Bengals Play at Washington on Saturday

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POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State continues its competition vs. Pac 12 opponets by playing a 2 p.m. (MST) at Washington. The game will be televised on the Pac 12 Network and fans can listen to the game live on 930 CBS Sports Radio or Rock 102.5. Log onto isubengals for how to follow the game on the Internet. Saturday's game is the third Pac 12 opponent of the year for ISU. The Bengals played at Arizona State on November 15 and at Utah on December 10.

Washington leads the series 4-0. The most recent meeting was an 82-50 victory in Seattle during the 2007-08 season.

This is the third Big Sky Conference opponent Washington has played this year. Already the Huskies have beaten Eastern Washington, 92-80 and Montana, 83-79. C.J. Wilcox leads UW in scoring at 21.9 points a game. The team is scoring 81.5 points a game and shooting .426 percent from the field while averaging 37.5 rebounds.

Bengals Ranked in the NCAA Statistics (as of Dec. 8)
As a team, ISU is ranked 11th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.7 percent. The team is second in the nation in steals per game at 11.4 and 65th in scoring at 79.6 points per game. Individually, Jeff Solarin is 21st in field goal percentage at 62.5 and Evan Hall is 23rd in steals per game at 2.6.

Where the Bengals Rank in the Big Sky Stats
Scoring: 2nd 77.3  Scoring Defense: 6th 72.5  Scoring Margin: 3rd, + 4.8
FT %: 4th, 71.3  FG %: 4th, 46.0   3-point FG%: 1st, .448
Steals: 1st 11.0  Blocks: 4th 3.2   Assists:  4th 12.2

Individual Big Sky Conference Stat Leaders
Scoring: Tomas Sanchez, 6th, 16.2 points a game; Chris Hansen, 7th, 15.7
Rebounding: Jeffrey Solarin: 4th, 8.4 rebounds a game. Andre Hatchett: 5th, 7.7
FG%: Jeffrey Solarin: 4th, .587
Assists: Tomas Sanchez, 3rd, 4.7
Free Throw %: Chris Hansen, 7th, .857
Steals: Evann Hall, 2nd, 2.3 ; Andre Hatchett, 3rd, 2.2; Tomas Sanchez, 7th, 1.8
3-point field goal %: Tomas Sanchez, 2nd, .545
Block Shots: Ayibakuro Preh, 1st, 1.7

Career Nights at San Francisco
Three Bengals had career-nights in the 93-90 overtime win over San Francisco. Chris Hansen had a career-high 33 points while Tomas Sanchez had a career game with 24 points. Andre Hatchett tied his career-high of 20 points but did have a career-best 12 rebounds.

Streaks Snapped at San Francisco
The win over San Francisco snapped a 22-game road non conference losing streak. Before the victory over the Dons the last road non conference win was a 68-65 victory at UMKC. The win also snapped a 13-game losing streak to nonconference Division I opponents. Prior to Monday, the last win over a non league Division I school was a 76-63 win at home vs. North Dakota. North Dakota joined the Big Sky Conference a year later.