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Vandal women’s basketball star Ferenz signs pro

contract in Luxembourg

Former Idaho women’s basketball standout Mikayla Ferenz signed her first professional contract to play for AB Contern of the Total League-Dames in Luxembourg.

The Total League-Dames is the highest women’s basketball league in Luxembourg.

“I am so excited to play in Luxembourg,” Ferenz said. “It was always my dream to continue my basketball career after college, and I am thrilled I get to do it in a country as beautiful as Luxembourg and for a competitive club. I get to see Europe for the first time and be a professional athlete. It’s a dream come true for me.”

Ferenz, the 2018-19 Big Sky Player of the Year, led Idaho to a regular-season conference title and two wins in the WNIT. In her senior season she averaged 22 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, finishing her career with a school — and Big Sky — record 2,466 points.

In her four-year career, Ferenz shot at a 44.4 percent clip (865 of 1,949) from the field and 38.4 percent (415 of 1,082) from the 3. She made 415 3-pointers in her career, becoming the sixth woman in NCAA history to break 400 triples. In the last four years, spanning Ferenz’s career, the Vandals advanced to the postseason, winning a conference title in her freshman year, appearing in the 2016 NCAA tournament, advancing to the semifinals of the 2017 WBI and grabbing two WNIT wins this past season.

Ferenz reports to AB Contern in mid August.

WSU learns first-round opponent for 2019

Cayman Islands Classic

Washington State’s men’s basketball team will face Nebraska in the quarterfinals of the Cayman Islands Classic on Monday, Nov. 25 at 4:30 p.m. PST, Caymax Sports LTD announced, along with the rest of the first-day matchups.

The games will take place at John Gray Gymnasium at George Town, Grand Cayman. Colorado State will face New Mexico State in the opening game at 8 a.m. PST, followed by Loyola Chicago meeting South Florida at 10:30 a.m. In the first game of the evening session at 2 p.m., George Mason plays Old Dominion, which is followed by the WSU-Nebraska matchup.

Former WSU athletic director Bill Moos is now AD at Nebraska.

The Cougars and Huskers have met eight times with Nebraska holding a 6-2 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams last met Nov. 21, 1998, at the Top of the World Classic at Fairbanks, Alaska, a 95-84 Nebraska victory.

Semifinal round games are slated for 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. PST the following day, Tuesday, Nov. 26. Teams in the consolation bracket will play their second game Nov. 26 with tip offs at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. PST.

The seventh-place game will open the final day of competition on Wednesday, Nov. 27 starting at 8 a.m. PST, followed by the fifth-place game (10:30 a.m.), third-place game (2 p.m.) and championship game (4:30 p.m.)

Located in the western Caribbean Sea, an hour from Miami, the Cayman Islands comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica.

Tickets: caymanislandsclassic.com/sports/2018/7/11/_ot_tickets_html.aspx.