Natalie Doma Leads Team Canada

Women’s Basketball

Doma Leads Team Canada to Three Wins at U21 FIBA World Championships

2007 All-American fronts canada in both scoring and rebounding

Natalie Doma scores against host Russia at the 2007 FIBA U21 Women’s Basketball World Championship.

July 6, 2007

Moscow, Russia–Idaho State’s Natalie Doma has helped the 2007 Canada U21 national team to a 3-2 record at the FIBA Women’s U21 World Championship at the SK Vidnoje Basketball Hall in Moscow, Russia. Doma will continue play in the semi-final round on July 7 against Brazil.

Looking forward to her senior season at Idaho State, Doma leads team Canada in both scoring (10.8 ppg.) and rebounding (8.5 rpg.) through six games at the world championship.

The all-time ISU point scorer ranks fourth in rebounding at the championship, just ahead of team USA and Oklahoma standout Courtney Paris. Doma, a 2007 All-American, has led team Canada to wins over China, Mali, and Belgium.

Doma recorded an 18-point, 15-rebound double-double effort in a 78-54 route of China. She also scored double digits with 13 points in a win over Belgium and 10 points in a loss to France.

Team Canada currently sits in third place behind France and Russia in Group A. Canada dropped a 98-57 decision to Australia in the quarter finals, a team that lost only one game in the preliminary round, to top-ranked USA by two points.

Canada now moves on to play in the semi-final round on July 7 against Brazil. The team will then move on to play in the final round on July 8.

Team Canada’s U21 roster consists of current Canadian born NCAA Division I basketball players around the nation, including Alisha Tatham (UMass), Tata Watts (Rice), Kadie Riverin (Rice), Kendel Ross (Dayton), Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont), and Miranda Ayim (Pepperdine).

For more information on the 2007 FIBA U21 World Championships, including live stats for games, visit http://www.russia2007.fiba.com. For more information on Canada Basketball, visit www.basketball.ca.

Former Idaho State Basketball Coach Jim Killingsworth Passes Away at Age 83

Killer led ISU to upset of UCLA in 1977 and a win from the Final Four

Jim Killingsworth

June 11, 2007

Owasso, OK — Jim Killingsworth, the basketball coach who took Idaho State to heights never before reached in 1977 when he led ISU to perhaps the greatest pure upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament, ending UCLA’s epic run of 11-straight Final Fours, died on Sunday in Owasso, Oklahoma from complications of a stroke.

Killingsworth, who would have turned 84 on June 19, coached Idaho State from 1971-77, and ranks tied for second on the all-time wins list at Idaho State with a record of 109-54. In his six seasons, he led the Bengals to three regular season titles, and two NCAA Tournament trips, in 1974 and 1977. The Bengals never finished lower than second place in any of Killer’s six seasons.

The 1974 team lost to New Mexico in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but it was the 1977 team that brought fame and notoriety to Killingsworth and the Bengals. After winning the league title and dispatching of Long Beach State 83-72 in the first game of the tournament in Pocatello, the Bengals traveled to Provo, Utah to take on the #2 UCLA Bruins. All UCLA had done was make 11 consecutive Final Fours, but a 12th appearance was denied as the Bengals took down the mighty Bruins 76-75.

Had the game happened perhaps 10 years later, when March Madness first started to really creep into the American lexicon, the Bengals and Killingsworth would have been famous. As it was, the Bengals lost in their shot at the Final Four, losing to UNLV 107-90. That would be Jim’s final game with the Bengals, as he became the head coach at Texas Christian, eventually leading their stagnant basketball program to the NCAA Tournament as well.

Killingworth, who suffered a stroke nearly a month ago while at home, died at St. John’s Hospital. A service will be held at 10:30 am on Friday morning at First United Methodist Church in Glen Rose, Texas. 

Say what you will…this guy is a unique individual…you can watch some his documentary at the following link:
http://isubengals.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051407aab.html

Here are early results from the Big Sky Track and Field Championships going on at Idaho State University’s Davis Field:

The link should keep you up to date with the latest…