The Washington Huskies Women’s Basketball program hosts the Montana State Bobcats on Tuesday, December 5th at 5PM Pacific.
The Washington Huskies (8-0) face the Montana State Bobcats (3-4) on Tuesday, December 5th at 5PM Pacific.
The video broadcast of the matchup between the Huskies and Montana State will be streaming on Washington Livestream; as well as, streaming audio at LISTEN TO HUSKIES RADIO CALL
Montana State Bobcats Offense
The Montana State Bobcats offense averages 63.6 points per game; while the Huskies average 76.9 points per game — a 15.1 point differential.
Montana State Bobcats is a below average three-point shooting team at 29.1% accuracy from beyond the arc (Bottom 41% nationwide).
Defensively, Washington defenders are holding opponents to only 24.0% shooting from three-point range (ranked in Top 11% nationally).
Interestingly, Montana State Bobcats is also a below average shooting team from two-point range, making only 41.6% of their two-point attempts (Bottom 28% nationwide).
Montana State is averaging 21.1 three-point attempts per game (Top 34% of all Division One teams nationally).
Senior forward Lexi Deden is the leading scorer for the Montana State Bobcats at 16.5 points per game.
However, Deden suffered a season ending knee injury during the Bobcats matchup with James Madison, last Friday night in Cancun.
Deden was not a three-point threat at all — with zero three-point attempts this season (0%).
Instead Deden was almost exclusively an inside scorer — 26 of her 31 made shots were inside-the-paint.
This means the Bobcats will be missing their primary inside scoring threat and will likely try to compensate with more three-point attempts.
Therefore, it is a fairly straightforward recipe for Husky defenders to shutdown the Bobcats offensive attack.
Katelynn Limardo is a 6’2″ senior guard who now becomes the Bobcats primary scorer at 13.2 points.
Limardo is an inefficient inside-scorer — making 30.3% of her two-point attempts, while making 37.5% of her two-point attempts within 4.5 feet of the rim.
Limardo is only an efficient scorer from two-point range taking right-side 15-foot jumpers from the free throw line area and right-side shots from 5-8 feet from the basket.
Limardo shows is also an efficient three-point shooter only from the left-side wing and straightaway three-point areas.
It should be a fairly straightforward recipe for Huskies defenders to limit Limardo’s scoring opportunities from three-point range and contest her shots around the painted area.
With the loss of Deden, Limardo becomes Montana State’s leading rebounder as well, at 7.7 rebounds a game.
Madison Hall is a 5’9″ guardand (now) the Bobcats second-leading scorer at 8.0 points per game.
Hall is the Bobcats’ most diverse inside-outside scorer.
Madison Hall makes 66.7% of her shots within 4.5 feet of the rim; 83.3% of her left-side free throw area 15-foot jumpers; and 75% of her leftside shots from 4.5 to 8 feet from the rim.
Hall makes her three-point attempts with a respectable 33.3% accuracy, including 50% accuracy from the deep left-side corner.
Taylor Janssen is 5’8″ guard and the Bobcats leading three-point shooter at 38.5% accuracy, providing 7.6 points per game.
Meanwhile, Janssen makes only 47.4 % of her two-point attempts, all in the lane area –which shows her propensity to penetrate and attack the defense when she’s not shooting threes.
Marah Dykstra is a 6’2″ forward and (now) the Bobcats third-leading scorer at 7.9 points per game and third-leading rebounder at 5.4 rebounds.
Washington Defense
The Huskies are holding opponents to 23.6% shooting from three-point range.
Since the Bobcats are making 29.1% % of their three-point attempts (and missing their primary inside scorer, Lexi Deden); it should take above average three-point shooting to keep the Bobcats in this game.
Defensively, the Huskies’ three-point defenses should limit Montana State’s three-point attempts and and tightly contest all three-point shooters.
Also, Washington averages 31.9 defensive rebounds per game, which ranks in the Top 3% among Division One schools nationally.
Meanwhile, the Bobcats average 11.4 offensive rebounds per game, ranking in the Bottom 49% nationally.
The Huskies also average 4.1 blocks per game, which ranks among the Top 21% of Division One schools nationally.
Expect the Washington Huskies to dominate the Bobcats defensively in-the-paint.
Washington Offense
The Huskies are currently averaging 33.7% accuracy from three-point range (with 7.6 made three-pointers per game).
UW has seven players shooting 33.3% or better from beyond the arc :
Teagan Brown (38.5%),
Chloe Briggs (38.1%);
Noble (36.4%);
Lauren Schwartz (36.4%);
Hannah Stines (36.4%);
Elle Ladine (34.8%); and
Sayvia Sellers(33.3%).
Washington’s offense is also very efficient from mid-range and close range, averaging 54.7% on two-pointers and 63.7% within 4.5 feet of the rim.
