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TUCSON, Ariz.— After an historic showing in the second round of the WNIT in Moscow, the Idaho women's basketball team looks to keep the energy alive as they travel to Tucson, Arizona for the Round of 16 in the Women's National Invitation Tournament against Arizona. The Vandals and the Wildcats will tip off at 6:30 p.m. PT Thursday at McKale Center.
Idaho women's hoops is playing in the WNIT for the third time in program history. The Vandals have not made it this far in the WNIT bracket since the Hall of Fame 1986 team. Becoming one the 16 teams moving on in the WNIT makes the Vandals the third team in Big Sky history to advance to the Round of 16. The last time a Big Sky team made it the WNIT third round was in 2015 when both Sacramento State and Northern Colorado advanced.
The Vandals defeated Loyola-Marymount in the first round and most recently bested the University of Denver, 88-66, in front of a home crowd of 1,230 fans.
Mikayla Ferenz had a 33-point performance where she was 12-of-25 from the field.
Taylor Pierce and
Gina Marxen scored 16 points while
Natalie Klinker led the Vandals on the boards with nine.
The Big Sky Regular-Season Champions finished the season 20-11, after falling to Portland State in the conference tournament semifinals. Idaho earned the Big Sky's auto-bid finishing at the No. 1 seed at the end of the conference season.
Follow the link to view the complete postseason WNIT bracket
here.
FORMAT
The event offers 32 automatic berths, one to each established conference, and 32 at-large berths. The 64-team tournament is a single-elimination event with all games played at sites of host schools. The Postseason WNIT features 32 first-round games, followed by 16 second-round games, eight third-round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the championship. Additional information about the postseason WNIT can be accessed
here.
DATES
Round 1 – March 20-22.
Round 2 – March 23-26.
Round 3 – March 27-29.
Round 4 – March 30-31.
Semifinals – April 3-4.
Championship – Saturday, April 6, 3 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
NOTES
For more notes and stats, check the notes page, linked above.
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