Game Notes
POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State plays its 2010-11 home opener on Friday, at 7 p.m., against Great Falls in Reed Gym. Friday is “Fill the Foodbank” where fans can bring a can of food, and buy four tickets for $8.50 each. ISU leads the overall series 3-0. The last time the two teams met was in the 2005-06 season when the Bengals won 106-64. The previous two meetings came in the 2004-05 season (87-48 victory) and the 1979-80 year, an 90-79 win. All three games have been played in Pocatello.
Great Falls is 2-4 and Friday's game is considered an exhibition game for the NAIA school according to their web site. Great Falls is averaging 79.67 points a game while Mark Celaya leads the team in scoring at 15.5 points a game. The only other Division I team Great Falls plays this year is the Univerity of Montana,.
Bengals in Home Openers
Idaho State has won six straight home openers and 10 of its last 12. The 2005-06 meeting with Great Falls in Pocatello was also ISU's home opener. Idaho State's only home opening losses since the 1998-99 season came in 2003 when the Bengals lost 87-78 to Boise State. Then in 2000-01 ISU lost to Utah State 59-55.
The Week That Was
Idaho State opened the season on the road against two BCS conference schools in Colorado and Arizona. At Colorado, ISU lost 88-80 and
Broderick Gilchrest scored a career-high 39 points. The Bengals then lost 90-42 at Arizona.
Idaho State Against Top Competition
Since Joe O'Brien was named head coach he hasn't backed down from top competition as he has faced 19 schools from a BCS conference in four years. This year ISU plays Colorado, Arizona and Iowa. Idaho State has yet to win one of these games.
Hello My Name Is
This year the Bengal coaching staff welcomes 11 newcomers to the team with only five returners. New to the squad are freshmen,
Brandon Glanz,
Nick Mason,
Andre Hatchett,
Conner Moore and
Justin Brunswick. The junior college transfers are
Kamil Gawrzydek,
Kenny McGowen,
Russell Wilkinson,
Abner Moreira and
Chase Grabau. Transfering from Central Florida is 7-4 center
Jakub Kusmieruk.
Career Nights on Opening Night
Last weekend started off with
Broderick Gilchrest scoring a career-high 39 points and
Mike Lacey scoring a career-best nine points at Colorado. Gilchrest previous career-high was 25 points while Lacey's was eight.
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