Men's Basketball Hosts SUU on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State hosts Southern Utah on Saturday, February 14 at 7 p.m. at ICCU Court in Holt Arena. To follow the game online log onto isubengals.com for live video, audio and stats. Saturday ends a three-game homestand for the Bengals.

Southern Utah leads the series 14-9 but the Bengals have won three of the last five meetings, including two of the last three in Cedar City. Last year ISU swept SUU 75-65 in Cedar City and 60-45 in Pocatello. In the 2012-13 season ISU lost to SUU in Pocatello 81-79 in overtime.

SUU is 6-16 and 3-8 in Big Sky Conference play. A.J. Hess leads the T-Birds in scoring at 12 points and Casey Oliverson scores 8.1 a game. SUU is scoring 68.5 points a game and giving up 74.1.  The T-Birds shoot 45 percent from the field.

Rebounding Machine
In two seasons, Jeffrey Solarin has established himself as one the best rebounders ever to wear the orange and black. He currently has 453 rebounds and is 20 rebounds away from passing Brand Robinson's (1975-79) 472 career rebounds to move into 10th place for total rebounds in the ISU career record book. Last year he averaged 8.5 rebounds a game. In the first 24 games of the 2014-15 season he is averaging 9 boards a game. He had a season-high 15 rebounds vs. Weber State on Feb. 7. Solarin has eight rebounds or more in 29 of the 51 games he has appeared in as a Bengal.

Hansen Putting up the Points
Chris Hansen became the 20th Bengal in ISU men's basketball history to reach the 1,000 point mark. He scored nine points vs. Bakersfield on Dec. 20 to reach the mark and he now has 1,230 points in his career. Here is where he ranks on the all-time scoring list.
1. Les Roh        1952-56    1964
2. Steve Hayes        1973-77    1933
3. Donn Holston        1982-87    1819
4. Jim Potter        1991-95    1810
5. Arthur Crump        1961-64    1557
6. Willie Humes        1969-71    1510
7. Lloyd Harris        1955-58    1489
8. Lawrence Butler        1977-79    1420
9. Frank Swopes        1959-62    1304
10. David Schroeder    2002-03, 2004-07    1265
11.  Chris Hansen        2011-15    1230

Redshirt Year Pays off for Ezenwa
As a junior during the 2012-13 season, Nnamdi Ezenwa played in  all 30 games but averaged 18 minutes, 2.3 points, .4 rebounds and shot .358 percent from the field. After redshirting during the 2013-14 season, Ezenwa is now playing 31.7 minutes a game, averaging 9.5 points, shooting .455 percent from the field and grabbing 5.1 rebounds a game. He had a career-high 18 points on Nov. 26 against UVU and nine rebounds in a loss to Montana.

King of the Three-Point Line
Chris Hansen became the ISU career 3-point leader vs. Northern Arizona. He now has made a school record 213 3-pointers on a record 553 attempts. David Schroeder held the previous record for 3-pointers made with 211 and Austin Kilpatrick held the previous mark for attempts with 510.

Playing it Close
Since the start of the 2013-14 season, 27 of Idaho State's 35 losses have been by nine points or loss. In 2013-14, 16 of ISU's 18 losses were by eight points or less and this year ISU has lost six games by nine points or less.
Losses by 9 points: vs. Bakersfield
Losses by 8 points: at Utah, at Eastern Washington (13-14); at Eastern Washington (2014-15)
Losses by 7 points: at Northern Colorado, vs. Weber State
Losses by 6 points: at Weber State, at Sacramento State, at Montana State, vs. Pacific
Losses by 5 points: vs. North Dakota, vs. Montana
Losses by 4 points: at North Dakota, at Idaho, vs. Bakersfield, at Portland State; at UVU; at SUU
Losses by 3 points: vs. UVU, vs. South Dakota State, at NAU; vs. Sacramento State; ISU at Northern Colorado
Losses by 2 points: at Bakersfield, at NAU
Losses by 1 point: at Montana, vs. NAU

Here is a look where the Bengals rank in the conference stats for all- games played.
- Scoring 11th, 64
- Scoring Defense, 5th, 68.2
- Free throw percentage, 12th, 64.7
- Field goal percentage, 9th, 43.5
- Field goal percentage defense, 1st, .431
- 3-point field goal percentage, 11th, 34.6
- 3-point field goal percentage defense, 5th, 35.2
- Rebounding, 5th, 33.42- Blocks, 8th, 2.7
- Assists, 12th, 11.0
- Steals, 5th, 6.6
- Offensive Rebounds, 4th 10.3
- Defensive Rebounds, 7th, 23.0
- 3-pointers made per game, 12th, 4.9

Here is where the Bengals rank in the individual conference stats for all-games played.
- Chris Hansen, 3rd, scoring 17.0 points.
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd, rebounding, 8.9
- Jeffrey Solarin, 8th, field goal percenrage 54.1
- Ben Wilson, 9th, assists, 3.5
- Chris Hansen, 6th, free throw percentage, 83.5
- Ben Wilson, 7th, steals, 1.3
- Nnamdo Ezenwa, 7th, 3-point field goal percentage, .439
- Chris Hansen 3-pointers made per game, 5th, 2.7
- Jeffrey Solarin, 10th, blocks, .9
- Ben Wilson, 5th, Assist to turnover ratio, 1.9
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd, offensive rebounds, 3.6
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd defensive rebounds, 5.3
- Ben Wilson, 5th, Minutes Played, 34.4

Team Conference Stats Only
- Scoring, 11th, 67.3
- Scoring defense, 6th, 72.4
- Free Throw Percentage, 10th, 67.6
- Field Goal Percentage, 7th, .461
- Field Goal Percentage defense, 5th, .457
- 3-point field goal percentage, 3rd, .442
- 3-point field goal percentage defense, 5th, .398
- Rebounding, 7th, 32.2
- Blocks, 9th, 2.8
- Assists, 11th, 11.5
- Steals, 5th, 6.0
- Offensive rebounds, 7th, 9.4
- Defensive rebounds, 8th, 22.8
- 3-pointers made per game, 12th, 5.1

Conference Only Individual Stats
- Chris Hansen, 2nd Scoring, 18.1 points
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd rebounding, 8.9 rebounds
- Ben Wilson, 8th, assists, 3.8
- Chris Hansen, 1st ree throws, .861
- Ben Wilson, 7th steals, 1.4
- Nnamdo Ezenwa, 6th, 3-point field goal percentage, .500
- Chris Hansen, 3-point FG made, 3rd, 2.9
- Ben Wilson, assist to turnover ratio, 10th, 1.9
- Ajak Magot, 8th, blocks 1.2
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd, offensive rebounds, 3.5
- Jeffrey Solarin, 2nd defensive rebounds, 5.4
- Ben Wilson, 7th minutes played, 35.2