O'Neil named to Big Sky cage team

The Daily Inter Lake

Becky O'Neil, a sophomore center at Weber State, was named to the All-Big Sky Conference women's basketball team.

O'Neil, from Kalispell, ranks second on the WSU team in scoring at 13.4 points per game. She has missed just one start.

She is the conference leader in field goal percentage at 61.1 percent, which is ninth best nationally.

O'Neil is shooting 67.4 percent in Big Sky Conference games.

O'Neil scored a career-high 29 points in a victory at Idaho State. She has been in double digit scoring in 19 games this season, including her last 11 games, and 13 of the last 14.

She's seventh in the Big Sky scoring and 10th in rebounding.

The complete list of the All-Big Sky Conference team is on B3.

Weber St. and Montana have opening-round byes in the league tournament.

Big Sky Conference

At Dahlberg Arena

Missoula

First Round

Tonight

Northern Arizona vs. Sacramento State, 6 p.m.

Eastern Washington vs. Idaho State, 8 p.m.

Semifinals

Friday, March 11

Weber State vs. higher-seeded first-round winner, 6 p.m.

Montana vs. lower-seeded first-round winner, 8 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, March 12

Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.