Tuesday, November 14
BOZEMAN
7 p.m.
Montana State University
vs
San Jose State
Katelynn Limardo
Photo by: Bobcat Creative Services
Cats Host San Jose State Tuesday Night
11/13/2023 6:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Bobcats will celebrate its 2022-23 Big Sky regular season championship as they unveil its conference banner prior to tipoff with the Spartans.
NEXT UP: Montana State hosts San Jose State on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Worthington Arena. The Bobcats will celebrate its 2022-23 Big Sky regular season championship as they unveil its conference banner prior to tipoff with the Spartans. Following its contest with San Jose State, Montana State will play six consecutive games away from the warm confines of Worthington Arena.
A LITTLE ABOUT MSU: Montana State is 0-2 on the young season after dropping a 75-62 decision at Arizona State, last Friday night. MSU's two losses have come at the hands of Power5 schools. In both contests, Montana State either had a lead (BYU) or trailed by four points (Arizona State) in the fourth quarter. Katelynn Limardo and Marah Dykstra have paced the Cats in the two games, averaging 14.0 and 11.5 points per game, respectively.
A LITTLE ABOUT SJSU: San Jose State is 2-1 overall after winning a pair of games over the weekend. The Spartans defeated Bellarmine 81-65 last Thursday night, and Cal Poly 61-56 on Saturday. Both games were played in the Provident Credit Union Event Center in San Jose. SJSU's lone loss (55-47) was its season opener against Santa Clara on Nov. 6. On the season, the Spartans are Marisa Davis-Jones, Jyah Lovett and Amhyia Moreland, who average 11.0, 9.7, and 9.3 points per game, respectively. Sabrina Ma is SJSU's deep threat having connected on a team-leading five three-pointers in three games played.
THE MORE YOU KNOW: The Montana State women's basketball team has won the Big Sky Conference regular season or tournament title – or both – in six of the most recent eight seasons. The Bobcats have posted five of the program's eight 20-win seasons in the last eight years, as well.
KEEP FEEDIN' DEDEN: Lexi Deden, a 6-1 senior from Missoula, is averaging 8.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Deden made her 30th career start at Arizona State last Friday, and tallied nine points and eight rebounds, despite being in foul trouble. The Deden name is familiar in Montana basketball circles. Her mother Dawn (Silliker) played at Montana from 1984-88. At UM, Silliker was a 1,000-point scorer and was an all-Mountain West pick. In addition, Lexi's aunt and former head coach at Sentinel High, Karen Deden, was a standout at Washington and is in the Husky Hall of Fame. As a freshman, Deden had a career-high 22 points vs. Northern Arizona.
ALL JACKED UP: Madison Jackson played in 29 games, including 16 starts last season. Over the summer, she married Brayden Hall, a former MSU men's basketball manager. Last winter, Hall tallied a season-best 12 points on two occasions, the last coming against Northern Colorado on Jan. 5. Against the Bears, Jackson connected on 5-6 from the field, with two triples. For the season, she averaged 5.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, Jackson had a career-high 20 points against Idaho State. Last week against BYU and Arizona State, Hall averaged 8.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game, while shooting a team-best 46.2% from the field.
OH CANADA: Marah Dykstra has started 12-of-31 games as a Bobcat is currently averaging 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per outing. Last winter, the native of Vancouver, B.C., Canada averaged 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest, while shooting 38.2% from the field and 80.5% (33-41) from the free throw line. This fall, Dykstra had her best outing of the season at Arizona State on Nov. 10, recording 17 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Against the Sun Devils, she also went 8-9 at the line. Dykstra notched a career-high eight boards in MSU's win over North Dakota. Last summer, Dykstra, a 6-2 forward, played for Team Canada at the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain, July 15-23. During this year's offseason she navigated a year-long process and survived two rounds of cuts to make the final 12-player roster. Five players returned to the squad from the 2022 U18 Canadian team that competed in the Women's Americas Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of which Dykstra was a member. Team Canada cruised through pool play, defeating China 83-62, Czech Republic 66-61, Egypt 100-44, and Brazil 89-45. Dykstra averaged seven rebounds per game, the second-best mark of any athlete in opening round action. Dykstra finished World Cup play averaging 23.1 minutes, while chipping in 4.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
THE PRIDE OF ROSEMOUNT: Taylor Janssen played in all 30 games and averaged 3.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per outing last season for the Bobcats. Janssen notched a season-high 11 points against Northern Arizona on Jan. 7. Against the Lumberjacks, she went 3-of-6 from the field, hit one 3-pointer and was 4-of-4 at the line. Janssen pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Providence (MT) in the season-opener. As a freshman, the 6-3 product of Rosemount, Minn., connected on 20 straight free throws before finally missing a charity toss against Weber State. Janssen came up short of the all-time Bobcat record of 25 set by Rebecca Mercer during the 2007-08 season. Last week against BYU and Arizona State, Janssen averaged 5.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Over the past 10 seasons the Bobcats have thrived in the warm confines of Worthington Arena. Since the 2012-13 season, Montana State has gone an impressive 114-33 (77.6%) overall and 80-23 (77.7%) in Big Sky Conference play on its home court. During that span - from the start of the 2015-16 Big Sky season to the beginning of 2017-18 in league play- MSU rattled off a 19-game home court win streak. In her 19 seasons at Montana State, Bobcat head coach Tricia Binford is 162-73 (68.9%) overall and 109-48 (69.4%) in Big Sky play in Worthington Arena.
WIN 300: With its 75-60 win over Weber State on Feb. 9, MSU head coach Tricia Binford notched her 309th career win, moving her past former Weber State bench boss Carla Taylor (308 -23 years). With MSU's 92-84 victory at Eastern Washington on Dec. 31, 2022, Binford became just the third coach in Big Sky history to record 300 wins- all coming as a member of the league. Binford is second to Montana's Robin Selvig (865, 38 years). In Big Sky play, Binford is second to Selvig (358) with 197 victories. Binford is MSU's winningest coach - men/women. This season marks Binford's 19th with the Bobcat program. She is currently 312-234 overall and 197-118 in BSC play.
A FEW MORE NOTES: *Over the past seven seasons, the Bobcats have claimed three Big Sky regular season titles 2016, 2017, 2020; two Big Sky Conference Tournament titles 2017, 2022; made two NCAA appearances 2017, 2022; and one WNIT appearance 2016. *In the last five seasons, no Big Sky Conference team has won more league games than the Bobcats. Montana State has racked up 70 victories in Big Sky play since the 2019-20 season. The Bobcats are followed by Idaho (65) and Idaho State (64).
A LITTLE ABOUT MSU: Montana State is 0-2 on the young season after dropping a 75-62 decision at Arizona State, last Friday night. MSU's two losses have come at the hands of Power5 schools. In both contests, Montana State either had a lead (BYU) or trailed by four points (Arizona State) in the fourth quarter. Katelynn Limardo and Marah Dykstra have paced the Cats in the two games, averaging 14.0 and 11.5 points per game, respectively.
A LITTLE ABOUT SJSU: San Jose State is 2-1 overall after winning a pair of games over the weekend. The Spartans defeated Bellarmine 81-65 last Thursday night, and Cal Poly 61-56 on Saturday. Both games were played in the Provident Credit Union Event Center in San Jose. SJSU's lone loss (55-47) was its season opener against Santa Clara on Nov. 6. On the season, the Spartans are Marisa Davis-Jones, Jyah Lovett and Amhyia Moreland, who average 11.0, 9.7, and 9.3 points per game, respectively. Sabrina Ma is SJSU's deep threat having connected on a team-leading five three-pointers in three games played.
THE MORE YOU KNOW: The Montana State women's basketball team has won the Big Sky Conference regular season or tournament title – or both – in six of the most recent eight seasons. The Bobcats have posted five of the program's eight 20-win seasons in the last eight years, as well.
KEEP FEEDIN' DEDEN: Lexi Deden, a 6-1 senior from Missoula, is averaging 8.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Deden made her 30th career start at Arizona State last Friday, and tallied nine points and eight rebounds, despite being in foul trouble. The Deden name is familiar in Montana basketball circles. Her mother Dawn (Silliker) played at Montana from 1984-88. At UM, Silliker was a 1,000-point scorer and was an all-Mountain West pick. In addition, Lexi's aunt and former head coach at Sentinel High, Karen Deden, was a standout at Washington and is in the Husky Hall of Fame. As a freshman, Deden had a career-high 22 points vs. Northern Arizona.
ALL JACKED UP: Madison Jackson played in 29 games, including 16 starts last season. Over the summer, she married Brayden Hall, a former MSU men's basketball manager. Last winter, Hall tallied a season-best 12 points on two occasions, the last coming against Northern Colorado on Jan. 5. Against the Bears, Jackson connected on 5-6 from the field, with two triples. For the season, she averaged 5.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, Jackson had a career-high 20 points against Idaho State. Last week against BYU and Arizona State, Hall averaged 8.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per game, while shooting a team-best 46.2% from the field.
OH CANADA: Marah Dykstra has started 12-of-31 games as a Bobcat is currently averaging 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per outing. Last winter, the native of Vancouver, B.C., Canada averaged 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per contest, while shooting 38.2% from the field and 80.5% (33-41) from the free throw line. This fall, Dykstra had her best outing of the season at Arizona State on Nov. 10, recording 17 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Against the Sun Devils, she also went 8-9 at the line. Dykstra notched a career-high eight boards in MSU's win over North Dakota. Last summer, Dykstra, a 6-2 forward, played for Team Canada at the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain, July 15-23. During this year's offseason she navigated a year-long process and survived two rounds of cuts to make the final 12-player roster. Five players returned to the squad from the 2022 U18 Canadian team that competed in the Women's Americas Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of which Dykstra was a member. Team Canada cruised through pool play, defeating China 83-62, Czech Republic 66-61, Egypt 100-44, and Brazil 89-45. Dykstra averaged seven rebounds per game, the second-best mark of any athlete in opening round action. Dykstra finished World Cup play averaging 23.1 minutes, while chipping in 4.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
THE PRIDE OF ROSEMOUNT: Taylor Janssen played in all 30 games and averaged 3.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per outing last season for the Bobcats. Janssen notched a season-high 11 points against Northern Arizona on Jan. 7. Against the Lumberjacks, she went 3-of-6 from the field, hit one 3-pointer and was 4-of-4 at the line. Janssen pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Providence (MT) in the season-opener. As a freshman, the 6-3 product of Rosemount, Minn., connected on 20 straight free throws before finally missing a charity toss against Weber State. Janssen came up short of the all-time Bobcat record of 25 set by Rebecca Mercer during the 2007-08 season. Last week against BYU and Arizona State, Janssen averaged 5.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Over the past 10 seasons the Bobcats have thrived in the warm confines of Worthington Arena. Since the 2012-13 season, Montana State has gone an impressive 114-33 (77.6%) overall and 80-23 (77.7%) in Big Sky Conference play on its home court. During that span - from the start of the 2015-16 Big Sky season to the beginning of 2017-18 in league play- MSU rattled off a 19-game home court win streak. In her 19 seasons at Montana State, Bobcat head coach Tricia Binford is 162-73 (68.9%) overall and 109-48 (69.4%) in Big Sky play in Worthington Arena.
WIN 300: With its 75-60 win over Weber State on Feb. 9, MSU head coach Tricia Binford notched her 309th career win, moving her past former Weber State bench boss Carla Taylor (308 -23 years). With MSU's 92-84 victory at Eastern Washington on Dec. 31, 2022, Binford became just the third coach in Big Sky history to record 300 wins- all coming as a member of the league. Binford is second to Montana's Robin Selvig (865, 38 years). In Big Sky play, Binford is second to Selvig (358) with 197 victories. Binford is MSU's winningest coach - men/women. This season marks Binford's 19th with the Bobcat program. She is currently 312-234 overall and 197-118 in BSC play.
A FEW MORE NOTES: *Over the past seven seasons, the Bobcats have claimed three Big Sky regular season titles 2016, 2017, 2020; two Big Sky Conference Tournament titles 2017, 2022; made two NCAA appearances 2017, 2022; and one WNIT appearance 2016. *In the last five seasons, no Big Sky Conference team has won more league games than the Bobcats. Montana State has racked up 70 victories in Big Sky play since the 2019-20 season. The Bobcats are followed by Idaho (65) and Idaho State (64).
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