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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays at Northern Arizona on Saturday, February 1 at 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Fox College Sports, Fox Sports Arizona and Fox College Sports Central. For live stats, audio and video fans can log onto iusbengals.com.
Idaho State leads the series 50-42. NAU won the series last year, winning 60-55 in Pocatello and 67-58 in Flagstaff. ISU has won seven of the last 12 meetings. ISU's last win in Flagstaff was a 79-73 victory on Feb. 11, 2012. In the last seven meetings only one game has been decided by 10 points or more and that was a 78-62 Bengal win on January 21, 2012.
Northern Arizona is 8-12 and 5-4 in Big Sky Conference play. NAU is scoring 68.2 points and averaging 72.4 in Big Sky Conference action. The NAU defense is allowing 69.6 points overall and 66.9 in conference. Quinton Upshur leads the scoring attack at 15.5 points a game and 17.2 in league. Max Jacobsen is averaging 14 points. As a team, the Lumberjacks are shooting 45.6 percent from the field and averaging 33.2 rebounds.
Playing it Close
Nine of the Bengals 11 losses are by eight points or less. The Bengals lost by eight points at Utah, seven at Northern Colorado, six at Weber State, six at Sacramento State, four at North Dakota and vs. Idaho, two at Bakersfield and four at home vs. Bakersfield and five vs. Montana. ISU's only double digit losses are at Arizona State (88-60), and Washington (85-66).
Solarin on the Boards
In the seven Bengal wins Jeff Solarin has had four games of 10 rebounds or more and three games with seven rebounds. He had a career-high 13 vs. Southern Utah, 11 vs. Eastern Washington and 10 vs. Evergreen and Carroll College. His seven rebounds came against Portland State, USF and Montana State. His three double-doubles this season have come in wins over Evergreen (23 points and 10 rebounds), Carroll (16 points and 10 rebounds) and Eastern Washington (14 points and 11 rebounds). He has six rebounds or more in the 14 of 16 games he has appeared in.
Hatchett Shows Continued Improvement Each Year
Andre Hatchett's stats have improved every year since his arrival to Idaho State.
Shooting % Scoring Rebounding
Freshman .333 2.2 1.8
Sophomore .384 7.4 4.5
Junior .451 9.2 4.7
Senior .447 14.8 6.0
When the Bengals Win
In the six wins, ISU is averaging 81.1 points a game, while holding teams to 65.6 points. ISU is also averaging 40.6 rebounds. In the 11 losses, ISU is shooting .435 percent from the field, averaging 30.5 rebounds and scoring only 64.6 points a game.
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