Bengals Host Sacramento State on Saturday at Holt Arena

Men's Basketball | 2/12/2016 2:06:00 PM

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team hosts Sacramento State on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at ICCU Court in Holt Arena. Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger will call the action live on 101.1 KEIR.  Fans can follow the game online with live video, audio and stats by logging onto isubengals.com. Tickets can be purchased by calling 208-282-FANS.

Series vs. Sacramento State
Idaho State leads the series 27-18. The Bengals are 15-8 vs. Sacramento State in Pocatello and
11-10 on the road. Sacramento State has won four of the last five meetings with three of the four
losses being decided by six points or less. ISU lost 62-59 in in Pocatello last year and 84-78 in
Sacramento on Jan. 30, 2014. The Bengals also lost 53-52 in Sacramento on March 2, 2013. The
last win at Sac State was Jan. 14, 2012 (68-67). This year's loss in Sacramento was decided by 11 points.

Scouting Sacramento State
Sacramento State is 10-12 and 3-8 in Big Sky Conference play. Justin Strings leads the Hornets in scoring at 14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds. He is averaging 15.1 points and 7.9 rebounds in conference play. Marcus Graves is scoring 13.7 points overall and 13.3 in league. Sac State is scoring 72.1 points overall and 68.2 in conference play while shooting .449 percent from the field. The Hornets are averaging 35.9 rebounds a game and 34.3 in Big Sky action.

Notes From the Win vs. Portland State
- Ethan Telfair's 35 points was his second highest output of the season and his third 30 point game of the season.
- The Bengals have had six different games where a player has scored 30 points or more. Ethan Telfair has three games of 30 or more (37, 30, 35), Geno Luzcando two (30 twice) and Ali Faruq-Bey (32).
-  The 2,602 in attendance was a season-best.
- Stephen Lennox had a career-best eight rebounds in 12 first-half minutes. He also scored four points, had two assists and one block during this stretch.
- Erik Nakken played a career-best 24 minutes.

Best start by an ISU team since the 1976-77 season through 23 games
1-    1976-77    19-4
2-    1993-94    16-7
3-    1994-95    16-7
4-    1977-78    15-8
5-    1985-86    13-10
6-    1981-82    13-10
7-    1978-79    13-10
8-    2015-16    12-11
9-    1987-88    12-11
10-    1980-91    12-11

Best Conference start since 1993-94 through 11 games
1- 1993-94    7-4
2- 2006-07    7-4
3- 2015-16    7-4

Bengal Bites
- Idaho State is 10-0 when shooting 45 percent or better from the field. ISU has shot better than 50 percent eight times, seven times coming in Big Sky Conference play.
- Idaho State is 6-0 this season when hitting 11 3-pointers or more in a game.
- In the last 10 seasons the most road games ISU has won is five in  2005-06. This year the Bengals have three.
- This year Geno Luzcando has scored in double figures in 13 of the last 15 games and in every game but four.
- The last time ISU had a winning record in conference was during the 2008-09 season. ISU was 9-7 in league.
- Prior to this season, ISU has had 10 wins or more in a season five times in the last 10 years. ISU was 13-14 in 2005-06, 13-17 in 2006-07, 12-19 in 2007-08, 13-19 in 2008-09 and 11-18 in 2013-14.

Long Range
Idaho State is getting close to the school record for 3-pointers made and attempted. ISU is 196-520 and shooting .377 percent from behind the arc. The school record for most 3-pointers made in a season is 237 by the 2000-01 team. The school record for most attempts is 599 by the 2000-01 and the 2006-07 teams.
Last year the Bengals made 148 3's on 420 attempts.  ISU was 166-453 in 2013-14 and 163-515 in 2012-13. The 2011-12 season saw ISU make 193 3's on 562 attempts.


















































































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