RENO--The No. 2 Idaho Vandals take on the No. 6 Portland State Vikings in the day's second semifinal matchup. The winner will take on either No. 5 Idaho State or No. 1 Northern Colorado for the Big Sky Tournament championship on Saturday.Â
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.Â
The Game: Idaho continues its run in the Big Sky Tournament on Friday. The No. 2 Vandals will meet up with the No. 6 Portland State Vikings. The game will be the third meeting between the two schools.
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 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 (1,629 combined). Â
About Portland State: The Vikings have two wins under their belt this week in Reno. They opened with a 77-61 win over NAU and then defeated Eastern Washington 82-73 in quarterfinal play.Â
Last Time Out: Idaho opened the Big Sky Tournament with a 78-74 win over Montana State.
Mikayla Ferenz (27) and
Taylor Pierce (21) led the scoring for the Vandals. Pierce regained control of the Big Sky's 3-point record, moving her total to 302.Â
Scouting the Vikings
• No. 6 seed in the tournament
• Leading the Big Sky with 15.3 assists per game
• Sixth in the NCAA with a 78.2 FT%
• Second in the Big Sky with 4.1 blocks per game
• Courtney West ranks 19th in the NCAA with 2.55 blocks per game
• Kiana Brown is eighth in the NCAA with an 89.9 FT%