Men's Basketball | 11/4/2015 10:05:00 PM
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Live Stats POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays its final exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym vs. Westminster.
Jerry Miller and
Brad Bugger will call the action live on 101.1 FM KEIR. To follow the game online with live stats, audio and video fans can log onto isubengals.com.
The Bengals enter the 2015-16 season with five returning players with Division I experience. The only returning starter is
Ben Wilson. Evan Hall,
Geno Luzcando,
Erik Nakken and
Justin Smith are the returning Bengals with playing experience.
Spencer Nicolds and
Novak Topalovic were on the team last year but redshirted while
Clint Nwosuh,
Ethan Telfair,
Gary Chivichyan,
Brandon Boyd,
Ali Faruq-Bey,
Stephen Lennox,
Xavier Banks and
Kyle Ingram will see their first Division I action as Bengals.
Idaho State vs. WestminsterIdaho State and Westminster have played five times in regular season play. The Bengals hold a 5-0 series record with the most recent meeting being 67-66 victory during the 2000-01 season. The previous four meetings were twice during the 1946-47 season and twice during the 1950-51 season.
Scouting WestminsterWestminster is in its first year of Division II competition and they will compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Friday is the first contest of the season for the Griffins. Westminster was picked to finish 15th in the 16-team RMAC. Norm Parrish was named the head coach in August.
Recapping Exhibition Game 1Idaho State beat Montana Tech 103-65 on Oct. 30.
Ethan Telfair led four players in double figures with 25 points and eight assists.
Gary Chivichyan scored 16 points off the bench while
Clint Nwosuh had 14 and
Ali Faruq-Bey 12.
Justin Smith had nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds. ISU shot 50 percent from the field and held Montana Tech to 32 percent shooting.
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