Montana Lady Griz split road trip, fall to Idaho

MOSCOW, Idaho — The Montana Woman Griz dropped their first Huge Sky Convention sport of the season, dropping to Idaho 79-71 on Saturday afternoon.

Sammy Fatkin led the Woman Griz (5-8, 1-1 Huge Sky) with 20 factors, 4 assists and three steals whereas Carmen Gfeller added 12 factors and 7 rebounds. Gina Marxen added 10 factors and 7 boards as properly.

UM shot 42.6% from the sphere and went 4 for 12 from deep. Idaho shot 47.5% from the sphere and 12 for 31 from past the arc.

Beyonce Bea scored 32 factors and grabbed 9 rebounds to steer the Vandals (6-7, 2-0) whereas Sydney Gandy added 17 factors and eight assists and Rosa Smith tallied 12 factors. Kalispell native and Flathead Excessive grad Tiana Johnson scored 9 factors and grabbed seven rebounds and likewise had three steals for Idaho.

The Vandals led by as a lot as 20 at one level within the third quarter earlier than UM slowly began closing the hole down the stretch. With the win, the Vandals earned a house sweep over the Montana faculties to open league play.

Montana is house this coming week with video games in opposition to Northern Arizona (7-8, 1-1) on Thursday and Northern Colorado (8-5, 1-1) on Saturday.