Bengals Host Northwest Nazarene on Saturday

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays its third straight home game on Saturday, Dec. 9 vs. Northwest Nazarene. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at ICCU Court in Holt Arena. Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. Live audio, stats and video will be available through isubengals.com. Following Saturday's game ISU hosts Youngstown State on Dec. 18 before playing at BYU on Dec. 21 and CSUN on Dec. 23. Big Sky Conference play starts Dec. 30 at Weber State.

Scouting Northwest Nazarene
Northwest Nazarene is 6-2. The Crusaders are scoring 87.1 points a game and giving up 80.9 points. Northwest Nazarene shoots 45.4 percent from the field, .357 percent from the 3-point line and .711 percent from the free throw line. NNU averages 39.4 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 7.6 steals, 2.1 blocks and 13.1 turnovers a game. Opponents are shooting .440 percent from the field and .328 percent from the three-point line while averaging 35.6 rebounds a game. Northwest Nazarene forces 15.1 turnovers a game. Maurice Jones leads the team in scoring at 21.8 points a game. He is shooting .582 percent from the field and .548 percent from the three-point line while averaging 9.9 rebounds a game. Obi Megwa is scoring 18.8 points and Khalil Thompson averages 14.3 points.

Series vs. Northwest Nazarene
Northwest Nazarene (5-0)
3-0 Home, 2-0 Away, 1-0 Neutral
12/13/14     H     W     69-57     
2007-08     H     W     71-66     
1985-86     N     W     70-60     
1936-37     A     W     31-15     
1936-37     H     W     39-20     
1934-35     A     W     48-42

NCAA Stats
-  Balint Mocsan is 10th in the country in three-point field goal percentage at 53.8.
- Geno Luzcando is ninth in the country in steals per game at 2.86.
- Geno Luzcando is 27th in the country in total steals with 27.

Idaho State vs. Non Division I Schools
The last time Idaho State lost to a non Division I team was an 86-83 overtime loss in Pocatello to BYU-Hawaii on Dec. 18, 1991. During the Joe O'Brien era, Idaho State played nine non Division 1 games and won by an average score of 75-65. Of the nine games, five were won by single digits. During the Doug Oliver era, ISU played 15 non Division I games in eight years and the Bengals won by an average score of 88.2-62.6. All but three games were won by 10 points or more. In the Bill Evans era, ISU won all 10 game non-Division I games by an average of 83.7-62.2.