Box Score SACRAMENTO, California- The University of Idaho Women's basketball team (16-8, 11-5) improved to 11-5 in conference play with a 96-88 win over Sacramento State (8-18, 6-11) on the road in Sacramento Saturday, as Head Coach Jon Newlee earned his 300^th NCAA Division I win. The Vandals scored 56 points in the first half on the way to a season-high 96 points. Idaho featured four players scoring in double-digits and two players with double-doubles. Freshman Beyonce Bea led Idaho with a career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds.

THE GAME

The Vandals opened the game on a 5-0 run following quick buckets from Gina Marxen and Natalie Klinker. Back-to-back layups from Beyonce Bea gave the Vandals a 9-2 lead at the 7:14 mark in the first period. Sacramento State matched Idaho's offensive flow the rest of the way in the first as the score was tied 25-25 after the first ten minutes.
Idaho's offense exploded in the second period for 31 points while holding the Hornets to just 16. After Idaho went ahead 35-31 following a layup from Nina Carlson at the 6:59 mark in the second period, Janie King broke the scoring open with back-to-back-to-back three-pointers over the span of a minute and a half. Idaho led 44-31 following an 11-0 run with 4:43 remaining in the period. Idaho's lead extended to as many as 15 points in the second period as Bea put the Vandals ahead 56-41 at the half.
The Vandals were outscored in the second half 47-40 by the Hornets but it was not enough to overcome the 15-point deficit at halftime.
Lizzy Klinker registered her 10^th rebound of the contest in the opening second of the fourth period to go along with 12 points for her fourth career double-double. Beyonce Bea notched her 30^th point, setting a career-high, with a jumper to put the Vandals ahead by 12, 88-76 with 5:30 to go in the game.
Sacramento State would make a late offensive surge, but it wasn't enough as the Vandals would hold on to win 96-88.


THE QUOTES
Head Coach Jon Newlee

" I thought we did a great job of moving the ball through their zone and finding the open man."
"We talked at practiced about fighting through the wall and I thought Beyonce was really special tonight. We are used to seeing that in practice. We love seeing her play so hard and we are happy with the way she battled.
"The ball movement was great. My assistants were saying in pregame we were making everything and I was hoping that would translate when the buzzer goes off, and it did."
 
 

 
THE NOTES


The Vandals featured four players scoring in double-digits. Beyonce Bea led the way with a career-high 30 points while Lizzy Klinker added 14, followed by Gina Marxen with 13 and Hailey Christopher with 12.
Lizzy and Bea each recorded a double-double with a team-high 10 rebounds each.
The Vandals shot 56.5 percent from the field, a season-high, which included 36 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
Idaho outrebounded Sacramento State 39-32 and scored 14 second chance points with 10 offensive rebounds. Bea had four offensive boards, to lead the team.
Sacramento State won the turnover battle with just five as a team, while Idaho turned the ball over only eight times.
Each team found success in the paint, but Idaho narrowly edged the Hornets 52-50 inside.
The Vandals tied their season high with 23 assists. Gina Marxen and Bea each led Idaho with seven assists a piece.
Idaho never trailed in the contest and haled a lead for over 37 minutes. The game was tied four times and the Vandals led by as many as 17 in the third period.


THE NAME
Beyonce Bea led the Vandals with a career-high 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field. Bea also totaled 10 rebounds and a career-high seven assists in the win. The freshman from Washougal, Washington also registered one steal and one block.

UP NEXT

The Vandals return to Moscow next week to host Northern Colorado Thursday at 6 p.m. in Memorial Gym.