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Northern Colorado Ryan Pfeifer Assistant Dir. of Athletic Communications • WBB Contact E: [email protected] O: 970-351-3645 | C: 720-290-8886 | F: 970-351-2018 Women’s Basketball 270D Butler-Hancock Athletic Center | Greeley, Co | 80639 2016-17 Schedule Series History 22-7, 12-4 Big Sky November V 7-18 Fri 11 Colorado L, 62-83 Mon 14 Denver W, 68-48 S • Northern Colorado and Idaho State split the games between the Fri 18 Florida Gulf Coast W, 77-74 (2ot) two teams this year, each winning on the opponents home court. Sun 20 San Diego W, 54-51 • This is the second straight year the teams will meet in the Big Fri 25 UTSA% W, 73-66 Northern Colorado Bears Idaho State Bengals Sky Tournament, and third time overall. ISU won the previous two Sun 27 vs Eastern Michigan% W, 58-57 (22-7, 14-4 Big Sky) (17-13, 10-8 Big Sky) games. December • Over the past five meetings between the two teams in the past Sun 4 Colorado State L, 47-58 RETURNING STAT LEADERS RETURNING STAT LEADERS two season, UNC holds the 3-2 advantage. Sat 10 Air Force W, 71-44 Points Per Game Points Per Game Wed 13 Colorado Christian W, 90-47 Savannah Smith, 16.1 Saylair Grandon, 10.9 Fri 16 Saint Mary’s L, 65-75 Savannah Scott, 14.0 Mon 19 Pacific W, 60-56 Grace Kenyon, 10.4 Series History Rebounds Per Game Rebounds Per Game Thurs 29 Sacramento State* W, 95-88 Overall vs Idaho State: 7-18 Sat 31 Portland State* W, 91-62 Courtney Smith, 6.0 Grace Kenyon, 6.9 Assists Per Game Assists Per Game Ethridge vs Idaho State: 4-4 January Last Meeting: February 18, 2017 in Greeley Thurs 5 Southern Utah* W, 83-53 Krystal Leger-Walker, 3.8 Grace Kenyon, 2.8 Last Result: Idaho State, 68-58 in Greeley Sat 7 Northern Arizona* W, 69-66 Thurs 12 Montana* W, 65-46 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Current Streak: L1 Sat 14 Montana State* W, 66-58 Kamie Ethridge Seton Sobolewski Last UNC Win: January 19, 2017 in Pocatello (77-62) Thurs 19 Idaho State* W, 77-62 UNC: 57-36, 3rd year ISU: 148-130, 9th year Last ISU Win: February 18, 2017 in Greeley (68-58) Sat 21 Weber State* W, 88-79 Overall: Same Overall: Same at UNC 3-8 Thurs 26 Northern Arizona* W, 75-64 at ISU 4-8 Sat 28 Southern Utah* W, 74-55 Media Coverage Neutral Site 0-2 February Where: Reno, Nevada Last Five Meetings Sat 4 North Dakota* L, 51-57 Arena: Reno Event Center Feb. 18, 2017 ISU, 68-58 (H) Thurs 9 Idaho* W, 71-67 Radio: 1310 KFKA Jan. 19 2017 UNC, 77-62 (A) Sat 11 Eastern Washington* L, 51-57 Live Stats: UNCBears.com Mar. 7, 2016 ISU, 54-45 (N) Thurs 16 Weber State* W, 86-62 Video Stream: WatchBigSky.com Feb. 6, 2016 UNC, 61-59 (A) Sat 18 Idaho State* L, 58-68 Jan. 7, 2016 UNC, 48-47 (H) Sat 25 North Dakota* L, 68-75 March Social Bears Wed 1 Portland State* W, 57-50 facebook.com/UNCBears @UNC_Bears @UNCBearsAthletics Fri 3 Sacramento State* W, 102-74 facebook.com/UNCBearsWBB @UNCBearsWBB @UNCBearsWBB Big Sky Tournement (Reno, Nevada) 2016-17 Roster and Notes Wed 8 Idaho State 9:05 pm Fri 10 Semifinals TBA Sat 11 Championship TBA No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables *-Big Sky Game 1 Krystal Leger-Walker (5-9, Fr.)• G 4.6 3.0 3.8 Matched career-high assists with 8 at Sac St %- UTSA Tournament 2 Savannah Scott (5-7, Jr.) • G 14.0 5.6 3.6 Names to 2nd team All-Big Sky Home Games 4 Kirsten Kramer (5-8, So.) G 2.5 0.9 0.5 Scored career-high 11 points vs PSU All times mountain and subject to change 5 Mandy Karako (5-11, Fr.) G 3.8 1.3 0.6 Has come off the bench in all 29 games this season 10 Savannah Smith (5-6, R-So.)• G 16.1 3.5 2.7 First team All-Big Sky member stat to Know 13 Courtney Smith (6-3, So.)• C 13.9 6.0 1.6 Averaged 22.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last week 15 Katie Longwell (5-6, Sr.) G 5.9 2.2 2.3 Scored season-high 18 points at North Dakota 21 Abby Kain (6-1, Fr.) F 1.9 2.4 0.3 Grabbed career-high 8 rebounds vs Portland State 23 22 Danielle Noble (6-0, So.) F 4.4 3.2 0.9 Returned against Sac St after missing six game with injury With a win on Wednesday night, the team will 24 Ali Meyer (6-1, Jr.) F/C -- -- -- Sitting out 2016-17 season as a transfer set the program record for wins in a season. 33 Kianna Williams (5-9, Jr.) • G 5.9 4.7 2.5 Leads team with 56 steals They are currently tied with the 2014-15 team 44 Bridget Hintz (6-3, Fr.) C 1.3 1.1 0.4 Scored career high 10 points at Air Force with 22 wins. • Probable Starters @UNCBearsWBB Game Notes Game 30 | Idaho State Scouting the Bengals The Matchup Idaho State plays a grind it out, defensive style of basket- ball. The Bengals are consistently near the top in scoring Northern Colorado and Idaho State will close out the quar- defense in the conference, and it’s no different this year. terfinals of the Big Sky Tournament Wednesday night in Reno. ISU leads the league, allowing just 61.2 points per game, and have co-Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, Freya The Bears, the No. 3 seed in the tournament had a first Newton on the team. Newton doesn’t have the biggest round bye to make it to this point. Meanwhile, Idaho State, numbers on the defensive end, but makes it hard on her the No. 6 seed, defeated Montana in its first round game opposition, averaging 5.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.6 63-53. blocks. One Bengal was named to the All-Big Sky team in leading scorer Saylair Grandon. Gradon, averages 10.9 points and Last Time against Idaho State 5.1 rebounds a game, returned to action last week after missing a month with a hand injury. Northern Colorado’s offense struggled, while Idaho State’s played well as the Bengals came into Greeley and took a Idaho State also has the Outstanding Freshman winner 68-58 win with them as they left. for the Big Sky in Estefania Ors. Ors comes of the bench averaging 9.5 points and 3.7 points off the bench. UNC shot 38.2 percent from the field, and went just 29.2 percent from the 3-point line. On the other hand, ISU shot 52.4 percent including 62.5 from beyond the arc. Even with the shooting differences, the Bears still had a By the Numbers Team Comparisons shot in the game thanks to ISU’s 20 turnovers. Categories UNC ISU Points 71.1 61.1 The highest scorers for UNC were Kianna Williams and Sa- Opp. Points 62.5 61.2 vannah Smith with 13 points each. Rebounds 36.1 40.8 Box Score Opp. Rebounds 39.4 33.8 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Idaho State vs Northern Colorado Off. Rebounds 10.1 13.5 2/18/17 2:00 PM at Greeley, Colo. (Bank of Colorado Arena) Idaho State 68 • 15-10, 9-5 BSC Opp. Off. Rebounds 13.4 10.2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Field Goal Pct. .436 .380 05 THACKER, Bianca f 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3 4 0 3 0 0 32 22 BROWN, Lindsay f 5-8 1-1 0-0 2 3 5 2 11 0 2 1 2 31 Opp Field Goal Pct. .383 .367 01 VARA DE REY, Isabel g 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 8 1 1 0 0 19 02 KENYON, Grace g 1-8 0-1 6-8 1 4 5 1 8 7 6 2 0 34 3-Point Pct. .352 .326 10 NEWTON, Freya g 6-9 2-3 2-2 0 3 3 2 16 1 2 1 3 34 11 TAPASA, Sai 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 Opp. 3-Point Pct. .329 .306 14 KOCHENDERFER, Britan 1-3 1-2 6-6 0 1 1 2 9 0 2 0 1 17 41 ORS, Estefania 3-5 1-1 4-6 4 2 6 1 11 1 2 0 1 24 3-Point FGs 8.3 6.0 Team 6 5 11 Totals 22-42 5-8 19-24 16 25 41 15 68 10 20 4 7 200 Opp. 3-Point FGs 5.7 5.5 FG % 1st Half: 12-24 50.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 22-42 52.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 5-8 62.5% Rebounds Free Throw Pct. .780 .718 FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0 2nd half: 15-20 75.0% Game: 19-24 79.2% 0 Northern Colorado 58 • 20-6, 12-3 BSC Opp Free Throw Pct.