Mike Scott — men’s basketball
Mike Scott
The last two games for Idaho didn’t go particularly well against Montana and Montana State. The Vandals split both games 1-1, but they didn’t look great in either one. The one player who played consistently throughout both games was point guard Mike Scott. In the Thursday win over last-place Montana State, Scott put up a great stat line, tying for a team-high 13 points while adding six assists, five rebounds and two steals. Idaho went on to beat the Bobcats 80-71. Saturday against Montana, the senior from Los Angeles tied for the second-most points on the team with 11 while adding five assists and pulling down four rebounds.
Galina Bykova — women’s tennis
Galina Bykova
Over the weekend, the Idaho women’s tennis team easily handled Seattle U to improve to 2-1 on the season. The effort was backed in large part to Galina Bykova, who was victorious in her singles and doubles matches. Bykova, a sophomore from St. Petersburg, Russia, defeated Kelli Woodman of Seattle U in the No. 1 singles match by a score of 6-4, 6-3. She found similar success in doubles play. Bykova paired up with teammate Sophie Vickers en route to a 6-1 defeat of Barbara Carey and Madison Maloney in the No. 2 doubles match.
Odon Barta — men’s tennis
Odon Barta
While the whole Idaho men’s tennis team excelled last Saturday, beating both Whitman and Lewis-Clark State College by scores of 6-1, Odon Barta stood out from his teammates. The junior from Budapest, Hungary, won each of his two singles and doubles matches over the weekend. In his matches against LCSC, Barta beat Yonas Woldetsadik 6-4, 6-0 after beating Whitman’s Colton Molkoves 6-1, 6-1. Barta paired up with freshman Felipe Fonseca to beat both their Whitman duo and their LCSC duo 6-1. Barta and the Vandals are 4-1 five matches into the spring season.
Stacey Barr — women’s basketball
Stacey Barr
As usual, it was star guard Stacey Barr leading the charge for the Idaho women this past weekend, despite the Vandals dropping both games. Thursday against Montana State, Barr was the only Vandal to reach double figures with 26 points and 15 rebounds — good for a double-double. She also had four 3-pointers, but shot worse from the field going 6-of-21. Idaho lost 76-65. It was more of the same against Montana, as overall the team struggled, but Barr came through with big numbers again. The Melborne, Australia, native had 27 points and six rebounds in the 87-74 Idaho loss. Barr was recently named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team by College Sports Information Directors of America.
Dylan Watts — track and field
Dylan Watts
Senior Dylan Watts continued his strong spring season with another second-place finish in the pole vault Friday at the Cougar Indoor in Pullman. Watts’ height of 15-feet, 7.25 inches was one of four marks at the height, but he finished tied for second based on number of attempts. The mark was well short of Watts’ career best indoor height f 16-6.75, proving even on an off-day, Watts can finish in the top three in his event.