Thursday, January 9
Bozeman, MT
7 p.m.
Montana State University
vs
Portland State University
Redshirt-freshman Margreet Barhoum
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcat Women Ready for Big Sky Home Opener
1/8/2014 4:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Montana State women’s basketball team will open its 2014 Big Sky Conference home slate when its hosts Portland State and Eastern Washington, this Thursday night and Saturday afternoon in Worthington Arena. The Bobcats are 4-0 on the home hardwood this season.
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* The Montana State women's basketball team will open its 2014 Big Sky Conference home slate when its hosts Portland State and Eastern Washington, this Thursday night and Saturday afternoon in Worthington Arena. The Bobcats are 4-0 on the home hardwood this season.
* The Bobcats split a pair of Big Sky road games last weekend, losing at Sacramento State, 107-95, before knocking off Northern Arizona, 80-72, in Flagstaff.
* Jackie Elliott was named Montana State's Player of the Week after averaging 24.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.0 steals, while shooting an impressive 63 percent from the field and 77 percent from the free throw line. Against Sacramento State, the Billings Central grad notched a career-high 25 points.
* The Bobcats did a nice job shooting the ball in the opening week of Big Sky Conference play, hitting at a 46.2 percent clip. In its loss at Sacramento State, MSU shot 51 percent from the field, which included a 54 percent effort against the Hornets in the first half. In its victory over Northern Arizona, Montana State shot 41 percent for the game, including 49 percent in the second stanza. The Bobcats are second in the Big Sky Conference shooting the ball.
* While shooting efficiently from the field, things have been less than charitable from the free throw line. MSU connected on just 33-54 attempts from the charity stripe in the opening weekend, and sit second to last in the Big Sky Conference shooting 61 percent.
* A former point-guard, head coach Tricia Binford has to be happy with MSU's +1.2 assist/turnover ratio. After dialing up 24 miscues in its loss to Sacramento State, the Bobcats cut the turnover margin to just 16 against Northern Arizona. On the weekend, MSU averaged a whopping 23.0 assists per game.
* Portland State (4-8, 2-1) split a pair of home league game last weekend in the Stott Center, defeating Weber State, 66-60, and losing to Idaho State, 76-64. The Vikings raised eyebrows in its BSC season-opener at Eastern Washington as they defeated the preseason Big Sky favorite 86-74.
* PSU has three players averaging in double figures, including Kate Lanz (13.9 ppg), Allie Brock (12.1 ppg) and Angela Misa (10.5 ppg).
* Montana State leads the all-time series with the Vikings 31-20 dating back to the 1976-77 season. MSU has won three-of-the-last-four meetings between the two schools. Last winter, the teams' split- each winning on their opponents' home court.
* Eastern Washington plays at Montana on Thursday, before making the trek to Bozeman. The all-time series with EWU is tied at 38-38 going back to the 1976-77 campaign. However, the Eagles have had the upper-hand lately, winning five-of-the-last-six outings. Lexie Nelson is averaging 22.7 ppg.
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 and graduated in December. Brumwell (formerly Albert) notched 19 points in MSU's loss at Sacramento State, connecting on 8-12 from the field. For the weekend, the Hamilton native averaged 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Brumwell is currently third on MSU's all-time career blocked shot chart with 109 swats.
SHE'S A KICK:
The effervescent Jackie Elliott continued her stellar early season play recording back-to-back 20+ scoring games, last week. She notched a career-high 25 points at Sacramento State and followed that with 23 points and eight boards at NAU. Elliott, who was the 2010-11 Montana Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year and a 16-time All-State Academic pick as a prepster, is majoring in Bio-Engineering.
FROM THE TOWN THAT MADE VIOLET BEAUREGARDE FAMOUS:
Miles City, Montana product Kalli Durham, who has strong family ties to Montana State (grandfather Lin, Uncle Mick and cousin Casey all played for the Bobcat men's basketball team) saw a string of six single-digit scoring games snapped with 17 points at NAU on Saturday. The daughter of a coach (father Mark is the former head men's basketball coach and AD at UM-Western) has been in double-digits in four games. Durham has recorded 28 career double-figure scoring games.
ALL IN THE FAMILY:
Jasmine Hommes has started all 11 games for MSU this season and is averaging 11.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Last weekend, she shot 61 percent from the field, while averaging 16 points per game. Hommes also has strong ties to the MSU women's basketball program as 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 totaled three points, six rebounds and eight assist, last weekend. She leads the Bobcats averaging 2.8 assists per game. The native of Mesa, Ariz., is averaging 23.8 minutes per game. On a side note, her biggest fan and daughter, Kadence, celebrated her first birthday on Nov. 19, 2013.
STOCK AND DAWK:
Lindsay Stockton came off the bench to post nine points in MSU's loss a Sacramento State. On the season, Stockton is averaging 6.2 points, 2.6 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. She has been in double-figures twice, including a career-high 19 points against Valparaiso. Alexa Dawkins also came off the pine and posted a strong weekend for MSU, averaging 7.0 rebounds per game, including a career-high nine boards at NAU. The duo hail from strong athletic lineages. Lindsay is the daughter of NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton, while 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.
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS:
Redshirt freshman Margreet Barhoum came off the bench and gave the Bobcats a spark in its victory over Northern Arizona, last Saturday. The native of Edmonds, Wash., posted six points against the Lumberjacks. On Thursday at Sacramento State, she recorded eight points, including a 2-2 effort from downtown.
DeNOTE ON DeWIT:
Montana State forward Kayla DeWit is fifth on the squad averaging 4.5 rebounds per game. The Columbia Falls native pulled down seven rebounds at Sacramento State. In her last three outings, DeWit is averaging 5.7 boards per contest.
ALLEN LEAVES PROGRAM
Senior forward Emily Allen has decided to forgo the remainder of the season and return to Australia. Allen averaged 2.3 ppg and 2.8 rpg, while shooting 25% from the field, 18% from the arc and 50% from the line in 14.9 minutes per outing.
REDSHIRTING:
Sophomore Peyton Ferris, who averaged 2.4 points and 2.0 rebounds last winter, will redshirt the 2013-14 campaign, according to MSU head coach Tricia Binford. Already on redshirt is junior college transfer and guard Michelle Seitz.
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