Saturday, February 26
BOZEMAN
7:05 PM
Montana State University
77
vs
81
Portland State
Senior Lyndi Seidensticker
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Second-Half Shooting Woes Cost ‘Cats Big Sky Lead
2/26/2011 10:36:09 PM | Women's Basketball
Despite shooting a blistering 60 percent from the field in the first period and owning a ten-point halftime lead, Montana State went ice cold from the field in the second stanza and dropped an 81-77 decision to Portland State, Saturday night in Worthington Arena.
Despite shooting a blistering 60 percent from the field in the first period and owning a ten-point halftime lead, Montana State went ice cold from the field in the second stanza and dropped an 81-77 decision to Portland State, Saturday night in Worthington Arena.
“We had too many missed shots, and we also missed the front end of several one-and-ones and that proved costly,” said MSU head coach Tricia Binford. “But even more disappointing, despite scoring 77 points, we gave up 81. We just weren't getting stops.”
Montana State's (16-12, 10-4) 'Senior Night' was right on script in the opening half as the Bobcats stormed out to a 39-26 lead with five-minutes, 19-seconds left in the period.
MSU seniors Sarah Balian and Lyndi Seidensticker sparked the Bobcats offense in the first half. Balian ended the stanza with 19 points, connecting on nine-of-15 from the field, while Seidensticker went three-of-six from beyond the three-point arc.
The Bobcats held a 46-36 advantage at intermission.
Portland State (17-10, 10-4) opened the second half on a 15-4 run and took its first lead of the period with 12:18 remaining.
MSU went without a field-goal for over nine-minutes to begin the half, before a Katie Bussey layup gave the Bobcats a 52-51 lead with 10:56 left.
PSU broke away at 64-all with five unanswered points with 3:46 remaining and never relinquished the lead.
“Once they got out of their zone and went man we seemed to really struggle,” Binford said. “We did not do a good job with our transition defense.”
Montana State shot just 28 percent from the field in the second half and went ten-of-18 from the free throw line.
Balian paced the Bobcats matching a career-high 24 points, while Bussey 17 and Rachel Semansky 15, also reached double-figures.
Bussey, a junior from Alamosa, Colo., finished the game with three 3-pointers and became MSU's all-time three-point leader with 175 career triples, surpassing the old mark of 174 held by Amy Meckling (1997-2001).
Both Bussey and Semansky posted double-doubles, adding a game-high ten rebounds, apiece. Bussey's rebounding prowess matched a career-high.
The loss, coupled with a Northern Colorado victory at Northern Arizona, drops MSU into a second-place tie in the Big Sky standings with Portland State, one game back of UNC.
MSU will travel to Eastern Washington on Thursday, March 3 in Cheney.
“We had too many missed shots, and we also missed the front end of several one-and-ones and that proved costly,” said MSU head coach Tricia Binford. “But even more disappointing, despite scoring 77 points, we gave up 81. We just weren't getting stops.”
Montana State's (16-12, 10-4) 'Senior Night' was right on script in the opening half as the Bobcats stormed out to a 39-26 lead with five-minutes, 19-seconds left in the period.
MSU seniors Sarah Balian and Lyndi Seidensticker sparked the Bobcats offense in the first half. Balian ended the stanza with 19 points, connecting on nine-of-15 from the field, while Seidensticker went three-of-six from beyond the three-point arc.
The Bobcats held a 46-36 advantage at intermission.
Portland State (17-10, 10-4) opened the second half on a 15-4 run and took its first lead of the period with 12:18 remaining.
MSU went without a field-goal for over nine-minutes to begin the half, before a Katie Bussey layup gave the Bobcats a 52-51 lead with 10:56 left.
PSU broke away at 64-all with five unanswered points with 3:46 remaining and never relinquished the lead.
“Once they got out of their zone and went man we seemed to really struggle,” Binford said. “We did not do a good job with our transition defense.”
Montana State shot just 28 percent from the field in the second half and went ten-of-18 from the free throw line.
Balian paced the Bobcats matching a career-high 24 points, while Bussey 17 and Rachel Semansky 15, also reached double-figures.
Bussey, a junior from Alamosa, Colo., finished the game with three 3-pointers and became MSU's all-time three-point leader with 175 career triples, surpassing the old mark of 174 held by Amy Meckling (1997-2001).
Both Bussey and Semansky posted double-doubles, adding a game-high ten rebounds, apiece. Bussey's rebounding prowess matched a career-high.
The loss, coupled with a Northern Colorado victory at Northern Arizona, drops MSU into a second-place tie in the Big Sky standings with Portland State, one game back of UNC.
MSU will travel to Eastern Washington on Thursday, March 3 in Cheney.
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