Friday, November 10
Tempe, AZ
6 p.m. (MT)
Montana State University
at
Arizona State
Freshman Issy Bunyan drives to the hoop against BYU on Tuesday morning.
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Cats Travel to Tempe for Friday Night Tilt
11/9/2023 6:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Montana State travels to Arizona State in Tempe for its only contest of the weekend. The Bobcats and Sun Devils are slated to tipoff on Friday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. in Desert Financial Arena.
NEXT UP: Montana State travels to Arizona State in Tempe for its only contest of the weekend. The Bobcats and Sun Devils are slated to tipoff on Friday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. in Desert Financial Arena. Last season, Arizona State handed the Bobcats a 79-64 setback in Worthington Arena. No Bobcats reached double-figures in the contest, while the Sun Devils were paced by senior guard Tyi Skinner with 24 points. Following its game at Arizona State, the Bobcats return home on Tuesday, Nov. 14 when it hosts San Jose State.
SNEAK PEAK AT MSU: Montana State returns eight letterwinners, including three starters from last year's squad that recorded a 20-11 overall mark and a 13-5 league ledger, en route to capturing a regular season Big Sky title. Returning starters include fifth-year player Madison Hall, and seniors Lexi Deden and Katelynn Limardo. The Bobcats are under the direction of Tricia Binford, who enters her 19th season at the helm of the MSU program.
A LITTLE ABOUT ASU: Arizona State went 8-20 overall and 1-17 in the Pac-12 under first-year head coach Natasha Adair. The 2023-24 Sun Devil squad features seven returning players and eight newcomers. Individually, Sun Devil guards Jaddan Simmons (Pac-12 All-Defense HM) and Tyi Skinner (All-Pac-12 HM) comprised one of the most talented backcourts in the country. Skinner, who finished second in the Pac-12 and 27th in the nation in scoring (19.2ppg), was also named to the media's 15-member All-Pac-12 team.
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.
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).
SNEAK PEAK AT MSU: Montana State returns eight letterwinners, including three starters from last year's squad that recorded a 20-11 overall mark and a 13-5 league ledger, en route to capturing a regular season Big Sky title. Returning starters include fifth-year player Madison Hall, and seniors Lexi Deden and Katelynn Limardo. The Bobcats are under the direction of Tricia Binford, who enters her 19th season at the helm of the MSU program.
A LITTLE ABOUT ASU: Arizona State went 8-20 overall and 1-17 in the Pac-12 under first-year head coach Natasha Adair. The 2023-24 Sun Devil squad features seven returning players and eight newcomers. Individually, Sun Devil guards Jaddan Simmons (Pac-12 All-Defense HM) and Tyi Skinner (All-Pac-12 HM) comprised one of the most talented backcourts in the country. Skinner, who finished second in the Pac-12 and 27th in the nation in scoring (19.2ppg), was also named to the media's 15-member All-Pac-12 team.
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.
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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