Women's Basketball | 12/03/2017

MOSCOW, Idaho--The Vandals women's basketball team will be back in Memorial Gym on Monday night. Idaho will look for its first home win of the season against Cal State Fullerton.

The Game: The Vandals look for their first home win of the season against Cal State Fullerton on Monday. Idaho played its first home game, against Washington, last Friday. 

About The Vandals: Idaho opened the season with a road-win at four-time Mountain West champion Colorado State. The Vandals have been led by its core of Mikayla Ferenz, Geri McCorkell and Taylor Pierce. The group has scored 74.8 percent of Idaho's points this season (326 combined).  

About the Titans: Cal State Fullerton enters Monday night with a 2-6 record. The Titans have wins over Santa Clara and Portland. They fell in their last matchup against Oral Roberts, 60-50. Daeja Smith led the team with 17 points. 

Last Time: Mikayla Ferenz scored 26 points for Idaho in the Vandals' 81-69 loss to Washington. Idaho hit 10 3's in the contest but went 0-for-6 in the third quarter. The Vandals ran into turnover trouble as well, giving up 28 points off mishaps. 

Commonalities: Cal State Fullerton has played one other Big Sky opponent this season. The Titans played at the Lady Griz Classic last week in Missoula, a tournament Idaho frequented before rejoining the Big Sky. Montana defeated CSUF, 68-47.

Scouting the Titans
• Won just four games all last season (4-25)
• Daeja Smith ranks first in the Big West with 3 double-doubles this season
• Smith is also 37th in the NCAA with 76 rebounds
• The Titans have done a good job getting to the free-throw line, ranked 63 in the NCAA with 153 attempts, but only shooting 65.7%