NCAA Tournament: 1993 l 2017 - WNIT: 1987 l 2003 l 2016 2020-21 SCHEDULE WBB Contact: Tom Schulz - O: 406-994-5130, C: 406-580-6786 - Email: [email protected] Record: 4-3 Overall: 1-0 Big Sky GAME VITALS WHO: Northern Colorado at Montana State NOVEMBER WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 @ 12:05 p.m. (MST) Wed. 25 South Dakota Mines CXL WHERE: Bozeman, Mont. - Worthington Arena (6,722) DECEMBER RECORDS: MSU: 4-3, 1-0; Northern Colorado 2-8, 1-4 Sun. 6 North Dakota W 84-72 SERIES: Montana State leads 17-14; Streak: MSU W4 Thurs. 10 at Brigham Young L 58-72 LAST MTG: Jan. 7, 2021 @ Montana State 54, No. Colo. 46 Fri. 11 at Utah L 63-73 Sat. 12 at Utah Valley -- CXL Tale of the Tape Live on My 103.5 KZMY FM with Mark Martello on the Thurs. 17 at Portland W 80-67 UNC ..............Stat ..............MSU call; pregame begins 15-minutes prior to opening tip. Mon. 21 (RV) South Dakota State L 67-82 60.8 .............PPG .............. 67.4 Thurs. 31 at Southern Utah* -- CXL 38.0 ............ RPG ..............36.6 Live statistics can be accessed at msubobcats.com; run- ning play-by-play and boxscore are available 37.2 ............. FG% ..............36.1 JANUARY 33.5 ........3-PT FG% .........30.5 Sat. 2 at Southern Utah* -- CXL Montana State’s game vs. Northern Colorado on 67.4 ..............FT% ..............75.7 Sat. 2 at Utah Valley W 66-63 Thursday can be seen on Pluto TV - Channel 1057 Thurs. 7 Northern Colorado* W 54-46 7.9 ................APG ..............11.9 Sat. 9 Northern Colorado* 12 noon 6.9 ................SPG ..............10.9 Follow the Montana State women’s basketball squad on Thurs. 14 at Portland State* 8 p.m. 14.7 ............. TOs ..............13.3 social media at MSUBobcatsWBB Sat. 16 at Portland State* 1 p.m. Thurs. 21 Northern Arizona* 7 p.m. BACK-TO-BACK: Montana State will face Northern Colorado on Saturday at 12 p.m. Sat. 23 Northern Arizona* 12 noon in Worthington Arena. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Big Sky Conference, along with Thurs. 28 Montana* 7 p.m. its member institutions, went with a back-to-back schedule against the same opponent to Sat. 30 at Montana* 2 p.m. help mitigate the spread of the virus. MSU will play two home/away series with Montana FEBRUARY and Idaho State. They will also host Northern Arizona, Weber State, and Idaho, while mak- Thurs. 4 Weber State* 7 p.m. ing trips to Portland State, Eastern Washington, and Sacramento State. Its two games at Sat. 6 Weber State* 12 noon Southern Utah (Dec. 31, Jan. 2) will not be made up. Thurs. 11 at Eastern Washington* 7 p.m. Sat. 13 at Eastern Washington* 1 p.m. Thurs. 18 at Idaho State* 7 p.m. BIG SKY OPENER: Since the inception of women’s basketball in the Big Sky during Sat. 20 Idaho State* 12 noon the 1988-89 season, the Cats are now 19-14 in league openers, while Tricia Binford is Thurs. 25 Idaho* 7 p.m. 8-8 all-time, following its win over UNC on Thursday. MSU has won six consecutive Big Sky Sat. 27 Idaho* 12 noon Conference openers. MARCH Wed. 3 at Sacramento State* 6 p.m. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING: With its win over UNC, the Bobcats have won 16 consec- Fri. 5 at Sacramento State* 1 p.m. utive Big Sky Conference games, and 18 straight victories over league foes if you count its two wins over Northern Colorado and Northern Arizona at the Big Sky Conference Tourna- Dates, Opponents and Times Subject to Change or Cancellation. Times Listed are Mountain Time ment, last March. It’s last loss (69-68 2OT) came at home against Idaho on Jan. 9, 2020. #2 #12 #11 #23 #10 Darian White Tori Martell Katelynn Limardo Gabby Mocchi Kola Bad Bear Guard, 5-6, So. Guard, 5-8, Sr. Forward, 6-2, Fr. Forward, 6-2, Jr. Forward, 6-2, So. Boise, ID Somerset, WI Silver City, NM Champlin, MN Billings, MT PPG: 16.9 PPG: 12.9 PPG: 6.0 PPG: 3.2 PPG: 5.3 RPG: 5.0 RPG: 3.1 RPG: 4.0 RPG: 1.3 RPG: 2.5 FG%: 47.1 FG%: 39.2 FG%: 31.6 FG%: 35.7 FG%: 35.5 FT%: 78.6 FT%: 68.8 FT%: 75.0 FT%: 80.0 FT%: 83.3 2020-21 BIG SKY CONFERENCE 2020-21 MONTANA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER: PRESEASON COACHES POLL # PLAYER P HT YR EX HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Sydney Stensgard G 5-9 Fr. HS Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley School .................................Points 2 Darian White G 5-6 So. 1V Boise, Idaho/Mountain View 1. Idaho (4) .............................91 3 Ashley Van Sickle G 5-7 Jr. 2V Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley Idaho State (2) ....................91 5 Ava Ranson G 5-10 Fr. HS Boise, Idaho/Timberline 3. Northern Arizona (3) ............80 10 Kola Bad Bear F 6-2 So. 1V Billings, Mont./Billings Senior 4. Montana State (1) ................77 11 Katelynn Limardo F 6-2 Fr. HS Sliver City, N.M./Silver 5. Northern Colorado (1) ..........64 12 Tori Martell G 5-8 Sr. 3V Somerset, Wis. 6. Montana ..............................53 15 Leia Beattie G 5-9 Fr. HS Midland, Texas/Midland Classical Academy 20 Madison Jackson G 5-9 So. 1V Parma, Idaho/Parma 7. Portland State ......................50 21 Lexi Deden F 6-1 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont./Sentinel 8. Southern Utah .....................36 22 Skye Lindsay F 6-2 So. TR Orem, Utah/Mountain View/Pepperdine 9. Sacramento State .................26 23 Gabby Mocchi F 6-1 Jr. 2V Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park 10. Eastern Washington .............23 24 Taylor Janssen F 6-3 Fr. HS Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount 11. Weber State .........................14 25 Sidney Zieske G 5-8 So. 1V Waconia, Minn./Waconia 30 Kenzie Stumne F 5-11 Fr. RS Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake 2020-21 BIG SKY CONFERENCE PRESEASON MEDIA POLL Head Coach: Tricia Binford; Associate Head Coach: Sunny Smallwood Assistant Coaches: Geoff Golden, Blaire Braxton School .................................Points 2020-21 MONTANA STATE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER: 1. Idaho (16) ...........................221 2. Idaho State (2) ....................206 # PLAYER P HT YR EX HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 3. Northern Arizona ..................180 10 Kola Bad Bear F 6-2 So. 1V Billings, Mont./Senior HS 4. Montana State (2) ................173 15 Leia Beattie G 5-9 Fr. HS Midland, Texas/Midland Classical Academy 5. Northern Colorado (1) ..........135 21 Lexi Deden F 6-1 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont./Sentinel 6. Portland State ......................127 20 Madison Jackson G 5-9 So. 1V Parma, Idaho/Parma HS 7. Montana ..............................122 24 Taylor Janssen F 6-3 Fr. HS Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount 8. Southern Utah .....................73 11 Katelynn Limardo F 6-2 Fr. HS Sliver City, N.M./Silver 22 Skye Lindsay F 6-2 So. TR Orem, Utah/Mountain View HS/Pepperdine 9. Eastern Washington .............65 12 Tori Martell G 5-8 Sr. 3V Somerset, Wis./Somerset HS 10. Sacramento State .................54 23 Gabby Mocchi F 6-1 Jr. 2V Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS 11. Weber State .........................29 5 Ava Ranson G 5-10 Fr. HS Boise, Idaho/Timberline 1 Sydney Stensgard G 5-9 Fr. HS Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley 30 Kenzie Stumne F 5-11 Fr. RS Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS #GoCatsGo 3 Ashley Van Sickle G 5-7 Jr. 2V Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley HS 2 Darian White G 5-6 So. 1V Boise, Idaho/Mountain View HS #msubobcatswbb 25 Sidney Zieske G 5-8 So. 1V Waconia, Minn./Waconia HS #BigSkyWBB Head Coach: Tricia Binford; Associate Head Coach: Sunny Smallwood Assistant Coaches: Geoff Golden, Blaire Braxton HOW WE SAY IT: BY HEIGHT: BY LOCATION: 1 Sydney Stensgard ...Sydney STENS-guard 6-3 ........................... 1 Minnesota ................... 5 2 Darian White ..........DARE-e-an White Janssen Janssen, Mocchi, Stensgard, Stumne, Zieske 5 Ava Ranson ............A-vah Ranson 6-2 ........................... 3 10 Kola Bad Bear .........COLA Bad Bear Idaho ......................... 3 Bad Bear, Limardo, Lindsay Jackson, Ranson, White 15 Leia Beattie ............LEE-ah BEE-dee 6-1 ........................... 2 21 Lexi Deden .............Lexi DEE-den Deden, Mocchi Montana ..................... 2 22 Skye Lindsay ..........SKY Lindsay 5-11 ........................... 1 Bad Bear, Deden 23 Gabby Mocchi .........Gabby MOCK-ee Stumne Colorado ..................... 1 24 Taylor Janssen ........Taylor JAN-sen 5-10 ........................... 1 Van Sickle 25 Sidney Zieske .........Sidney ZEE-ski 30 Kenzie Stumne ........Kenzie STUM-knee Ranson New Mexico ................ 1 5-9 ........................... 3 Limardo Beattie, Jackson, Stensgard BY CLASS: Texas ......................... 1 5-8 ........................... 2 Beattie Martell, Zieske Utah ........................... 1 Seniors ....................... 1 5-7 ........................... 1 Juniors ....................... 2 Van Sickle Lindsay Sophomores ............... 5 5-6 ........................... 1 Wisconsin ................... 1 Freshmen ................... 7 White Martell Montana State Women’s Basketball #1 #2 #3 #5 #10 Sydney Stensgard Darian White Ashley Van Sickle Ava Ranson Kola Bad Bear 5-9, Fresh., Guard 5-6, Soph., Guard 5-7, Junior, Guard 5-10, Fresh., Guard 6-2, Soph., Forward Inver Grove Heights, MN Boise, Idaho Arvada, Colo. Boise, Idaho Billings, Mont. #11 #12 #15 #20 #21 Katelynn Limardo Tori Martell Leia Beattie Madison Jackson Lexi Deden 6-2, Fresh., Forward 5-8, Senior, Guard 5-9, Fresh., Guard 5-9, Soph., Guard 6-1, Fresh., Forward Silver City, N.M. Somerset, Wis. Midland, Texas Parma, Idaho Missoula, Mont. #22 #23 #24 #25 #30 Skye Lindsay Gabby Mocchi Taylor Janssen Sidney Zieske Kenzie Stumne 6-2, Soph., Forward 6-1, Junior, Forward 6-3, Fresh., Forward 5-8, Soph., Guard 5-11, Fresh, Forward Orem, Utah Champlin, Minn. Rosemount, Minn. Waconia, Minn. Forest Lake, Minn.