Thursday, February 14
Bozeman, MT
7 p.m.
Montana State University
vs
IDAHO STATE
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Cat Fight: MSU Hoopsters Host Idaho State/Weber State
2/13/2013 4:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Montana State women’s basketball team will play its next four games in Worthington Arena/Shroyer Gym over the span of 19 days, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 14 when the Bobcats host Idaho State at 7 p.m.
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HOME STAND: The Montana State women's basketball team will play its next four games in Worthington Arena/Shroyer Gym over the span of 19 days, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 14 when the Bobcats host Idaho State at 7 p.m. MSU will close out the weekend with Weber State on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Saturday's game will be played in Shroyer Gym. Following this weekend, the Bobcat women will be idle, until meeting the University of Montana, Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m., in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
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: Montana State saw its losing streak extend to five games, after dropping a pair of Big Sky road games at North Dakota (62-55) and Northern Colorado (62-51). MSU's upperclassmen stepped-up last weekend, as Ashley Brumwell, Rachel Semansky and Latisha Adams all averaged in double-figures for the weekend. Brumwell, a junior from Hamilton, averaged 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 100 percent from the free throw line against UND and UNC. Semansky and Adams averaged 12 and 11.5 points, respectively.
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 1,278 career points, which 10th on the all-time list. In addition, Semansky went over the 800 rebound plateau against Weber State on Jan. 24. She becomes only the third Bobcat in history to go over 800 boards, and is now just one of two players in MSU history to post over 1,200 points and 800 rebounds. Currently, she is averaging a team-best 13.4 points per game, while leading the Bobcats under the boards pulling down 7.0 rebounds per outing. Semansky is shooting a team-best 57 percent from the field, which leads the Big Sky Conference and ranks ninth in the nation. Semansky posted her 21nd career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Northern Colorado in Greeley on Saturday afternoon.
THE NAME GAME: Ashley Brumwell, the player formerly known as Ashley Albert, posted her second double-double of the season and the fourth of her career with 12 points and 10 rebounds in MSU's win over Weber State on Jan. 24. On the season, she is averaging 9.6 points and is second on the squad hauling down 6.2 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 11 occasions this season. Last weekend, the Hamilton native came out of a mini shooting slump connecting on 10-18 (56 percent) from the floor. Brumwell posted a career-high 23 points, converting 10-of-19 from the field in MSU's loss to Wyoming on Dec. 8.
OUR VERY OWN VIOLET BEAUREGARDE: A native of Miles City, Kalli Durham has played a major role in MSU's season successes. Durham, who comes from a strong Bobcat basketball lineage - grandfather Lin, uncle Mick, cousin Casey and current teammate and cousin Shayla Mack - is second on the team, averaging 12.7 points per game. In 20 games, Durham has been in double-digits 13 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 29 three-point makes. Durham missed three games (SAC, NAU, MSUB) with a leg injury. Since her return to the starting line-up, she has averaged 11.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in Big Sky play.
BUELLER..BUELLER..BUELLER: Hailing from Twin Bridges, Montana, a town of 400 people located 87 miles west of Bozeman, freshman Peyton Ferris was the 2012 Montana Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Ferris found herself in a starting role for the Bobcats for four games. Currently, she is averaging 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Ferris notched a season-best seven points in Montana State's loss to Sacramento State to open the Big Sky season.
GIMME A BREAK: A relentless defender, newcomer Rachel Carter has played in all 23 games, including eight starts. The junior transfer from Foothill College is averaging 2.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and has a team-best 36 steals per game. Carter posted a season-best nine points in MSU's season-opening with at Colorado State.
CHELSEA, LATELY: Junior center Chelsea Banis returned from offseason hip surgery to see her first action of the season at Weber State on Jan. 24. The Fairfield native has played in two games this winter, including one minute with one rebound at Northern Colorado in Greeley on Saturday afternoon.
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, has played in all 23 games this season, including 17 starts. She is currently averaging 9.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in Big Sky play. Adams is fourth on the team with 37 assists. Adams recorded a career-high 19 points as the Bobcats defeated Portland State, Jan. 3. Last week against North Dakota and Northern Colorado, she averaged 11.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting 41 percent.
PHONE HOME: Jackie Elliott has played in all 23 games, including eight starts. The 2010-11 Montana Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year is currently averaging 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Elliott posted a season-high 13 points in MSU's loss to Sacramento State to begin conference play, connecting on 5-of-8 from the field. Last weekend, she averaged 15 minutes per game and averaged 1.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest. In addition, she dished out three assists and had three steals. Against UNC, Elliott posted two points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
TAKING STOCK: Lindsay Stockton, a freshman from Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash., has seen action in all 23 games, including the last two as a starter. She is averaging 15.5 minutes per contest. The daughter of NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton and the sister of Gonzaga guard David Stockton, is making a name for herself with the Bobcats. The 5-6 guard is averaging 5.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. She recorded a season-high 13 points against Portland State, connecting on four-of-10 from the field, including a three-of-four effort from beyond the arc on Feb. 2.
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Freshman Jasmine Hommes is another women's player with a strong lineage to the program. Hommes has two aunts who played for MSU, including Brooke (Hommes) Svendsen, an All-Big Sky 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 Player of the Year and a Kodak All-America Honorable Mention selection. Jasmine Hommes has played in 19 games this season and is averaging 2.5 points and 1.6 rebounds as one of the first post players off the bench. The 6-1 forward from Lynden, Wash., played five minutes at North Dakota and pulled down one offensive board.
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: Emily Allen, a 6-foot forward from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, has played in all 21 games, including starting the last nine games. Allen is averaging 2.5 points and 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 29 percent from the field. Against North Dakota (December 2011) Allen registered a career-high with eight points. She also recorded a career-high 11 rebounds in the victory over UND. Last weekend, Allen averaged 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. She has her best outing against Eastern Washington with six points, four rebounds, two steals and as assist.
HOMETOWN PROUD: Bozeman High standout Lexi Dawkins, an all-state selection last winter, has played in all 23 games, including the last two as a starter. Dawkins has seen her minutes rise significantly, averaging 13.7 per game. She is currently chipping in 3.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per contest. Last weekend, she averaged three points, while pulling down three rebounds per game. In addition, she added two steals and an assist. The 6-foot-1 forward matched a season-high eight points in four games this season, last against Portland State. She also currently leads Montana State at the line shooting 86 percent. Dawkins comes from an athletic family as well, as father Dale Dawkins was on the 1987 U of Miami national championship football squad and went on to the NFL as a wide 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 five games. She had 2 pts. vs UM-Western and one point at Weber State.
HITTING THE BOOKS: For the sixth time in the last seven years, the Montana State women's basketball team ranked among the top 12 in the nation at the NCAA Division 1 level for combined grade-point average inclusive of all student-athletes on its rosters for the 2011-12 season. The Bobcats finished 11th overall with a combined 3.456 grade-point average. MSU was the highest ranked Big Sky team from last winter. Northern Colorado (12), Montana (17) and Eastern Washington (25) also ranked in the top 25.
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 was one of 30 female student-athletes to be 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: Montana State has wins over the Mountain West, WAC (2), ACC and Ohio Valley Conferences...balance and depth have been the key to MSU's success as 10 of 13 players on the roster are averaging 11.7 minutes or more per game, while no one averages more the 30 minutes...Rachel Semansky is 9th in the nation shooting 57 percent from the floor...despite shooting just 23 percent from 3-point range, the Bobcats are shooting at a 40% clip from the field...MSU, who three weeks ago was the top ranked Big Sky school in the RPI at 72, is now listed 113th overall, behind Montana (79) and Eastern Washington (109)...Rachel Semansky was just named Academic District VII, it was her third consecutive honor. She is now on the Academic All America ballot.
HOME STAND: The Montana State women's basketball team will play its next four games in Worthington Arena/Shroyer Gym over the span of 19 days, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 14 when the Bobcats host Idaho State at 7 p.m. MSU will close out the weekend with Weber State on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Saturday's game will be played in Shroyer Gym. Following this weekend, the Bobcat women will be idle, until meeting the University of Montana, Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m., in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.
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: Montana State saw its losing streak extend to five games, after dropping a pair of Big Sky road games at North Dakota (62-55) and Northern Colorado (62-51). MSU's upperclassmen stepped-up last weekend, as Ashley Brumwell, Rachel Semansky and Latisha Adams all averaged in double-figures for the weekend. Brumwell, a junior from Hamilton, averaged 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 100 percent from the free throw line against UND and UNC. Semansky and Adams averaged 12 and 11.5 points, respectively.
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 1,278 career points, which 10th on the all-time list. In addition, Semansky went over the 800 rebound plateau against Weber State on Jan. 24. She becomes only the third Bobcat in history to go over 800 boards, and is now just one of two players in MSU history to post over 1,200 points and 800 rebounds. Currently, she is averaging a team-best 13.4 points per game, while leading the Bobcats under the boards pulling down 7.0 rebounds per outing. Semansky is shooting a team-best 57 percent from the field, which leads the Big Sky Conference and ranks ninth in the nation. Semansky posted her 21nd career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Northern Colorado in Greeley on Saturday afternoon.
THE NAME GAME: Ashley Brumwell, the player formerly known as Ashley Albert, posted her second double-double of the season and the fourth of her career with 12 points and 10 rebounds in MSU's win over Weber State on Jan. 24. On the season, she is averaging 9.6 points and is second on the squad hauling down 6.2 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 11 occasions this season. Last weekend, the Hamilton native came out of a mini shooting slump connecting on 10-18 (56 percent) from the floor. Brumwell posted a career-high 23 points, converting 10-of-19 from the field in MSU's loss to Wyoming on Dec. 8.
OUR VERY OWN VIOLET BEAUREGARDE: A native of Miles City, Kalli Durham has played a major role in MSU's season successes. Durham, who comes from a strong Bobcat basketball lineage - grandfather Lin, uncle Mick, cousin Casey and current teammate and cousin Shayla Mack - is second on the team, averaging 12.7 points per game. In 20 games, Durham has been in double-digits 13 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 29 three-point makes. Durham missed three games (SAC, NAU, MSUB) with a leg injury. Since her return to the starting line-up, she has averaged 11.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in Big Sky play.
BUELLER..BUELLER..BUELLER: Hailing from Twin Bridges, Montana, a town of 400 people located 87 miles west of Bozeman, freshman Peyton Ferris was the 2012 Montana Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Ferris found herself in a starting role for the Bobcats for four games. Currently, she is averaging 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Ferris notched a season-best seven points in Montana State's loss to Sacramento State to open the Big Sky season.
GIMME A BREAK: A relentless defender, newcomer Rachel Carter has played in all 23 games, including eight starts. The junior transfer from Foothill College is averaging 2.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and has a team-best 36 steals per game. Carter posted a season-best nine points in MSU's season-opening with at Colorado State.
CHELSEA, LATELY: Junior center Chelsea Banis returned from offseason hip surgery to see her first action of the season at Weber State on Jan. 24. The Fairfield native has played in two games this winter, including one minute with one rebound at Northern Colorado in Greeley on Saturday afternoon.
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, has played in all 23 games this season, including 17 starts. She is currently averaging 9.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in Big Sky play. Adams is fourth on the team with 37 assists. Adams recorded a career-high 19 points as the Bobcats defeated Portland State, Jan. 3. Last week against North Dakota and Northern Colorado, she averaged 11.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting 41 percent.
PHONE HOME: Jackie Elliott has played in all 23 games, including eight starts. The 2010-11 Montana Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year is currently averaging 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Elliott posted a season-high 13 points in MSU's loss to Sacramento State to begin conference play, connecting on 5-of-8 from the field. Last weekend, she averaged 15 minutes per game and averaged 1.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest. In addition, she dished out three assists and had three steals. Against UNC, Elliott posted two points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
TAKING STOCK: Lindsay Stockton, a freshman from Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash., has seen action in all 23 games, including the last two as a starter. She is averaging 15.5 minutes per contest. The daughter of NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton and the sister of Gonzaga guard David Stockton, is making a name for herself with the Bobcats. The 5-6 guard is averaging 5.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. She recorded a season-high 13 points against Portland State, connecting on four-of-10 from the field, including a three-of-four effort from beyond the arc on Feb. 2.
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Freshman Jasmine Hommes is another women's player with a strong lineage to the program. Hommes has two aunts who played for MSU, including Brooke (Hommes) Svendsen, an All-Big Sky 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 Player of the Year and a Kodak All-America Honorable Mention selection. Jasmine Hommes has played in 19 games this season and is averaging 2.5 points and 1.6 rebounds as one of the first post players off the bench. The 6-1 forward from Lynden, Wash., played five minutes at North Dakota and pulled down one offensive board.
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: Emily Allen, a 6-foot forward from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, has played in all 21 games, including starting the last nine games. Allen is averaging 2.5 points and 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 29 percent from the field. Against North Dakota (December 2011) Allen registered a career-high with eight points. She also recorded a career-high 11 rebounds in the victory over UND. Last weekend, Allen averaged 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. She has her best outing against Eastern Washington with six points, four rebounds, two steals and as assist.
HOMETOWN PROUD: Bozeman High standout Lexi Dawkins, an all-state selection last winter, has played in all 23 games, including the last two as a starter. Dawkins has seen her minutes rise significantly, averaging 13.7 per game. She is currently chipping in 3.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per contest. Last weekend, she averaged three points, while pulling down three rebounds per game. In addition, she added two steals and an assist. The 6-foot-1 forward matched a season-high eight points in four games this season, last against Portland State. She also currently leads Montana State at the line shooting 86 percent. Dawkins comes from an athletic family as well, as father Dale Dawkins was on the 1987 U of Miami national championship football squad and went on to the NFL as a wide 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 five games. She had 2 pts. vs UM-Western and one point at Weber State.
HITTING THE BOOKS: For the sixth time in the last seven years, the Montana State women's basketball team ranked among the top 12 in the nation at the NCAA Division 1 level for combined grade-point average inclusive of all student-athletes on its rosters for the 2011-12 season. The Bobcats finished 11th overall with a combined 3.456 grade-point average. MSU was the highest ranked Big Sky team from last winter. Northern Colorado (12), Montana (17) and Eastern Washington (25) also ranked in the top 25.
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 was one of 30 female student-athletes to be 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: Montana State has wins over the Mountain West, WAC (2), ACC and Ohio Valley Conferences...balance and depth have been the key to MSU's success as 10 of 13 players on the roster are averaging 11.7 minutes or more per game, while no one averages more the 30 minutes...Rachel Semansky is 9th in the nation shooting 57 percent from the floor...despite shooting just 23 percent from 3-point range, the Bobcats are shooting at a 40% clip from the field...MSU, who three weeks ago was the top ranked Big Sky school in the RPI at 72, is now listed 113th overall, behind Montana (79) and Eastern Washington (109)...Rachel Semansky was just named Academic District VII, it was her third consecutive honor. She is now on the Academic All America ballot.
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