner ...............................................................................Tom Wistrcill Montana State .............................................................................28 Deputy Director ............................................................................... Dan Satter Associate Commr./Compliance ......................................Jaynee Nadolski Northern Arizona .......................................................................29 Associate Commr./Championships .........................................Jon Kasper Northern Colorado ................................................................... 30 Director of Communications (VB, WBB, TF)...........................Karl Hunt Director of Communications (SOC, MBB, SB, TEN) .......Blake Barington Portland State ..............................................................................31 Assistant Commr./External Operations (FB, GOLF, XC) ........................ Sacramento State ......................................................................32 ................................................................................................. Denise Thompson Southern Utah .............................................................................33 Championships Coordinator .........................................................Alex Kelly Supervisor of Volleyball/Basketball Officials .................Marla Denham Weber State ................................................................................ 34 Supervisor of Football Officials ...............................................Karl Richins Returning Statistical Leaders ................................................35 Supervisor of Softball Umpires ..................................................Jim Adrian Administrative Assistant............................................................................TBA Record Book Assistant Compliance Director ............................................. Ty Singletary Big Sky Individual Single-Game Records................... 36-37 INTERNET Big Sky Team Single Game Records ............................38-39 The official website of the Big Sky Conference can be accessed by Big Sky Individual Season Records............. ................ 40-42 visiting www.bigskyconf.com. Weekly game notes, news releases, Big Sky Team Season Records .......................................43-45 statistics and standings are updated on the website. Basketball statistics are updated on Sunday following Saturday games. Big Sky Annual Leaders ................................................... 46-49 Big Sky Career Leaders .....................................................50-51 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week of the 2019-20 basketball season, the Big Sky office Big Sky Players of the Week ........................................... 52-55 selects a Player of the Week. The winner is announced on Tuesday Big Sky All-Conference Teams .......................................56-59 afternoons and is also available on the website. Nominations are Coach of the Year ..................................................................... 60 made by each institutions sports information director. Big Sky Annual Award Winners ......................................61-62 WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE Big Sky All-Academic Teams ..........................................63-66 The Big Sky Conference media relations department produces a weekly basketball release every Tuesday during the season. Media Big Sky Scholar Athlete ...........................................................67 can receive the releases as a PDF document via email by contact- Big Sky Championship History .......................................68-71 ing the Big Sky women’s basketball contact at 801.392.1978 ext. Big Sky Championship Single-Game Records ..........72-75 6002 Big Sky Championship Records .................................... 76-78 ALL-CONFERENCE AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Championship Records Per Team ..................................79-81 Following the completion of the regular season, the Big Sky names First, Second and Honorable Mention All-Conference Teams. Indi- Postseason History ..............................................................81-82 vidual awards consist of the Most Valuable Player, Freshman of the Big Sky All-Time Records .................................................83-88 Year, Top Newcomer and Defensive Player of the Year. All awards are Big Sky Coaching Records .................................................... 89 voted on by Big Sky basketball coaches. CREDITS The 2019-20 Big Sky Conference women’s basketball media guide Catch all of the 2019-20 conference basketball is published by the Big Sky Conference. The guide was written games, as well as non-conference games held in Big and edited by Karl Hunt. Additional editorial contribution from current and former Big Sky Staff members. Sky Conference venues on Pluto TV and WatchBig- Sky.com. You can watch all games live for free. WatchBigSky.com 2 2019-20 Big Sky Women’s Basketball 2019-20 BIG SKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CenturyLink Arena March 9-13, 2020 About CenturyLink Arena For the fifth-straight season, all Big Sky members will compete in the conference tournament with the field featuring 11 teams for both the men and women in 2020. The top five teams in the final regular season standings will earn a bye to the quarterfinal round of the Big Sky Championship.The six-day event will be held in the Boise, Idaho for the second consecutive year. CenturyLink Arena has a 5,000 seat arena bowl that brings all fans right on top of the action and offering the intimate atmosphere for your favorite event. Located in downtown Boise, the arena hosts an average of 100 events annually and has welcomed over 5.5 million attendees in 20 years. It also hosts numerous concerts, trade shows, and conventions each year. CenturyLink Arena is attached to the Grove Hotel. More information on CenturyLink Arena is available at www.CenturyLinkArenaBoise. com. BigSkyConf BigSkyWBB BigSkyConf BigSkyConf #BigSkyWBB 3 2019-20 PRESEASON PREVIEW Montana State Selected as FREIJE TABBED #BIGSKYWBB PRESEA- #BigSkyWBB Preseason Favorite SON MVP; SEVEN SELECTED TO PRESEA- SON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FARMINGTON, Utah (October 17, 2019) – Montana State has FARMINGTON, Utah (October 16, 2019) – Despite not appearing been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2019-20 Big on a Big Sky roster a season ago, Montana State’s Fallyn Freije has Sky women’s basketball title according to the coaches’ and media been selected as the Big Sky Preseason MVP and one of seven polls. individuals honored with a selection to the preseason all-conference team. The team was voted on by league coaches, sports informa- The Bobcats secured five first-place votes (89 points) in the tion staff, and media members. Coaches were allowed to vote for coaches’ poll and seven first-place votes (155 points) in the media their own players. poll. The Bobcats went 11-9 in conference play last season and made it to the Big Sky Tournament quarterfinals before losing to Freije is joined by fellow teammate Oliana Squires on this year’s eventual champion Portland State. preseason team and they represent the only teammates to be fea- tured on this year’s team. Also joining Freije and Squires are Kylie This season the Bobcats return a solid core of players including Jimenez from Portland State, Kennedy Nicholas from Sacramento seniors Oliana Squires (11.4 ppg) and Martha Kuderer (10.0 ppg). State, Estefania Ors from Idaho State, McKenzie Johnston from Also added to this season’s roster is transfer and the preseason Montana, and Gina Marxen from Idaho. MVP Fallyn Freije who joins the Bobcats after a two-year stint at North Dakota. Freije rejoins the Big Sky after sitting out the 2018-19 season due to Idaho was picked to finish second in both polls. The Vandals transferring to Montana State from North Dakota. During her time received three first-place votes (88 points) in the coaches’ poll with North Dakota, Freije averaged 13.2 points per game with a and one first-place vote (148) in the media poll. The Vandals are shooting percentage of 40.8 and was also 30.9 percent from three- reloaded for the 2019-20 season after losing their top two scorers point range. She was also a Big Sky All-Conference Honorable in Mikayla Ferenz and Taylor Pierce. Returning for the Vandals is Mention