This Day in ISU Women's Basketball...

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This Day In ISU Women's Basketball

Folks:

I’m starting a new feature for the "Bengal Blog" that I hope will be enjoyed by all fans. This summer I spent a lot of time researching through box scores, newspaper stories and their ilk trying to come up with historically significant items in the history of Idaho State women’s basketball. I have about 200 of them now which I’ll spread out over the next few seasons.

I also want to give a ‘shout out’ to Jenna Galloway of ISU sports information who helped resolve some issues where the information conflicted or wasn’t accurate!

The vast majority of the notations naturally, take place between November and March but there are a few references to events that happened in September, April and May.

I will always post these items here in this thread.

I encourage fans who read this to provide their own memories of the listed events…always good to have more than one perspective.

Like I said this took a boatload of time and I hope you enjoy it.

In addition to the "Bengal Blog", I’ll be using items during a broadcast if the team plays on a night when something happened, on Twitter and on the ISU women’s basketball and the ISU women’s basketball alumni facebook pages.

And with that…we begin:

September 26, 2014 – It was the night when the greatest collection of ISU women’s basketball talent returned for a gala Alumni Game at Reed Gym in front of several hundred appreciative fans. Seven former 1,000 point scorers and seven former first team All-Big Sky Conference selections were among those who returned. The list of former players who came back and played included Sheryl Bitter, Cassie Bro, Jennifer Cannon, Chelsea Chambers, Laraine Cook, Kaylynn Fager, Michelle Grohs, Oana Iacovita, Kara Jenkins, Jess Jensen, Jessa Jeppesen, Abyee Maracigan, Camille Michaelson, Kayla Oakes, Chelsea Pickering, Lindsey Reed, Meg Salness, Ashley Toner, Allison Verona, Andrea Videbeck and Lindy Whitley.

Next items will be posted starting on November 12.

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November 12, 2010 – It was an impressive start to an impressive career for the Bengals Lindsey Reed. Reed playing in her first college game, dropped 21 points and had eight rebounds in ISU’s 63-55 win over Loyola Marymount at Reed Gym. Reed also added two assists and three steals in 35 minutes. She’d finish her career with 1,492 points and 691 rebounds.

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November 13, 2007 – Natalie Doma showed early that her senior season at ISU was going to be one for the record books. In the second game of the year Doma dropped in 25 points and had 15 rebounds in the Bengals 93-62 win over Montana Tech. It was the first of 16 games where she had at least 25 points!

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November 15, 2013 – ISU’s Lindsey Reed cracked the 1,000 point barrier in her career in a loss at Illinois-Chicago. The Flames beat the Bengals 70-62. 72 free throws were attempted by both teams in the game! Reed finished the night with 19 points and her career by scoring 1,492 of them.

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November 20, 1999 – In an overtime win at Reed Gym against Wyoming in the American Dream Classic, Mandi Carver had her finest performance as a Bengal. And ISU needed everything she had to give as they gutted out a 96-92 win. Carver exploded for 37 points, one of the highest scoring games in program history. She went 11 of 19 from the floor and 15 of 16 from the free throw line. She added nine rebounds, one assist, four blocks and four steals on the night.

 

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November 20, 1999 – In an overtime win at Reed Gym against Wyoming in the American Dream Classic, Mandi Carver had her finest performance as a Bengal. And ISU needed everything she had to give as they gutted out a 96-92 win. Carver exploded for 37 points, one of the highest scoring games in program history. She went 11 of 19 from the floor and 15 of 16 from the free throw line. She added nine rebounds, one assist, four blocks and four steals on the night.

Wow that was a helluva performance!

 

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November 22, 2003 – ISU set the school record when they made 17 three point shots in a 104-51 rout of visiting Lewis & Clark State to open the season. Christa Brossman made six, Lindy Whitley five and Monika Marekova four. The other two were made by Laraine Skow. Brossman had 26 points in 24 minutes of action to lead ISU in scoring.

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November 23, 1996 – It was the dawn of a new era for ISU women’s basketball. The Bengals beat Air Force 74-50 in the second game of the season to give Ardie McInelly her first win as head coach. In her five years in charge Ardie would go 77-62 capped off by a 25-5 season and the programs first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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November 24, 2014 – An early season game at the ICCU Court at Reed Gym showed off two newcomers for the Bengals. Megan Hochstein and Grace Kenyon combined for 37 points, with Megan getting 20 on 9 of 10 shooting in the 88-69 blowout win over Northwest Nazarene. Hochstein also had five rebounds, a steal and a block. Kenyon would finish with a double-double as she added 13 rebounds to go along with six assists and three steals. Apiphany Woods and Jasmine Lemon knocked in 14 points each as well.

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November 25, 2003 – ISU’s Lindy Whitley set or tied a couple of school records in the Bengals 99-77 win over Boise State at Reed Gym. Whitley, who finished with 31 points, attempted 15 three point shots and made nine of them. The 15 attempts tied the school record while the nine made set the program mark. Overall she went 11 of 18 from the floor and threw in six assists. When the season ended in the spring of 2004 she had set the school record with 67 made three point shots. The old record was held by Chris Urbanski with 65 three point makes set in the 1999-2000 season.

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November 27, 2010 – It rarely happens but on this weekend it did for ISU’s Kaela Oakes. At the Texas El-Paso Thanksgiving Tournament, the Arizona native had a remarkable two days. On Friday she had 20 points in the 77-66 loss to the host school. The next day, with the Bengals needing a win to gain some measure of respect in the tournament, she went one better... well make that seven better. Oakes scored 27 points in the Bengals 62-55 win over High Point (N.C.) College. She was 8 of 13 from the floor, 2 of 4 from three point range, and was 9 of 10 from the line. She added seven rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal. When the tournament was done she scored 47 points, an average of 23.5 per game and was named the tournament M.V.P. even though ISU finished third in it.
Oakes would turn out to be one of the finest players in program history.

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November 27, 2010 – It rarely happens but on this weekend it did for ISU’s Kaela Oakes. At the Texas El-Paso Thanksgiving Tournament, the Arizona native had a remarkable two days. On Friday she had 20 points in the 77-66 loss to the host school. The next day, with the Bengals needing a win to gain some measure of respect in the tournament, she went one better... well make that seven better. Oakes scored 27 points in the Bengals 62-55 win over High Point (N.C.) College. She was 8 of 13 from the floor, 2 of 4 from three point range, and was 9 of 10 from the line. She added seven rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal. When the tournament was done she scored 47 points, an average of 23.5 per game and was named the tournament M.V.P. even though ISU finished third in it.
Oakes would turn out to be one of the finest players in program history.

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And a darned fine nurse to boot.

 

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November 28, 1998 – It wasn’t a lost weekend for the Bengals Angela Munger. One of the hardest working players in program history, Munger was named to the all-tournament team at San Diego State after her two game performance in their tournament. Munger scored 40 points in losses to the host team and to North Carolina State.

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November 29, 1985 – Alison Verona, the first ISU player to be honored with a Player of the Week award by the conference, set the school record when she fired up 33 field goal attempts in a game against Lewis & Clark State. Verona would finish her Bengal career with 1,320 points, 756 rebounds and a three time all first team Big Sky selection. ISU would win the game 96-71 in Pocatello.

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November 30, 2001 – In a tournament game against Harvard at Kansas State, ISU’s Janae Griffin tied the school record, first set in 1997 when she attempted 15 three point shots in the game. Harvard won the contest 68-56. Griffin had 19 points to lead ISU and made five three’s that afternoon. Mandi Carver added 14.

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December 1, 2007 – It was one of the biggest wins in program history. At the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada, ISU beat UCLA 76-64 and the game wasn’t that close. The Bengals had a 22 point lead late in the first half and coasted the rest of the way. Natalie Doma and Andrea Lightfoot both scored 19 points each and Devin Diehl added 11. ISU hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final minute to seal the deal.

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December 2, 2011 – It was one of the biggest wins in program history and foretold great things for the season. At the Air Force Tournament in Colorado Springs, ISU beat So. Florida 76-63 in the first game. It was the first time ISU had ever played a program out of the Big East Conference, considered one of the nation’s best women’s basketball leagues. The Bengals made 10 three point shots that night with Kaela Oakes hitting five of them and scoring 22 points. ISU would go 24-8 that season and played in the NCAA Tournament.

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December 3, 2011 – After ISU recorded two wins and won the Air Force Tournament Ash Vella was named to the all-tournament team and was voted the M.V.P. Vella had 13 points and six rebounds as the Bengals stunned So. Florida out of the Big East Conference then had 22 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Jackson State. Her teammate Kaela Oakes was also named to the all-tournament squad.

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December 4, 1982 – ISU defeated Western Montana at home 60-52. It would be the program’s 100th win. Beth Bricker was the head coach. Lynn Henderson who ended her career with 1,052 points and 634 rebounds was a member of that team.

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