Wednesday, November 20
Bozeman, MT
7 p.m.
Montana State University
vs
Montana State University-Billings
Sophomore Kayla DeWit (13) against UM Western.
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcat Hoopsters Host MSU Billings on Wednesday
11/19/2013 5:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Montana State will hosts its sister school MSU Billings, Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Worthington Arena.
MONTANA STATE BASKETBALL NOTES (pdf)
Date:... Wed., Nov. 20, 2013
Tip:... 7 p.m.
Site:... Bozeman, MT
Venue... : Worthington Arena
TV:... WatchBigSky.com
Radio:... 1450 AM KMMS
Talent:... Riley Corcoran
Live Stats:... msubobcats.com
Press Row:... 406-994-3210
* Wednesday's meeting with MSU Billings will mark the 19th encounter between the two sister schools dating back to the 1976-77 season. Last year, the Yellowjackets knocked off the Bobcats 57-54 (game was an exhibition for MSUB) in Bozeman to snap an eight game losing streak, which began on Nov. 18, 1983.
* Montana State dropped a 72-62 decision to the University of Wyoming in Laramie on Friday night. The Bobcats had two players in double-figure scoring led by Jackie Elliott 11 and Ausha Cole 10. Kalli Durham paced MSU under the glass with ten rebounds, while Jasmine Hommes swatted a team-best three blocks.
* Wednesday will mark the first of two games the Bobcats will play this week within the friendly confines of Worthington Arena. MSU will host Denver on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Pioneers will host UC Irvine on Thursday, before making the trek to Bozeman. Denver is currently 1-2 overall.
* The new contact rules have shown an interesting stat early in the season. In MSU's win over Cal State Northridge in Worthington Arena, the Bobcats held a 29-13 advantage in free throw attempts. In its loss at Wyoming in the Arena Auditorium on Friday, the Cowgirls held a commanding 38-17 margin in charity tosses. To date, the Bobcats are shooting a respectable 78 percent from the line.
* The Montana State women's basketball team is getting balanced scoring in the early go as four Bobcat players average double-figures. The four are Kalli Durham 13.0, Jasmine Hommes 10.5, Ashley Brumwell 10.5 and Jackie Elliott 10.0.
* After opening the season shooting 35 percent from three-point range in its win over Cal State Northridge, the Bobcats shot an icy 6.3 percent at Wyoming, connecting on just one-of-16 attempts with the one make belonging to Jackie Elliott.
* Kalli Durham did a nice job cleaning up the garbage at Wyoming. The 5-7 guard crashed the boards for a team-high 10 rebounds.
* Durham and Ashley Brumwell are lading the Bobcats from the charity stripe. The duo is a perfect 18-of-18 from the line, each going nine-of-nine to date. Others not missing from the line this fall include Jackie Elliott (2-2) and Lindsay Stockton (4-4).
* MSU has had 46 fouls called on them in two games, averaging 23.0 per outing.
* The Bobcats have made just 21 turnovers.
* In their home-opener last week, the Yellowjackets won their game against regional opponent Chadron State 59-55. MSUB shot 37.7 percent from the field and 16.7 percent from three-point range. Bobbi Knudsen had 23 points, four assists, and four rebounds in the game. Montana State transfer Chelsea Banis had 10 points and seven rebounds in the contest. Janiel Olson was 2-2 in the game with five points and a team-high nine rebounds.
* MSUB experienced success in 2012, going 17-10 overall, and finishing third in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 11-7. The Yellowjackets also did a great job of protecting their home turf with an 11-2 slate, which included a 78-64 win over the University of Alaska Anchorage (1/10/13), ending a five-year 10 game drought.
* The Yellowjackets return nine letterwinners from last season. MSUB has made seven postseason appearances in the last ten years. Senior Bobbi Knudsen (Malta) was a NCAA Division II All-American, last winter.
A FULL PLATE:
Senior Ashley Brumwell has a lot on her plate. In addition to her playing gig, the 5th-year senior is also student-teaching at Bozeman High in the math department. Brumwell (formerly Albert) was hampered with foul trouble at Wyoming, eventually fouling out with 7:21 remaining with seven points and four rebounds. Last winter, she started 28-of-30 games and averaged 8.8 points per game.
ENERGIZER BUNNY:
Junior Jackie Elliott, who was a woman on a mission in the opener against CS Northridge, continued her stellar play with a team-11 points at Wyoming, connecting on 4-of-9 from the floor. In addition, she pulled down six rebounds. Elliott, who was the 2010-11 Montana Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year and a 16-time All-State Academic honoree as a prepster, is majoring in Bio-Engineering.
FROM THE TOWN THAT MADE VIOLET BEAUREGARDE FAMOUS:
Miles City, Montana product Kalli Durham got off to a great start in the season-opener leading the Bobcats against Cal State Northridge with a team-high 21 points- just two points shy of her career-high 23 point output against Clemson last November. Against Wyoming, Durham went just two-of-14 from the field for five points. She did, however, pick up the slack for the Bobcats under the boards with 10 rebounds. In addition, Durham chipped in an assist and a steal in 28 minutes of action. Durham had 16 double-figure scoring games, last winter.
ALL IN THE FAMILY:
Jasmine Hommes made her second career start against Wyoming on Friday. The 6-1 post player from Lynden, Wash., finished with nine points on four-of-nine from the field. She also recorded eight rebounds, three blocks, two steals and one assist in 27 minutes of action. Hommes is the niece of former Bobcat and Big Sky MVP Blythe Hommes-Hintz and former MSU and Big Sky All-Conference performer Brooke Hommes-Svendsen. Hommes' aunts made a combined 130 starts for the Bobcats- Blythe Hommes-Hintz 78 - Brooke Hommes-Svendsen 52.
BABY TALK:
After taking last year off on maternity leave, junior point-guard Ausha Cole has returned to the Bobcat starting line-up. Cole had ten points against Wyoming hitting five-of-12 from the field. The native of Mesa, Ariz., also added six rebounds, two assists and two steals in MSU's 10-point loss to the Cowgirls. Her biggest fan, Kadence, celebrated her first birthday on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
STOCK AND DAWK:
Sophomore guard Lindsay Stockton notched eight points, two rebounds and two assists against Wyoming. The Gonzaga Prep grad saw 16 minutes of action against the Cowgirls. Sophomore forward Alexa Dawkins also saw 16 minutes of action and tallied four points, while hauling down three rebounds and dishing out an assist against Wyoming. The Bobcat duo hails from a strong athletic lineage. Lindsay is the daughter of legendary NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton, while mother Nada played volleyball at Gonzaga. Dawkins' father Dale played football on the University of Miami's 1987 National Championship team. Dawkins later went on to play wide receiver for the New York Jets from 1990-93.
THE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER:
Senior forward Emily Allen from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia came off the bench to pull down five rebounds in 18 minutes of action against the University of Wyoming. Allen also had two steals in the loss.
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS:
Redshirt freshman Margreet Barhoum, who came off the bench to give the Bobcats a major boost in its win over Cal State Northridge, went scoreless in four minutes of play against Wyoming, after being saddled with foul trouble.
DeNOTE ON DeWIT:
Montana State sophomore center Kayla DeWit came off the bench at Wyoming and notched eight points and five rebounds in 13 minutes of play. The Columbia Falls native connected on 4-of-9 from the floor and added a blocked shot.
BUELLER, BUELLER, BUELLER:
Sophomore Peyton Ferris, who averaged 2.4 points and 2.0 rebounds last winter, is sidelined with a leg injury. She is listed as day-to-day.
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