Nov. 14, 2006
Box Score
Milwaukee, WI --- David Schroeder became Idaho State University's all-time three-point king, draining in a pair of threes in the first half as part of a 19-point night as the Bengals picked up their first win under new head coach Joe O'Brien with a 66-57 win over Maine in the consolation game of the CBE Classic's Marquette Regional.
The Bengals (1-1) were in control throughout the game over Maine (0-3) who was picked second in the America East preseason poll. Idaho State bolted to a 17-3 lead after three straight three-pointers, two by Austin Kilpatrick off the bench, and one by Matt Stucki. Maine never got within two possessions the rest of the game.
David Schroeder tied Jeff Gardner's school record of 136 threes with a triple at the 6:20 mark to push ISU's lead to 26-14, and he promptly broke the record with 1:26 to go, nailing a straight away three with 1:26 left in the half.
The second half was the one that Schroeder dominated however, hitting five shots and scoring 13 points overall. The Bengals played a second straight solid defensive game, holding Maine to .351 shooting, and outrebounding the Black Bears 36-33.
Idaho State hit 6-of-9 free throws down the stretch, which was necessary as the Black Bears hit three straight threes in just 16 seconds to cut the lead down to just six at 63-57 with 34.6 left, but Schroeder, who missed the front end of the one-and-one with 6.8 left against Marquette, hit three freebies to keep Main at bay.
The Bengals took care of the ball in much better fashion, dishing out 16 assists to just 13 turnovers, nearly half as many as Monday night when they committed 25 against Marquette. ISU also survived a hot night off the bench from Maine's Mark Socoby, who went for a game-high 24 points. Along with Schroeder, only Akbar Abdul-Ahad was in double figures as the Bengal point guard scored 10. Abdul-Ahad had seven assists and just two turnovers.
Schroeder nearly had a double-double with nine rebounds, and Logan Kinghorn and Nicholas Rhodes both grabbed seven boards. ISU, which was also just 2-for-5 from the line against Marquette, was 11-for-14 against Maine.
ISU returns home for a few days before they head back out on the road to take on Brigham Young on Saturday night at 7:30 pm.
Notes: Idaho State force Maine into using four of their five timeouts in the first half ... ISU freshmen Donnie Carson and Demetrius Monroe both saw their first career action ...ISU is allowing just 58.0 points per game so far ... after Marquette went 16-for-31 from the line, Maine went 8-for-15 ... ISU led by as much as 17 in the second half.
