Saturday, December 8
Bozeman, MT
2 p.m.
Montana State University
vs
WYOMING
The Bobcats host Wyoming on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., in Worthington Arena.
Photo by: Kelly Gorham
Bobcat Women Meet Wyoming Saturday in Worthington Arena
12/7/2012 3:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Montana State women’s basketball squad will venture into the land of the Mountain West Conference for the second time this season. In its season-opener, the Bobcats knocked off Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., 58-53. This time MSU will face Wyoming (6-1) in Worthington Arena, Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m
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TIME TO COWBOY UP: The Montana State women's basketball squad will venture into the land of the Mountain West Conference for the second time this season. In its season-opener, the Bobcats knocked off Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., 58-53. This time MSU will face Wyoming (6-1) in Worthington Arena, Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Montana State leads the all-time series against the Cowgirls 10-4. The last meeting between the schools took place Jan. 1, 2003 as Wyoming handed Montana State a 74-65 setback in Laramie. Following its game with UW, the Bobcats will take an 11-day break for finals, before opening up the Big Sky Conference season at home against Sacramento State on Dec. 20.
ON THE AIR: Montana State women's basketball games can be heard on KMMS 1450 AM. Should a conflict occur with Bobcat men's basketball, the women's broadcast will be moved back to its original flagship at My 103.5 FM. First-year play-by-play man Adam Seidel will begin his broadcast 15-minutes prior to tip.
QUICK RECAP: Rachel Semansky found her lunch pail at halftime and went to work in the second half, recording 16 points and ten rebounds in the final 20-minutes to lift Montana State to a 65-55 win over Tennessee State, Monday night in Worthington Arena. The Highwood native finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds for her 19th career double-double. Also hitting double-digits for the Bobcats was Kalli Durham with 15 points.
ISN'T SHE GRAND? Bobcat senior Rachel Semansky became the 18th member of Montana State's 1000-point club in MSU's win over Clemson. The pride of Highwood now has 1,070 career points, which 15th on the all-time list. In addition, Semansky went over the 700 rebound plateau against SMU, becoming just the ninth Bobcat to reach the milestone. Currently, she is second on the team, averaging 14.3 points per game, while leading the Bobcats under the boards pulling down 7.7 rebounds per outing. Semansky is shooting a team-best 60 percent from the field, which second in the Big Sky Conference. The 6-foot forward has led the league shooting from the field the past two seasons. Semansky posted her 19th career double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds in Montana State's 65-55 win over Tennessee State on Monday night.
THE NAME GAME: Ashley Brumwell, the player formerly known as Ashley Albert, posted her first double-double of the season and the third of her career with 14 points and ten rebounds in MSU's win over Utah State. On the season, she is averaging 8.9 points and is second on the squad hauling down 5.0 rebounds per game. Brumwell, who is the sister-in-law of Bobcat men's basketball player Blake Brumwell, has been in double-figure scoring on three occasions this season. Against Tennessee State on Monday night, Brumwell dished out five assists and added seven points.
OUR VERY OWN VIOLET BEAUREGARDE: A native of Miles City, Montana, sophomore Kalli Durham has played a major role in MSU's early season successes. Durham, who comes from a strong Bobcat basketball lineage - grandfather Linn, uncle Mick, cousin Casey and current teammate and cousin Shayla Mack - leads MSU and is fourth in the Big Sky Conference averaging 14.8 points per game. In seven starts this season, Durham has been in double-digits six times, including a career-best 23 points in Montana State's win over Clemson at the SMU Hoops for a Cure Classic in Dallas, Texas. In addition, she is first on the team with 11 three-point makes.
BUELLER..BUELLER..BUELLER: Hailing from Twin Bridges, Montana, a town of 400 people, and located 87 miles west of Bozeman, freshman Peyton Ferris was the queen of Montana Class C basketball last winter. She was named the 2012 Montana Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Ferris found herself in a starting role for the Bobcats for four games. She is averaging 3.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. Ferris has notched a season-best six points in Montana State's win over Tennessee State on Monday, connecting on one-of-one from the field and four-of-eight from the line.
GIMME A BREAK: A relentless defender, Bobcat newcomer Rachel Carter has started five games for the Bobcats during the non-conference. The junior transfer from Foothill College is averaging 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Carter posted a season-best nine points in MSU's season-opening with at Colorado State. An explosive leaper, Carter recorded a career-best three blocks at Denver and is averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per contest.
THE DISH: Serving as one of three tri-captains this season, senior Latisha Adams is back for her final season with the Bobcats. The 5-9 guard from Albuquerque, New Mexico, had played in all seven games this season, including two starts. She is currently averaging 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. In addition, Adams is second on the team with 15 assists, averaging 2.1 per contest. She has also connected on one three-point attempt has added seven steals and three blocks. Against Tennessee State on Monday night, Adams started at the point-guard spot and hauled down four rebounds, while chipping in two points, two assists and two steals in 20 minutes of action. Adams posted a career-high 11 points at Weber State on January 17, 2011 in Ogden, Utah.
PHONE HOME: Sophomore Jackie Elliott has played in all seven games, including three starts. Last season, the Billings Central grad worked her way into the starting five by the end of the season. The 2010-11 Montana Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year is currently averaging 6.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Elliott played a big role in Montana State's win over Utah State on Dec. 1, hitting crucial free throws down the stretch en route to 11 points - seven rebound performance.
TAKING STOCK: Lindsay Stockton, a freshman from Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash., has seen action in all seven games and is averaging 15.7 minutes per contest. The daughter of NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton and the sister of Gonzaga guard David Stockton, she is making a name for herself in the early going for the Bobcats. The 5-6 guard is averaging 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and an assist per game. She recorded a season-high 12 points against UM-Western, connecting on four-of-seven from the field with two 3-pointers.
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Freshman Jasmine Hommes is another women's player with a strong lineage to the program. Hommes had two aunts play for MSU, including Brooke (Hommes) Svendsen, an All-Big Sky Conference player and member of the 1992-93 Montana State team that captured the program's only league tournament title, which led to its only NCAA appearance, and Blythe (Hommes) Hintz, the 1996-97 Big Sky Conference Player of the Year and a Kodak All-America Honorable Mention, who is fifth on MSU's all-time rebounding chart and 10th on the all-time scoring list. Jasmine Hommes has played in all seven games this season and is averaging 4.0 points and 2.0 rebounds as one of the first post players off the bench. The 6-1 forward from Lynden, Wash., tallied a season-best 12 points vs. UM-Western on five-of-seven from the floor.
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: Junior Emily Allen, a 6-foot forward from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, has played in all seven games and is averaging 11.6 minutes per outing. She is currently averaging 2.7 points and 3.0 rebounds, while shooting 40 percent from the field. This season, Allen posted six points in MSU's win at Denver and hauled down five rebounds against UM-Western. Against North Dakota last December, Allen registered her career-high with eight points. She also recorded a career-high 11 rebounds in the victory over UND.
HOMETOWN PROUD: Bozeman high school standout Alexa (Lexi) Dawkins made the short trip down So. 11th to join the Bobcats this season. An all-state selection with the Hawks last winter, Dawkins has played in all seven games this season, averaging 7.7 minutes, while chipping in 1.6 points and hauling down 2.6 rebounds per contest. In MSU's win over ACC foe Clemson, Dawkins notched a season-best seven rebounds. The 6-foot-1 forward recorded a season-best six points against UM-Western, and currently leads Montana State at the line shooting 86 percent. She also comes from an athletic family as father Dale Dawkins was on the 1987 U of Miami national championship football squad and went on to the NFL as a receiver for the New York Jets.
BIG MACK ATTACK: Shayla Mack is a walk-on from Three Forks, MT and is the cousin of Kalli Durham. She has played in two games. She had 2 pts. vs UM-Western.
IT'S ALL ACADEMIC: Montana State senior standout Rachel Semansky earned Capital One Academic All-America Second-Team honors, the nation's highest academic accolade for student-athletes, last winter. Semansky was among fifteen women's basketball players at the NCAA Division I level to achieve the recognition. Semansky sported a 3.95 grade-point average in elementary education. With the honor, Semansky became the first Bobcat women's basketball player to earn the recognition since Evelyn Baldridge in 1985. Baldridge was a third team honoree, while Kathie Roos garnered honorable mention accolades in 1982.
IN A CLASS OF HER OWN: Rachel Semansky is one of 30 female student-athletes who is a candidate for the 2012-13 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. Candidates will be narrowed to ten finalists midway through the season. Semansky and Idaho State's Kaela Oakes are the only Big Sky players on the list.
NOTING THE 'CATS: The Bobcats lead the Big Sky out-rebounding their opponents this season by +11.0 boards per game...Montana State also leads the Big Sky in field-goal percentage hitting at a .421 clip from the floor...MSU also held the top spot heading into the week limiting their opponents to .219 from beyond the arc. Tennessee State might have changed the Bobcats' hold on the top spot after shooting 44 percent from long-distance on Monday...Montana State has posted wins over the Mountain West, Western Athletic (2), Atlantic Coast and Ohio Valley Conferences...balance and depth have been the key to MSU's early-season successes as 11 of 12 players on the roster are averaging 7.7 minutes or more per game. No one averages more the 27 minutes per game.
THE SCOUTING REPORT: The University of Wyoming moved to 6-1 on Thursday night with a 58-56 win over Montana in Missoula. The Cowgirls trailed with 3:55 remaining, after squandering a 10-point advantage early in the second stanza, but rallied with four straight points to retake the lead for good. Ashley Sickles has a season-high 18 points for Wyoming, while Chaundra Sewell and Kayla Woodward added 14 points, apiece. The Cowgirls out-rebounded the Lady Griz 41-29 and finished the game shooting 47 percent from the field. Wyoming features a balanced scoring attack as Sewell (13.6), Sickles (12.6), Woodward (12.3) and three-point threat Kaitlyn Mileto (12.1) all average double-figures. Sewell paces the Cowgirls under the boards, averaging 9.9 rebounds per game. Mileto has connected for 16 3-pointers, while shooting a red-hot 55 percent from beyond the arc. Woodward and Sickles are also capable of knocking down the 3-ball. As a team, UW shoots 45 percent from the field, 41 percent from three-point range and 71 percent from the line. Wyoming's lone loss of the season was a 68-59 setback at Colorado. They have posted wins over Idaho, Denver (81-66), Seton Hall, Pepperdine, Eastern Michigan and Montana. Joe Legerski is in his 10th year at Wyoming and is 178-108 overall. Last year, the Cowgirls went 12-17 overall and 7-7 in the Mountain West Conference. Legerski led Wyoming to the 2006-07 WNIT title with a win over Wisconsin in the championship game.
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