Women's basketball hosts Idaho for two games this week

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• Weber State continues Big Sky play with two home games against the Idaho Vandals this weekend.

• The Wildcats and Vandals will play Thursday night at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 12 p.m. at the Dee Events Center. Currently, no fans are allowed to attend, but both games will be streamed live on Pluto TV 1054 with live stats at WeberStateSports.com.

• The Wildcats are 0-9 overall and 0-6 in Big Sky play. Weber State is coming off two losses to Southern Utah last week, including a wild double overtime loss to the Thunderbirds on Saturday afternoon in Ogden. It was WSU's first double overtime game in five years.

• Weber State ranks third in the Big Sky an 18th in the country in free throw percentage, shooting 78.3 percent from the line.

• Individually, Kori Pentzer leads the Wildcats in scoring at 11.1 points per game. Pentzer scored a career-high 21 points in last Thursday's game at Southern Utah and has scored in double figures four times this season. Pentzer also leads the Big Sky and is seventh in the country in free throw percentage. She is 29 of 31 from the line this season.

• Emma Torbert ranks fourth in the conference in free throw percentage at 85.7 percent. She is also fourth in the league in blocks, fifth in steals and sixth in offensive rebounds.

• Idaho is 7-5 overall and 6-2 in Big Sky play, currently second in the conference standings. The Vandals have won four of their last five games. Beyonce Bea is fourth in the Big Sky in scoring at 15 points per game and fifth in rebounding.

• Idaho was the favorite in the preseason media and coaches polls this year. The Vandals finished second in the regular season last year and advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament.

• This will be the 48th all-time meeting between Weber State and Idaho, both charter members of the Big Sky Conference. The Vandals were members of the league until 1996, the rejoined the conference in 2015. Idaho holds a 26-21 all-time series lead over the Wildcats and has won four-straight. Since the Vandals returned to the conference, Idaho is 10-1 against Weber State, including a 4-0 record in Ogden.

• Velaida Harris is in her third season as head coach of the Wildcats.

• After this weekend's games, the Wildcats will hit the road for two games at Montana State next Thursday and Saturday. The next home games are scheduled for Feb. 11 and 13 against the Montana Lady Griz.

Women's basketball hosts Idaho for two games this week

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Emma Torbert

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Women's basketball hosts Idaho for two games this week

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Kori Pentzer

Emma Torbert

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