Silver and Gold Scrimmage concludes
The Idaho men’s and women’s basketball teams played in the annual Silver and Gold Scrimmage Friday in Memorial Gym.
The women’s team started the night off led by senior guard Stacy Barr, the Sports Madness Preseason Big Sky Player of the Year. Sophomore guard Karlee Wilson and junior guard Connie Ballestero joined Barr for the team lead in points with seven.
Overall, the team shot 32.6 percent from the field and just 11.1 percent from three-point range.
“I know we are a lot better than we showed tonight,” Idaho coach Jon Newlee said after the game. “Certainly we can improve on a lot of things. It is still so early for us, trying to get everybody in synch. We just have to get better as the weeks go forward.”
The men’s team followed and featured 10 freshmen and sophomores along with five newcomers. Senior shooting guard Connor Hill showed no signs of rust as he led all scorers with 18 points. Senior forward Bira Seck finished with eight points and senior point guard Mike Scott added seven points of his own.
“We have a lot of things to work on as a team,” Idaho coach Don Verlin said. “I thought Connor Hill obviously shot the ball very well. Mike Scott did a nice job running the point.”
Nahshon George, a junior college transfer from Shoreline Community College in Shoreline, Washington, made a good first impression and nabbed a team-best six rebounds.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Verlin said. “We have got to get them hitting on all cylinders before we play here in about three weeks.”
The men’s team will play its first exhibition game against Simon Fraser 7 p.m. Oct. 31 in Memorial Gym. The Women’s team starts its season against Central Washington 6 p.m. Nov. 4 in Memorial Gym.