RENO--The Big Sky Championship will be decided in a clash of the top-seeds later on Saturday. The No. 2 Idaho Vandals will take on the top-seeded Northern Colorado Bears for a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Tip is set for 12:05 p.m. PT. 

Follow: Live streams, when available, can be found at GoVandals.com/WatchWBB. All home and conference games will be streamed live on the Pluto TV app, as well as online at WatchBigSky.com. Follow along with live stats at GoVandals.com/WBBStats. In-game updates will be posted all season long on Twitter, @VandalsWBB.

Tom Purvis will have the radio call for you all season long on across the Idaho Radio Network. Pregame starts 15 minutes before each tip.

TV: The semifinals and championship game will be televised on Eleven Sports. Ann Schatz and Krista Redpath will have the call. 



The Game: Idaho plays in its second Big Sky Championship game in the last three seasons on Saturday. The Vandals will take on No. 1 Northern Colorado for a shot at the NCAA Tournament.

About The Vandals: Idaho used a nine-game winning streak to fly up the Big Sky standings. The Vandals finished as the No. 2 seed in the Big Sky. Idaho has won 13-of the last-15. The Silver and Gold has a trio of 1,000-point scorers in Mikayla Ferenz, Geraldine McCorkell and Taylor Pierce. The group has led the team this season in scoring, totaling 72.8 percent of Idaho's points this season (1,702 combined).  

About Northern Colorado: The Bears have not lost since Idaho defeated UNC in Greeley, back on Jan. 25. UNC has won its last 12 games, including a 73-66 semifinal win over Idaho State.

Last Time Out: The Vandals had four players in double-figures on Friday, led by Taylor Pierce and her career-high 31. She also set a Big Sky Tournament record with 9 3's, tying the Idaho and conference single-game mark.

Scouting the Bears
• No. 1 seed in the tournament
• Top RPI in the conference at 37
• Ranked No. 19 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll
• Savannah Smith voted Big Sky Player of the Year
• Smith leads the Bears with 18.0 ppg
• Allowing the second-fewest ppg in the Big Sky at 63.4 per game