Boise State Athletics
Saturday, November 2
Boise, Idaho
1 p.m. MT
Boise State
vs
Bushnell (EXHIBITION)
Boise State Hosts Bushnell in Exhibition Contest
10/31/2024 1:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GAME: Boise State women's basketball will open the 2024-25season with an exhibition matchup against Bushnell on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m. MT in ExtraMile Arena. As an exhibition contest, the game will not count towards Boise State's record.
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DETAILS: Admission to the exhibition game will be free. Fans will not need tickets to enter ExtraMile Arena, and seating will be general admission. There will be no video or radio broadcast of the game.
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THE OPPONENT: The Broncos will host Bushnell, a NAIA school from Eugene, Oregon. The Beacons were picked to finish sixth in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, and finished with a 16-13 mark last season.
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THE BRONCOS: Boise State returns 92.9% of the team's scoring last season, the most in the Mountain West. The squad returns 12 letterwinners, including all five starters, from a squad that finished 21-14, reached the semifinal round of the MW Tournament and made an appearance in the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Broncos were picked to finish fourth in the league's preseason poll.
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WHO TO WATCH: Natalie Pasco was one of 10 players named to the MW Preseason All-Conference team. The junior guard was the team's leading scorer at 13.2 points per game, and her 463 points on the season were the 10th-most in program history. Mya Hansen also returns for her junior season, after averaging 10. 2 points and 3.0 assists per game last season and shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc. Abby Muse, the program's all-time leading shot blocker, returns for her fifth-year on the squad as does Mary Kay Naro, one of two players in program history that has dished out 100+ assists in four consecutive seasons.
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THE STAFF: Head coach Gordy Presnell will return for this 20th season at the helm for the Blue and Orange. With 751 career victories, Presnell is one of six active Division I women's basketball head coaches with over 750 victories.
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ON TAP: The Broncos will officially open the regular season on Monday, Nov. 4 against Eastern Oregon. The game will tip off at 6:30 p.m. MT in ExtraMile Arena and will be broadcast on the MW Network and 670 KBOI AM.
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DETAILS: Admission to the exhibition game will be free. Fans will not need tickets to enter ExtraMile Arena, and seating will be general admission. There will be no video or radio broadcast of the game.
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THE OPPONENT: The Broncos will host Bushnell, a NAIA school from Eugene, Oregon. The Beacons were picked to finish sixth in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, and finished with a 16-13 mark last season.
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THE BRONCOS: Boise State returns 92.9% of the team's scoring last season, the most in the Mountain West. The squad returns 12 letterwinners, including all five starters, from a squad that finished 21-14, reached the semifinal round of the MW Tournament and made an appearance in the Women's National Invitational Tournament. The Broncos were picked to finish fourth in the league's preseason poll.
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WHO TO WATCH: Natalie Pasco was one of 10 players named to the MW Preseason All-Conference team. The junior guard was the team's leading scorer at 13.2 points per game, and her 463 points on the season were the 10th-most in program history. Mya Hansen also returns for her junior season, after averaging 10. 2 points and 3.0 assists per game last season and shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc. Abby Muse, the program's all-time leading shot blocker, returns for her fifth-year on the squad as does Mary Kay Naro, one of two players in program history that has dished out 100+ assists in four consecutive seasons.
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THE STAFF: Head coach Gordy Presnell will return for this 20th season at the helm for the Blue and Orange. With 751 career victories, Presnell is one of six active Division I women's basketball head coaches with over 750 victories.
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ON TAP: The Broncos will officially open the regular season on Monday, Nov. 4 against Eastern Oregon. The game will tip off at 6:30 p.m. MT in ExtraMile Arena and will be broadcast on the MW Network and 670 KBOI AM.
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