Bobcat Women Host Oregon State in Season-Opener
11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The 411:
The Montana State women’s basketball team will open its regular-season when it hosts Oregon State University of the Pacific-10 Conference on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:05 p.m. in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The game will mark the first for rookie head coach Tricia Binford, who took the reins of the Bobcat program in April. Binford previously served as an assistant at Utah State.
On The Air:
All games can be heard on 103.5 KZMY-FM. Veteran sportscaster Mark Martello will handle play-by-play duties this season. However, Friday’s game will be called by the ‘Voice of the Bobcats’ Kris Atteberry, starting at 6:45 p.m.
Probable Starters:
Probable starters for Friday’s game include...
Montana State (0-0)
G #24 Alyssa Nelson, 5-5, Jr., Edina, Minn., 7.9 ppg., 3.4 apg.
G #20 Scotta Morton, 5-10, Jr., Bozeman, Mont., 7.6 ppg., 3.6 rpg.
F #2 Amanda DeHaan, 5-11, So., Bozeman, Mont., 1.3 ppg., 1.7 rpg.
F #4 Katy Proietti, 6-0, So., Merced, Calif., 2.3 ppg., 2.2 rpg.
C #34 Whitney Connolly, 6-3, Jr., Ennis, Mont., 2.7 ppg, 1.0 bpg.
Oregon State (0-0)
G #24 Mandy Close, 5-11, Sr., Bozeman, Mont., 8.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg.
G #31 Anita Riveria, 6-0, Sr., Lake Elsinore, Calif., 4.7 ppg., 2.5 rpg.
F #3 Tiffany Ducker, 6-1, So., Stockton, Calif., 3.8 ppg., 4.2 rpg.
F #42 Kim Butler, 6-1, Sr., Tacoma, Wash., 10.1 ppg., 4.5 rpg.
C #34 Karen vickery, 6-2, Sr., Vale, Ore., 3.7 ppg., 3.2 rpg.
Cat Chat:
The Bobcats are 18-11 all-time in season-openers, including a 74-73 overtime victory at Air Force, last season...MSU returns two starters from last season’s squad; Alyssa Nelson and Scotta Morton...Friday’s game will have a uniquely Bozeman flavor, as the Bobcats start two kids from its hometown, while Oregon State features former Bozeman Hawk Mandy Close...MSU’s Amanda DeHaan hails from Bozeman, but played high school basketball at Manhattan Christian...Close was a student manager on the 1992-93 MSU squad that captured the school’s only Big Sky title...Close is officially in the MSU Hall of Fame...Closes’ mother Kathy competed for MSU’s cross country and track and field team and an all-conference performer, while father John was a member of the 1976 National Champion Bobcat football squad...Tricia Binford makes her first official appearance as head coach....first-year mentors at MSU are 7-3 in their debuts...MSU downed MSU-Billings 74-54 on Nov. 7.
The Montana State women’s basketball team will open its regular-season when it hosts Oregon State University of the Pacific-10 Conference on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:05 p.m. in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The game will mark the first for rookie head coach Tricia Binford, who took the reins of the Bobcat program in April. Binford previously served as an assistant at Utah State.
On The Air:
All games can be heard on 103.5 KZMY-FM. Veteran sportscaster Mark Martello will handle play-by-play duties this season. However, Friday’s game will be called by the ‘Voice of the Bobcats’ Kris Atteberry, starting at 6:45 p.m.
Probable Starters:
Probable starters for Friday’s game include...
Montana State (0-0)
G #24 Alyssa Nelson, 5-5, Jr., Edina, Minn., 7.9 ppg., 3.4 apg.
G #20 Scotta Morton, 5-10, Jr., Bozeman, Mont., 7.6 ppg., 3.6 rpg.
F #2 Amanda DeHaan, 5-11, So., Bozeman, Mont., 1.3 ppg., 1.7 rpg.
F #4 Katy Proietti, 6-0, So., Merced, Calif., 2.3 ppg., 2.2 rpg.
C #34 Whitney Connolly, 6-3, Jr., Ennis, Mont., 2.7 ppg, 1.0 bpg.
Oregon State (0-0)
G #24 Mandy Close, 5-11, Sr., Bozeman, Mont., 8.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg.
G #31 Anita Riveria, 6-0, Sr., Lake Elsinore, Calif., 4.7 ppg., 2.5 rpg.
F #3 Tiffany Ducker, 6-1, So., Stockton, Calif., 3.8 ppg., 4.2 rpg.
F #42 Kim Butler, 6-1, Sr., Tacoma, Wash., 10.1 ppg., 4.5 rpg.
C #34 Karen vickery, 6-2, Sr., Vale, Ore., 3.7 ppg., 3.2 rpg.
Cat Chat:
The Bobcats are 18-11 all-time in season-openers, including a 74-73 overtime victory at Air Force, last season...MSU returns two starters from last season’s squad; Alyssa Nelson and Scotta Morton...Friday’s game will have a uniquely Bozeman flavor, as the Bobcats start two kids from its hometown, while Oregon State features former Bozeman Hawk Mandy Close...MSU’s Amanda DeHaan hails from Bozeman, but played high school basketball at Manhattan Christian...Close was a student manager on the 1992-93 MSU squad that captured the school’s only Big Sky title...Close is officially in the MSU Hall of Fame...Closes’ mother Kathy competed for MSU’s cross country and track and field team and an all-conference performer, while father John was a member of the 1976 National Champion Bobcat football squad...Tricia Binford makes her first official appearance as head coach....first-year mentors at MSU are 7-3 in their debuts...MSU downed MSU-Billings 74-54 on Nov. 7.
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