Lady Cats / Sac

[CelticCat]

Cats up 78-50 with just under 8 to go!

[BelgradeBobcat]

that is AWESOME!

EWU tomorrow night?

[CelticCat]

Final 89-66. Cats rolled, we beat EWU on the road last time didn't we?

[GrizinWashington]

Cats are playing very well right now. Congrats on a big victory.

[MSU01]

Final 89-66. Cats rolled, we beat EWU on the road last time didn't we?

Nope, they lost 69-63 in Cheney back in January. Playing a hell of a lot better now though, so I like our chances. Great win! Unfortunately I had no idea it was starting so early so didn't get to hear or see any of it.

[TomCat88]

March 11, 2010--CHENEY, Wash.--Montana State Women Down #3 Seed Sac State in Game One of BSC Tourney
Sacramento State came into the women’s Big Sky Tournament with something to prove and get the 0-3 record in tourney play off their back. They also came in as the number one offensive team in the conference, first in rebounding and first in steals. Add to that the humiliation of having been beat by Montana State twice in the regular season. On paper, Sac State should have been the favorite to win.

But Montana State had other plans. The Bobcats took down the Hornets down 89-66 at Reese Court in Cheney Washington in the first game of the BSC tournament Thursday afternoon. The Cats shot 50 percent from the floor while holding Sac State to 29. MSU also out-rebounded the Hornets 55-41 and had five players in double figures led by sophomore Katie Bussey with 22 points, including five-for-eight three pointers.

Junior Sarah Strand ended the game with 14 points, all scored in the first half. Those 14 gave Strand 1000 career points. In addition, her three blocks in the game pushed her past Alaina Bauer as MSU’s career leader in blocks at 11.

“Her performance just catapulted our whole team defensively,” head coach Tricia Binford said. “And offensively she was really being aggressive to the basket. In that second half she came out and helped step up our defense—I think we came out a little flat.”

Freshman Janette Jackson recorded her second career double-double in the game with 12 points and 16 rebounds.

“She is just the Energizer bunny out there,” Binford said. “She is just a rebounding machine, she plays hard, and I think she is infectious with her energy out there.”

Sacramento State was led in scoring by Charday Hunt and Emily Christensen with 15 each. Hunt is the leading scorer in the Big Sky, averaging over 18 points per game. She missed a chuck of the second half with four fouls, the fourth which came on a charge taken by Katie Bussey.

“I felt our team really attacked her,” Binford said. “She is a kid you cannot really defend with one person. I wanted to make sure that when she put the ball on the ground, we wanted to make sure we held our ground and took the charge.”

MSU will face host Eastern Washington on Friday at 7:00 p.m. Mountain time.


Montana State vs Sacramento State
03-11-10 3:30 p.m. at Reese Court - Cheney, Wash.
At Reese Court - Cheney, Wash.


MONTANA STATE 89, SACRAMENTO STATE 66


MONTANA STATE (17-13)
BUSSEY, Katie 8-14 0-0 21; STRAND, Sarah 7-10 0-0 14; ALBERT, Ashley 4-6 4-5
13; JACKSON, Janette 5-12 2-2 12; SCHMITT, Ally 3-4 2-2 10; PERRY, Erica
3-12 1-2 7; SEMANSKY, Rachel 2-5 2-2 6; BAK, Beata 2-4 0-0 4; THORNTON,
Jamie 1-3 0-0 2; ADAMS, Latisha 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-70 11-13 89.


SACRAMENTO STATE (15-15)

CHRISTENSEN, Emily 6-21 2-2 15; HUNT, Charday 5-17 4-4 15; GARCIA, Ashley
4-12 3-4 11; EDWARDS, Erika 3-9 0-0 8; KUHNS, Kylie 3-8 1-4 7;
KOSHIYAMA-DIAZ, Tika 2-9 0-0 5; FRANCO, Mallorie 1-3 1-2 3; TORGERSON,
Natasha 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 24-82 13-18 66.


Montana State................. 45 44 - 89
Sacramento State.............. 31 35 - 66


3-point goals--Montana State 8-19 (BUSSEY, Katie 5-8; SCHMITT, Ally 2-3;
ALBERT, Ashley 1-1; PERRY, Erica 0-3; BAK, Beata 0-1; STRAND, Sarah 0-3),
Sacramento State 5-29 (EDWARDS, Erika 2-8; CHRISTENSEN, Emily 1-7;
KOSHIYAMA-DIAZ, Tika 1-5; HUNT, Charday 1-5; GARCIA, Ashley 0-4). Fouled
out--Montana State-None, Sacramento State-None. Rebounds--Montana State 55
(JACKSON, Janette 16), Sacramento State 41 (CHRISTENSEN, Emily 11).
Assists--Montana State 20 (STRAND, Sarah 5), Sacramento State 14
(KOSHIYAMA-DIAZ, Tika 5). Total fouls--Montana State 18, Sacramento State
13. Technical fouls--Montana State-None, Sacramento State-None. A-366
Game 1 - Big Sky Conference Women's Tournament Quarterfinal

[CapitalCityCat]

Wow! Impressive win by the Lady Cats! Here's hoping to another victory tonight so I can hop on over to Cheney on Saturday. Go CATS!

[technoCat]

Yeah caught part of the second half on the radio. Sounded like the girls were on fire!

Go ladies! Beat them overrated feather dusters!