Feb. 5, 2003
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Pocatello, ID -- Despite a double-double from Scott Henry and 17 points from Rashad Kirkland, Weber State held on for an 82-76 win by hitting 14 three-pointers and getting a nine-point run by leading scorer Slobodan Ocokoljic.
The main story was three-point shooing, as Weber State hit 14-of-31, and ISU was just 4-of-16. The Bengals outshot and outrebounded Weber State, and led in most other statistics.
The game marked the first sellout at Reed Gym since renovating the building this past year. The announced attendance was 3,228, which is 70 over official capacity. The game sold out about 20 minutes prior to tipoff.
Weber State bolted out to a 22-10 lead on the strength of their outside shooting, as their first seven baskets were all three-pointers. Back-to-back layups by Jermaine Boyette and Nic Sparrow gave the Wildcats their biggest lead at 28-16 with 7:47 left in the first half.
ISU got hot and cut the lead to seven at the half after a Jeremy Brown three-pointer. ISU then used a 13-6 run to open the second half to knot the game at 44. A Danny Boticki three gave ISU its first lead at 52-50, and Boticki layup put ISU for the last time 58-57.
WSU led 62-60 when Ocokoljic scored nine straight Wildcat points over a 3:11 span to put Weber State up 71-64, and a Brad Barton three put the game out of reach. ISU cut it to six and had two three-pointers to cut it to three, but they couldn't connect.
Along with Henry and Kirkland, who each scored 17, Jeremy Brown added 16 and Marquis Poole had 12
