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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team closes out the 2012-13 season this week with two home games starting Thursday, March 7 vs. Eastern Washington and Saturday, March 9 vs. Portland State. Both games begin at 7 p.m. at ICCU Court at Holt Arena.
Jerry Miller and
Brad Bugger will be on the call on 102.5 KMGI and Sports Talk 930.
Eastern Washington leads the overall series 38-27. The Eagles have won seven straight over ISU with the last ISU win being an 80-74 win in Pocatello on Jan. 22, 2010.
Eastern Washington is 9-20 and 6-12 in Big Sky Conference play. Eastern Washington is scoring 69 points a game and led by Justin Crosgile's 14.7 points and 5.9 rebounds a game. Venky Jois is scoring 12.5 points and averaging 9.1 rebounds. The Eagles are shooting .413 percent from the field. In conference games, Jois leads the team in scoring at 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds. The Eagles are shooting .419 percent from the field and scoring 65.7 points while giving up 70.2 points.
Idaho State vs. Portland State
Portland State leads the series 28-15 with the Vikings winning the last three meetings. The last Idaho State win was a 84-79 win in Portland on Feb. 10, 2011 and the last victory in Pocatello was an 88-80 overtime win on Jan. 23, 2010.
Scouting Portland State
Portland State is 8-18 and 5-13 in Big Sky Conference play. The Vikings are scoring 69.5 points a game and shooting .456 percent from the field. Aaron Moore leads Portland State in scoring at 13.5 points and 7.2 rebounds. Renado Parker is scoring 11.4 points and averaging 5.2 rebounds.
Senior Day
Saturday will be the final time five Bengals will wear the orange and black.
Melvin Morgan,
Jakub Kusmieruk,
Sherrod Baldwin,
Dejan Kostur and
Neveij Walters. Baldwin is a fifth-year Bengal while Kusmieruk, Morgan and Kostur all played two years in Pocatello. This year is Walter's only year as a Bengal.
The Week That Was...
Idaho State dropped two close games last week, losing 67-58 at Northern Arizona and 53-52 at Sacramento State.
Tomas Sanchez had 18 points at Sacramento State and 10 points and four steals at NAU.
Andre Hatchett had 10 points and tied his career in rebounds with nine in the loss at Sacramento State.
Taking care of the Ball
This year the the most turnovers Idaho State has committed in a game is 17 four different times, most recently in last Thursday's loss at Northern Arizona. If the Bengals can continue to take care of the ball for the final three games this will be the first time since at least the 1974-75 season that ISU has not committed 20 turnovers in a game.
Best Defense in Bengal Basketball History
The Idaho State men's basketball team is turning in one of the best defensive performances in Bengal basketball history. This year's team is currently giving up only 63.2 points a game overall and in conference games. This is the best mark since before the shot clock era as the previous best mark was 67.2 points overall by the 1986-87 team and the best mark for conference games only was 65.2 point done by the 2008-09 team and the 1986-87 team.
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