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POCATELLO, Idaho-The Idaho State men's basketball team lost to Montana 68-44 on Saturday night in Holt Arena. The Bengals fell to 3-12 and 1-3 in Big Sky play while the Griz improved to 10-5 and 3-0 in league.
Two Bengals put up double figures in the loss to Montana. In his third consecutive game with double figures, junior guard
Melvin Morgan had 15 points and four steals. Senior
Chase Grabau, who is averaging 12.1 points per game, put up 14 points. Grabau was three-for-three from beyond the arc. Senior
Abner Moreira led the team with eight rebounds.
Idaho State shot 37 percent from the field while Montana had a shooting percentage of 60. The Griz outscored the Bengals 36-16 in the paint and Bengal turnovers led to 22 points for Montana. Idaho State had 21 turnovers in the game and Montana was forced into 17.
Montana out rebounded Idaho State 26-23.
Montana led the entire contest and built its biggest lead of the game of 24 points late in the second half.
Idaho State goes on the road for their next three contests. The Bengal play at Wyoming on Monday, January 9 at 7 p.m. ISU then plays at Sacramento State on January 14, Portland State on January 16 before returning home to host Northern Arizona on January 21.
Deane Martin Quotes
"It is hard to take a lot positive out of tonight. After the game coach Tinkle was very nice. I told him 'I hoped we would have given him a better game then what we did tonight.' I at least wanted to challenge him and give a little resistance. He said 'you have had a tough stretch on the road with some games and you have had games where you haven't had a lot of time to prepare.' But there is not a lot you can take away from this. You put it in the books and move on to get ready for the game on Monday."
"They physically outmatched us at every spot. They were physically stronger and more athletic. They got the guards in on the post and scored anytime they wanted. They had good ball movement and we couldn't match up with them. We tried some different things with zone and man but we couldn't match up with them."
