Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University women’s basketball team lost in a closely contested game to Portland State University, 69-64, on Saturday, Jan. 18 inside Reed Gymnasium in its seventh Big Sky Conference game this season. The Vikings shot 46 percent from the field, 39 percent from beyond […]
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Taylor Meeks Sports Editor The Idaho State University women’s basketball team defeated Seattle U, 73-48, in Reed Gymnasium on Nov. 1. The Bengals knocked down 27 of 61 shots from the field for an overall 44.3 shooting percentage as well as shooting 46.7 percent from behind the three-point arc (7-15). […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Writer The Idaho State University men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Boise on Mar. 11-16 to compete in the Big Sky Conference tournament for a chance at the championship title. Unfortunately, both teams were defeated in their first games. Fresh off an upset win against No. […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Writer After playing 10 of its first 16 games on the road, the ISU women’s basketball team returned to Reed Gym for a weekend of matches against University of Montana Thursday night and Montana State University Saturday afternoon. The Bengals were triumphant with a 50-34 win over […]
Graysen Ludiker ISU Sports Information Guard Melisa Kadic did not begin playing basketball until eighth grade. Without any family members or friends to mentor her, YouTube became her primary means of learning. “I guess I consider myself a late bloomer because I started basketball late, and I was the first […]
SeiJii Wood Sports Editor Idaho State University men and women’s basketball has begun conference play after finishing up their non-conference games over the break. The women are 8-5 and 3-1 in the Big Sky Conference, which has been their best start to conference play in six years. The men are […]
Dylon Harrison Staff Writer With the start of every new sports season, there will be players who begin the final stretch of their careers in an ISU uniform. One of these players is ISU women’s basketball star, Saylair Grandon. Grandon, a computer science major, will be graduating in the upcoming […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor The Idaho State women’s basketball team began its season last week and has a veteran-stacked lineup with a lot of newcomers. Idaho State returns eight letter winners and four starters from last season’s squad that finished fifth in the Big Sky with a 21-11 overall record […]
Photo Courtesy of Mark Liptak Seiji Wood Sports Editor The ISU women’s basketball team is gearing up to host its biggest alumni game in program history at the end of the month. Around 41 former players and five coaches are planning to return for this event held on Sept. 28. […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor Women’s basketball head coach, Seton Sobolewski, has agreed to a five-year contract extension. The extension was announced by ISU athletic director, Jeff Tingey and will keep Coach Sobolewski at ISU through May 23, 2023. Sobolewski, who is the program’s winningest coach, holds an overall record of […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Both ISU men’s and women’s basketball teams closed out their seasons last week in Reno during the Big Sky Conference tournament. The men finished with a record of 14-16 and were 9-9 in Big Sky play. The Bengals saw their season come to an end with […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: SUU 76, ISU 68 The ISU men’s basketball team saw its season came to an end on Tuesday evening at the Reno Events Center after a 76-68 loss to Southern Utah in the opening round of the Big Sky Conference tournament. Brandon Boyd led […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor New Zealand native Brooke Blair has played basketball since she was five years old. From shooting hoops in her backyard, or her families church, to shooting for the ISU Bengals in Reed Gym, the game has been a part of her life for a long time. […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 101, Montana State 78 A career-high of 33 points from Jared Stutzman and record-tying 17 3-pointers gave the men’s basketball team a 101-78 win over Montana State Thursday evening. The win gives ISU a 14-14 record and a 9-8 mark in the conference. ISU is […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 86, hIdaho 83 ISU beat Idaho 86-83 thanks to a 3-pointer by Brandon Boyd with two seconds left in the game. Boyd had a career-high 32 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He was 6-of-8 from the three-point line, 4-of-4 from the foul line. He […]