Idaho State Grinds out Win at Montana State

Thursday, January 8

BOZEMAN

7 p.m.

Montana State University

6-8, 0-3Big Sky

Idaho State University

7-7, 2-1Big Sky

Team	1	2	F
Idaho State	33	32	65
Montana State	35	27	62

Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson

1/8/2015 10:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Fifty-nine free throws, forty-nine fouls and thirty-seven turnovers forced the game to over two hours in duration as both teams struggled to find any offensive consistency

By: Tom Schulz

Idaho State used an old-fashion three-point play with just over five minutes remaining and converted just enough free throw tosses down the stretch to notch a 65-62 win over Montana State, Thursday night in Worthington Arena.

Idaho State (7-7, 2-1) built its largest lead of the game at the 5:28 mark on a basket and free throw by sophomore Katrina Bacovcin to give the Bengals a 56-49 cushion. Montana State (6-8, 0-3) was able to chop the lead down to two-points following a Kalli Durham free throw with 1:37 left. Another ISU charity toss with 11-seconds left gave the Bengals a three-point margin.

On the ensuing possession, MSU's Peyton Ferris was fouled from beyond the arc with three-seconds remaining. The Twin Bridges native converted the first two tosses, before the third attempt rolled off the rim.

The rebound was collected by ISU's Rebecca Schrimpsher, who was immediately fouled. Schrimpsher converted both free throws on the other end to push the lead back to three points. MSU was unable to get off a good shot at the buzzer to tie the game and send it into overtime.

Fifty-nine free throws, forty-nine fouls and thirty-seven turnovers forced the game to over two hours in duration as both teams struggled to find any offensive consistency.

For the game, MSU shot 34 percent from the field and connected on just 19-of-36 free throws, while ISU shot 40 percent from the field, while hitting just 15-of-23 charity tosses. The Bobcats won the battle of the boards 49-40 and were led by Lindsay Stockton with a game-high nine rebounds.

Jasmine Hommes paced four Bobcats in double-figures with 16 points, while Stockton added 14, Jackie Elliott 10 and Ferris 10.

Apiphany Woods guided Idaho State with 16 points and six rebounds.

Montana State will host Weber State on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.