Idaho State vs. Cal State Fullerton
Date: Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011
Tipoff: 4 p.m.
Site: Reed Gym
TV: Big Sky TV
Radio: The Bengal Radio Network, flagshipped at ESPN Radio 930-AM KSEI, Pocatello. (
Jerry Miller, play-by-play). Carried throughout Southern Idaho and on the Internet at www.isubengals.com.
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Idaho State vs. Weber State
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Tipoff: 7 p.m.
Site: ICCU Court at Holt Arena
TV: Big Sky TV
Radio: The Bengal Radio Network, flagshipped at ESPN Radio 930-AM KSEI, Pocatello. (
Jerry Miller, play-by-play). Carried throughout Southern Idaho and on the Internet at www.isubengals.com.
Game Notes
POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State (8-17, 4-9) takes a break from conference play to play host to Cal State Fullerton (9-17, 5-8) on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Reed Gym. The game will be heard live on 930 KSEI with
Jerry Miller and
Brad Bugger calling the action. Fans can also log onto isubengals.com to listen and watch the game live. The Bengal women's team hosts Montana after the men's game at 7 p.m. Fans can stay and watch the women's game for free with a purchase of a men's ticket.
This will be the eighth meeting between the two schools. Idaho State leads the overall series 4-3. The last time the two teams played was in the 2002-03 season where ISU won 79-70 on Dec. 14 at Fullerton and 74-66 in Pocatello on Jan. 14, 2003. Prior to the 2002-03 season the last time the two teams met was Dec. 20, 1983 where the Bengals dropped a 91-71 contest in Pocatello.
Cal State Fullerton is led by the play of Jer'Vaughn Johnson's 14.6 points a game on 56 percent shooting from the field. Fullerton's Andre Hardy is the top rebounder at 9.1 a game. CSUF is scoring 70.6 points a game and shooting 44.9 percent from the field.
Taking Care of the Rock
In the Bengals win at Portland State they had a season-low seven turnovers. ISU also had seven turnovers at Creighton. In the last 14 games, ISU is averaging 12.1 turnovers a game. In the first 11 games of the season ISU averaged 15.4 turnovers with a season-high of 23 at Iowa. During the 13-game stretch, the Bengals have had 10 games ofs 13 turnovers of less, three of the games being less than 10.
Solid off the Bench
Since coming off the bench, Phyl Taylor has played his best basketball of his Idaho State career since coming off the bench four games ago. He had a career-high 22 points in an overtime win over Northern Arizona on Feb. 12. He had nine points and seven assists in the 84-79 win at Portland State and he added 16 in a loss to Eastern Washington.
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