Thursday, January 23
BOZEMAN
7 p.m.
Montana State University
11-6,7-1Big Sky
81
vs
52
Weber State
3-14,1-7Big Sky
1
2
3
4
F
Weber St.
11
11
13
17
52
Montana St.
17
21
24
19
81
Junior Tori Martell paced MSU in its win over Weber State with a game-high 16 points on Thursday night.
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It took Montana State a quarter to get going, but once it found an offensive rhythm the Bobcats were able to parlay a six-point opening frame lead into a 16-point advantage at intermission, en route to an 81-52 victory over Weber State on Thursday night in Worthington Arena.
BOZEMAN, Mont. – It took Montana State a quarter to get going, but once it found an offensive rhythm the Bobcats were able to parlay a six-point opening frame lead into a 16-point advantage at intermission, en route to an 81-52 victory over Weber State on Thursday night in Worthington Arena.
"We weren't super sharp in the first half offensively," said MSU head coach Tricia Binford, "We were kind of trading baskets and we weren't as sharp as we needed to be. I thought we cut that down a little bit in the second half. We were in really good positioning off-ball to get into some of those possessions and that was a huge emphasis for us because we do want to get out and run and play off of our defense and we were able to do that."
Montana State (11-6, 7-1) shot 33.3% from the field in the first period, before using the three-point line in the second stanza connecting on four-of-seven from long distance. Tori Martell converted all three of her attempts from beyond the arc to stretch the Bobcat lead.
MSU played its best quarter coming out of halftime outscoring Weber State (3-14, 1-7) by eleven behind a strong effort from senior Martha Kuderer who poured in six points. As a team, the Bobcats shot 57.1% from the field and connected on eight-of-12 from the free throw line to extend its advantage to 62-35 heading into the final quarter.
The Bobcats took its largest lead of the contest at 79-46 following a pair of Gabby Mocchi free throws with 1:22 remaining.
"We got better tonight defensively and that's where we needed to turn the page," Binford said. "We had a lot more deflections than we did at Eastern Washington and I thought we came out a lot more attack-minded on the defensive end and I thought that set the tone for us right from the start."
Martell led four Bobcats in double-figures with 16 points, while Kuderer added 13, Blaire Braxton 12 and Fallyn Freije 11. Martell finished with four three-pointers, while Kuderer went six-of-nine from the field. Braxton added a spark off the bench with a season-best 12 points connecting on three-of-four from the field and six-of-six at the charity stripe.
MSU finished shooting 44.4% from the floor and 74.1% (20-27) at the line. The Bobcats also outrebounded WSU 43-31. MSU was led under the glass by Kuderer with eight rebounds, while Freije and Braxton added seven, apiece.
The Bobcats forced 23 Weber State turnovers, while committing just 13 miscues.
WSU was paced by Liz Graves with 17 points and five rebounds.
The Bobcats will host Idaho State on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Worthington Arena.
"We weren't super sharp in the first half offensively," said MSU head coach Tricia Binford, "We were kind of trading baskets and we weren't as sharp as we needed to be. I thought we cut that down a little bit in the second half. We were in really good positioning off-ball to get into some of those possessions and that was a huge emphasis for us because we do want to get out and run and play off of our defense and we were able to do that."
Montana State (11-6, 7-1) shot 33.3% from the field in the first period, before using the three-point line in the second stanza connecting on four-of-seven from long distance. Tori Martell converted all three of her attempts from beyond the arc to stretch the Bobcat lead.
MSU played its best quarter coming out of halftime outscoring Weber State (3-14, 1-7) by eleven behind a strong effort from senior Martha Kuderer who poured in six points. As a team, the Bobcats shot 57.1% from the field and connected on eight-of-12 from the free throw line to extend its advantage to 62-35 heading into the final quarter.
The Bobcats took its largest lead of the contest at 79-46 following a pair of Gabby Mocchi free throws with 1:22 remaining.
"We got better tonight defensively and that's where we needed to turn the page," Binford said. "We had a lot more deflections than we did at Eastern Washington and I thought we came out a lot more attack-minded on the defensive end and I thought that set the tone for us right from the start."
Martell led four Bobcats in double-figures with 16 points, while Kuderer added 13, Blaire Braxton 12 and Fallyn Freije 11. Martell finished with four three-pointers, while Kuderer went six-of-nine from the field. Braxton added a spark off the bench with a season-best 12 points connecting on three-of-four from the field and six-of-six at the charity stripe.
MSU finished shooting 44.4% from the floor and 74.1% (20-27) at the line. The Bobcats also outrebounded WSU 43-31. MSU was led under the glass by Kuderer with eight rebounds, while Freije and Braxton added seven, apiece.
The Bobcats forced 23 Weber State turnovers, while committing just 13 miscues.
WSU was paced by Liz Graves with 17 points and five rebounds.
The Bobcats will host Idaho State on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Worthington Arena.
Team Stats
Weber
MSU
FG%
.352
.444
3FG%
.412
.333
FT%
.778
.741
RB
31
43
TO
23
13
STL
7
9
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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