Northwest Notes: Nov. 27, 2013
Vandals, Broncos clash
tonight in men's hoops
BOISE - The Idaho men's basketball team will face rival Boise State in Boise's CenturyLink Arena tonight (6 p.m., Root Sports).
Idaho is 3-3 entering the game while Boise State is unbeaten with a 4-0 record.
Idaho senior Stephen Madison is averaging team-bests of 15.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the field. Junior Connor Hill adds 11.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game, and senior Glen Dean averages 10.3 points and 2.0 assists. The Vandals are shooting 43.1 percent from the field as a team, and 34.8 percent from 3-point range.
The Broncos are averaging 103.0 points per game, which leads the nation. Boise State is receiving votes in the most recent AP Top 25 poll. Anthony Drmic leads the team with 24.8 points per game and Jeff Elorriaga averages 21.7. The Broncos have buried an average of 11.8 3-pointers per game, the third highest average in the nation.
Idaho will continue its stretch of nine out of 10 games away from home when it visits UC Davis on Nov. 30.
Idaho women's basketball player
Barr honored by WAC
DENVER - Idaho junior guard Stacey Barr was named Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 18-24.
The Melbourne, Australia, native led Idaho to a 68-63 win over UC Irvine Saturday with her first double-double of the season. Barr matched her season high with 21 points and led all players with a career-best 16 rebounds. Barr made nine free throws in the victory, a new career mark.
On the season Barr is averaging 15.3 points along with 7.8 rebounds per game. She has made nine 3-pointers this season adding to her career total of 124. Barr is climbing up the all-time 3-pointer list, sitting tied for seventh. Barr is shooting 34.5 percent from the field and 23.7 percent from 3-point range. Dating back to last season, Barr has now hit a 3-point basket in the last five games for Idaho.
WSU's Holt garners another Pac-12 volleyball award
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - For the fourth time this season, Washington State's Kyra Holt was named the Pac-12 volleyball Freshman of the Week for her play during the week of Nov. 18-24.
A 6-1 outside hitter from Hercules, Calif., Holt had a career-high 28 kills in WSU's 3-2 come-from-behind win at No. 23 California Nov. 24. Holt led WSU in the final three sets with 18 kills and only one error in 44 attacks (.386), and added six digs. Against No. 5 Stanford Nov. 22, Holt led WSU with 13 kills including a third-set performance of seven kills and only one error in 16 attacks, two aces and two blocks where WSU lost 26-24.
Holt leads the Cougars offensively with a 3.94 kps average, a 4.59 pps average, and a 0.29 service aces per set average which are all seventh-best in the Pac-12. She has recorded double-digit kills in 28 of the 31 Cougars' matches this season and has had 12 double-doubles with kills and digs. Her 461 kills this season is ninth-best on WSU's all-time single season records.