What a weekend! I can’t think of a better weekend of women’s hoops in the Big Sky since I started following it intensely last season. Think about it: a match-up of unbeatens, 2 overtime games, road upsets, and a muddled mess in the standings when it was all said and done. When you have great games like we had this weekend there are going to be some outstanding individual performances that leave you in awe. Indeed that is what we got.
This was without a doubt the most difficult BSBTr decision I have had this season because for just about every team there was at least one, sometimes two performances that on a normal week would be shoo-ins for the award. But, just like in the game itself, there will be some who get the short end of the stick.
Congratulations this week to Erica Perry of Montana State. The junior point guard for the Bobcats played the best game of her career in the biggest win of MSU’s season. Perry scored a career high 27 points to lead Montana State over the league-leading Vikings in Portland on Sunday. She was 12-22 from the field (54.5%) and added 3 assists, 3 steals and her 1st block of the season in the effort. Perry was most dangerous off the dribble, where she drove her way into the paint, getting most of her points on acrobatic lay-ups among the PSU forwards. Perry played 40 minutes of the overtime game, scoring 16 points in the second half and 3 in the extra period. With 2:32 left in overtime, Perry scooped a loose ball and went coast-to-coast for a lay-in to give MSU the lead for good.
In a losing effort against Eastern Washington, Perry scored 17 points, while chipping in 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals. On the weekend, the guard averaged 58% shooting and committed just 2 turnovers.
Honorable Mention BSBTrs
Mandy Morales (UM): 34 points, 15-28 FG, 0-6 3FG, 4 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks vs PSU; 28 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 11-14 FG, 4-5 3FG, 3 steals vs EWU
Katie Bussey (MSU): 20 points, 7-12 FG, 3-6 3FG, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal vs EWU; 20 points, 8-16 FG, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block vs PSU
Nicole Scott (EWU): 19 points, 11 rebounds, 8-12 FG, 3-5 3FG vs MSU; 15 points, 6-11 FG, 1-1 3FG, 3 rebounds, 2 steals vs UM
Atty Boyer (Sac): 14 points, 10 rebounds, 6-14 FG, 6 blocks vs NCU
Kelly Valentine (PSU): 13 points, 9 rebounds vs UM; 18 points, 11 rebounds vs MSU
Courtney Stoermer (NCU): 15 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal vs Sac St; 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 9 steals vs NAU
Claire Faucher (PSU): 8 points, 6 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals vs UM; 25 points, 11-25 FG, 1-7 3FG, 12 assists, 2 steals, 4 assists vs MSU
Tonya Schnibbe (WSU): 10 points, 13 assists, 6 rebounds, 0 turnovers vs Utah Valley;17 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 steal vs ISU
Caitlin Anderson (WSU): 10 points, 12 assists, 3 assists, 1 steal vs Utah Valley; 16 points, 19 rebounds, 6-11 FG, 2-2 3FG, 1 assist vs ISU
Jenna Brown (ISU): 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal vs WSU
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