Women's Basketball | 1/11/2024 10:01:00 AM
DOWNTOWN: In nine of the 14 games, College of Idaho has made six 3-pointers. The Yotes did that in 18 contests in 2022-23 on its way to averaging 6.96 3-point field goals made per game. The 6.96 made per game is the highest since 2013-14 when the Yotes made 8.7 3-pointers per contest.
Mia Austin is third in the CCC with 35 3-pointers, Savannah Huerta from Multnomah holds the league lead with 45, followed by Bayley Brennan, who has knocked down 36 triples.
FOR THREE in the HEADLINES: College of Idaho made a season-high 12 3-pointers in the win over Walla Walla. It was the second time this season that College of Idaho has made 12 triples in a game.
Mia Austin has made a 3-pointer in 13 of 14 games.
BERESFORD BOARDS:
Brooke Beresford has made an immediate impact with her team-best 5.5 rebounds per game to go along with 7.1 points per contest. The 5.5 rebounds by Beresford in her freshman campaign would be the most by a freshman since Elisha Hensey averaged 5.3 boards per contest in 2013-14. Beresford recorded the first double double of her young career against Walla Walla with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING: Six Yotes have scored in double figures with
Mia Austin scoring a team-best 24 points in the contest at NNU. She made 10 of 20 field goals, including four 3-pointers against the Nighthawks. Last season, nine-different Yotes recorded double digit scoring efforts.
BLOCK PARTY: College of Idaho blocked a season-high five shots at Eastern Oregon on December 30, 2023. Ironically, the last time the Yotes swatted five shots was against the Mountaineers on December 9, 2022 in La Grande.
VARIETY: In the contest against Rocky Mountain, the Yotes had 10 players break into the scoring ledger with a team-best 13-point effort from
Bryanna Graham. Against Eastern Oregon,
Kylie Waltermeyer became the seventh-different leading scorer of the Yotes on the season as she poured in 12 points in the contest. With
Mia Austin scoring a team-high eight points against LC State, it was the first time since January 9, 2021 against the Warriors were College of Idaho didn't have a player score in double figures.
EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFTS: College of Idaho handed out 14 assists in the home opener against The Master's. The Yotes closed out the 2022-23 season with fourstraight games of at least 10 assists. In 22 of 29 games, last year, the Yotes had 10 or more assists.
HAIL TO THE CHIEF: Senior forward
Emma Anderson, in addition to her basketball responsibilities serves as the ASCI (Associated Students of The College of Idaho) President. Her Vice President is Yotes football quarterback Andy Peters.
NEW HEAD COACH: Kyle Erickson, a 2012 graduate of Montana Western took the reigns of the College of Idaho women's basketball coach on April 3, 2023. He is the sixth head coach in the 29-year history of the program. For 13 of the 29 years at the helm is current C of I Vice President for Athletics, Reagan Rossi, who led College of Idaho to a 246-153 mark in 13 years as the head coach.
FLIRTING WITH PERFECTION: College of Idaho made 17 of 18 (94.4%) of its free-throw attempts to start the season against Montana Western. The 94.4% clip ties the third-best effort in program history with a similar effort last season against Eastern Oregon. Ironically, seven of the top nine performances have been away from the friendly rims of the J.A. Albertson Activity Center.
