2020-21 Big Sky Women’s Basketball >>> Weekly Notebook 01.19.21 <<< Women’s Basketball Contact: Karl Hunt • [email protected] • (801) 392-1978 ext. 6002 286 South 200 West, Farmington, Utah 84025 • www.BigSkyConf.com The Tip-Off This Week in the Big Sky *All Times Mountain (Dates and times are subject to change) > Idaho State holds the longest win streak in the conference after winning their last 10 games. The Bengals are also a perfect Thursday, January 21, 2021 8-0 in conference play. Weber State at Southern Utah ............................................ 6:30 p.m. Portland State at Idaho State ...............................................7:00 p.m. > SUU’s Liz Graves was named the #BigSkyWBB Player of the Northern Arizona at Montana State ...................................7:00 p.m. Week for the second time this season. Sacramento State at Montana .............................................7:00 p.m. Northern Colorado at Eastern Washington .................... 7:05 p.m. > Another full week of conference games will take place this week. Idaho will have an off week from conference play. Saturday, January 23, 2021 Sacramento State at Montana ........................................... 10:00 a.m. Weber State at Southern Utah .......................................... 12:00 p.m. Northern Arizona at Montana State ................................. 12:00 p.m. Portland State at Idaho State ............................................. 12:00 p.m. Northern Colorado at Eastern Washington ..................... 1:05 p.m. Last Week’s Results Thursday, January 14, 2021 Idaho State 69, Sacramento State 57 Montana 83, Northern Arizona 74 Idaho 61, Northern Colorado 63 Eastern Washington at Southern Utah -- Canceled Montana State 75, Portland State 67 Friday, January 15, 2021 Eastern Washington at Southern Utah -- Canceled Saturday, January 16, 2021 Montana 76, Northern Arizona 89 Idaho 74, Northern Colorado 57 Montana State 70, Portland State 72 Idaho State 77, Sacramento State 70 Sunday, January 17, 2021 UT-Rio Grande Valley 73, Southern Utah 80 Monday, January 18, 2021 UT-Rio Grande Valley 64, Southern Utah 92 2020-21 Big Sky Women’s Basketball Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL SCHOOL W-L PCT W-L PCT HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK Idaho State 8-0 1.000 10-1 0.909 6-0 4-1 0-0 W9 Idaho 6-2 0.750 7-7 0.500 5-0 2-7 0-0 W1 Eastern Washington 4-2 0.667 5-6 0.455 3-4 2-2 0-0 W4 Northern Arizona 4-4 0.500 6-6 0.500 3-2 3-4 0-0 W1 Portland State 3-3 0.500 4-4 0.500 2-3 2-1 0-0 W1 Montana 2-2 0.500 5-4 0.556 2-0 3-4 0-0 L1 Montana State 2-2 0.500 5-5 0.500 2-2 3-3 0-0 L1 Northern Colorado 3-5 0.375 4-9 0.308 3-5 1-4 0-0 L1 Southern Utah 0-2 0.000 5-4 0.556 5-1 0-3 0-0 W2 Weber State 0-4 0.000 0-7 0.000 0-2 0-5 0-0 L7 Sacramento State 0-6 0.000 0-9 0.000 0-6 0-3 0-0 L9 #ExperienceElevated @BigSkyWBB Fastbreak Points 2020-21 Players of the Week Montana currently has the best free-throw percentage in the con- Nov. 30 - Emily Rodabaugh, NAU ference and is fifth nationally. The Lady Griz have made 129 out of 81.6 158 this season. Dec 7 - Natalie Klinker, Idaho Dec 14 - Liz Graves, SUU Northern Arizona has the sixteenth best three-point field goal de- Dec 21 - Darian White, MSU 16 fense in the country at this point in the season. The Lumberjacks are holding opponents to a 23.6 shooting percentage from long Dec 28 - Beyonce Bea, UI range. Jan 4 - Alisha Davis, UNC Weber State’s Kori Pentzer has the seventh-best free throw shoot- Jan 11 - Aaliyah Alexander, EWU 96.2 ing percentage in the nation this season. Pentzer is shooting 96.2 percent from the charity stripe. Jan 18 - Liz Graves, SUU Jan 25 - When it comes to shooting three-pointers, Northern Colorado’s Feb 1 - 2 Hanna Simental can boast the conference’s best percentage. Si- mental’s 56.4 percent from three-point range is also second-best Feb 8 - nationally this season. Feb 15 - Feb 22 - Mar 1 - Mar 8 - Big Sky Pluto TV Lineup 2020-21 Big Sky Preseason Polls Big Sky Conference Coaches’ Poll will air all of its live Teams Points streamed sports events Idaho (4) 91 on Pluto TV for free Idaho State (2) 91 including up to 700 Northern Arizona (3) 80 football, men’s and Montana State (1) 77 women’s basketball, Northern Colorado (1) 64 volleyball and selected soccer, softball Montana 53 and track and field events. Portland State 50 Southern Utah 36 # Channel Name Sacramento State 26 752 Big Sky Conference Eastern Washington 23 1050 Big Sky Conference Live Weber State 14 1051 Portland State 1052 Sacramento State Media Poll 1053 Eastern Washington Teams Points 1054 Weber State Idaho (16) 221 1055 Southern Utah Idaho State (2) 206 1056 Montana Northern Arizona 180 1057 Montana State Montana State (2) 173 1058 Northern Arizona Northern Colorado (1) 135 1059 Northern Colorado Portland State 127 1060 Idaho Montana 122 1061 Idaho State Southern Utah 73 1062 Cal Poly Eastern Washington 65 1063 UC Davis Sacramento State 54 Weber State 29 ( ) Denotes First-Place Votes Follow the Big Sky on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - @BigSkyConf #BigSkyWBB Top Performances Around the Big Sky Big Sky vs. Other Conferences Liz Graves, SUU • Graves averaged 33 points, 12 rebounds, four steals, and two assists per game last week. She also shot 11-of-23 from the field for a shooting CONFERENCE RECORD percentage of 48 percent. ACC 0-0 American 0-0 Gabby Moochi, Montana State • Had career-high 16 points in MSU’s win at Port- America East 0-0 land State on Thursday. Moochi had a career-high 18 points against PSU on Sun- day. Atlantic 10 0-0 Big East 0-0 Jacqulynn Nakai, Northern Arizona • Nakai averaged 21.0 points, 6.0 assists, and Big Ten 0-1 2.0 steals per game during the past week against the Montana Lady Griz. After Big South 0-0 setting a new career-high with six assists on Thursday, Nakai matched the total on Big West 0-0 Saturday while also scoring a career-best 29 points in the 89-76 victory. Big 12 1-2 CAA 0-0 Desirae Hansen, Portland State • Hansen led the Vikings to a split with defend- GNAC 0-0 ing Big Sky champion Montana State last weekend. Hansen averaged 17.5 points, Horizon League 0-0 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game last weekend. Hansen now ranks Lone Star 0-1 fourth in the Big Sky with 15.1 points per game and remains the only player in the MAC 0-0 Big Sky Conference to rank in the top 10 for points, rebounds (6.8, 10th), and as- MAAC 0-0 sists (3.1, 9th) per game. Mountain West 2-7 Carmen Gfeller, Montana • Gfeller averaged 21 points on 78.3 percent shooting as NEC 0-0 Montana split a pair of games at Northern Arizona. She added five rebounds, five MVC 0-0 assists, and four steals in the two games. Gfeller ranks second in the Big Sky in NSIC 0-0 field goal percentage (.558), third in scoring (15.8/g). NWC 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Sarah Abney, Sacramento State • Sarah Abney set a career-high with 17 points in PAC-12 0-5 back-to-back games against the Big Sky-leading Idaho State Bengals. Abney com- Patriot League 0-0 bined 13-28 (46.4%) from the floor overall and 6-17 (35/3%) from three. Abney’s 17 RMAC 0-0 points in both games passed her previous career-best of 10 points. SEC 0-0 SoCon 0-0 Hannah Simental, Northern Colorado • Simental averaged 14 points across both Southland 0-1 games versus Idaho. The freshman matched her career-high in the first matchup Sunbelt 0-0 with 19, including 4-4 from deep. Simental hasn’t missed a three-pointer since Summit League 3-2 January 7 against Montana State. SWAC 0-0 Callie Bourne, Idaho State • During the series with Sac State, Bourne averaged 15 C-USA 1-0 ppg, 9 Rebounds, 2.5 assists, and two steals to help the Bengals sweep the Hor- WAC 8-6 nets. In Thursday’s matchup against the Hornets, Bourne scored eight points and West Coast 1-4 grabbed 10 rebounds. In Saturday’s game, Bourne led both teams with 21 points, eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals as the Bengals beat the Hornets 77- Big Sky Season Leaders 70. Points Gina Marxen, Idaho • Marxen averaged 19.5 points and 3.5 assists per game in 19.0 ppg • Liz Graves, SUU a weekend split with Northern Colorado. Finished 14-of-24 from the field (58 18.3 ppg • Jacqulynn Nakai, NAU percent) and 6-of-14 (42 percent) from three-point range. Marxen totaled seven Rebounds assists on the week and just three turnovers. 9.9 rpg • Alisha Davis, UNC 9.1 rpg • Liz Graves, SUU Assists 4.4 apg • Regan Schenck, NAU 4.4 apg • Darian White, MSU 4.4 apg • Kylie Jimenez, PSU Big Sky Websites and Twitter Feeds Steals 2.9 spg • Darian White, MSU School Website Twitter 2.7 spg • Sophia Styles, UM Eastern Washington GoEags.com @EWUWBB Idaho GoVandals.com @VandalsWBB Complete Stats can be found at bigskyconf.com/wbbstats Idaho State ISUBengals.com @HeartofaBengal Montana GoGriz.com @MontanaGrizWBB OR Montana State MSUBobcats.com @MSUBobcatsWBB Scan the QR Code below Northern Arizona NAUAthletics.com @NAU_WBB Northern Colorado UNCBears.com @UNCBearsWBB Portland State GoViks.com @ViksWBB Sacramento State HornetSports.com @SacStateWbb Southern Utah SUUTBirds.com @SUUWBasketball Weber State WeberStateSports.com @WeberStateWBB #ExperienceElevated @BigSkyWBB Around the Big Sky Around the Big Sky > Idaho State continues to separate itself from the rest of the conference and currently has a two-game lead over sec- > Northern Colorado’s Alisha Davis continues to be one of ond place.