Women's basketball team played a great season
Big Sky Conference lead scorer Isabel Stubbs
The Bobcat women's basketball team, for the first time since the 1992-93 season, finally got a chance to dance.
It had been 10 years since a MSU women's team advanced to postseason play. A decade ago, head coach Judy Spoelstra led the Bobcat women to a Big Sky Conference title and a trip to the NCAA Championships.
Now, 10 years later, head coach Robin Potera-Haskins has guided the Montana State women to back-to-back league titles, and this winter a dance in the Women's NIT.
This season, the Bobcats posted a 21-9 overall mark and an 11-3 Big Sky Conference ledger. MSU hit the 20-win plateau for only the third time in the history of the Bobcat program and the first since the 1992-93 campaign.
MSU's season came to an end in Fort Collins, Colo., in the first-round of the WNIT with an 87-74 loss to Colorado State. The 'Cats played one of the toughest schedules in program history as five opponents made the NCAA tournament, while three more played in the WNIT.
This year's edition of 'Cat basketball was led by senior Isabel Stubbs. The native of Ayr, Australia, led the Big Sky Conference in scoring, averaging 16.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. For her efforts, Stubbs was named the co-MVP of the Big Sky Conference, the second straight honor for a Bobcat player, and was a unanimous first-team all-conference selection, as well.
Also named to the league's first-team was senior Candis Wilcox of Rexburg, Idaho. Wilcox finished the season averaging 10.2 points and 5.1 assists per game. In addition, sophomore Kati Burrows, Bozeman, was named to the honorable-mention team, while sophomore Brandi Lewis, Siloam Springs, Ark., was named the Big Sky Conference Newcomer of the Year.
The Bobcats will lose the services of seniors Jinnifer Jeresek, Cassie Johnson, Wilcox and Stubbs next season. However, they will return three starters and five letter winners.