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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team concludes its two-game road trip on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. mountain time at Sacramento State.
Jerry Miller will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI and fans can follow the contest online at isubengals.com with live audio, video and stats. Following Saturday's game Idaho State returns home to finish the regular season with four of its final six games in Reed Gym. ISU hosts North Dakota on Feb. 16 and Northern Colorado on Feb. 18. Tipoff for both games is at 7 p.m.
Scouting Sacramento State
Sacramento State is 8-14 and 5-6 in Big Sky play. Justin Strings leads the Hornet scoring at 15.9 points a game and Marcus Graves is scoring 12.9 points. Eric Stuteville is averaging 11.7 points a game and Nick Hornsby is scoring 10.8 points and averaging 8.1 rebounds. As a team Sacramento State is scoring 71 points a game and giving up 76.2. Sac State is shooting .456 percent from the field, .324 percent from the three-point line and .643 percent from the free throw line. The Hornets are averaging 35.5 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 11.9 turnovers, 4.5 steals and 4.7 blocks a game. In conference play Sacramento State is scoring 75.1 points a game and shooting .483 percent from the field. Strings is averaging 17.8 points a game in Big Sky play.
Series vs. Sacramento State
Idaho State leads the series 28-18 but the Hornets have won four of the last six meetings. The teams split the season-series last year, winning 66-64 in Pocatello and losing 82-71 in Sacramento. Idaho State's last win in Sacramento was 68-67 on January 14, 2012.
Notes from Thursday's Loss at Portland State
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Geno Luzcando's seven steals tied his career-high. He also had seven steals vs. Eastern Kentucky this year.
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Balint Mocsan's four rebounded tied his career-high.
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Robert Jones III two steals tied his career-high.
- The magic number to get a win this year is 70 points. All six Bengal wins have come when scoring 70 points or more. Since
Bill Evans has been head coach ISU is only 10-77 when scoring less than 70 points.
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Ethan Telfair surpassed 1,000 points and now has 1,001 points for his career. He needs seven points to become the programs 20th all-time leading scorer, passing Ev Fopma's (1971-73) 1,007 points. Sam Beckham (1951-54) is in 19th place with 1,021 points.
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Ethan Telfair is in sixth place for career steals with 273. He needs nine to pass Tony Malveaux (1982-84) and his 281 assists.
The Golden Voice of ISU Athletics
Jerry Miller has been a part of Idaho State Athletics for 29 years calling games. After Saturday's game he will have called 1,908 game for the Bengals. Here is the breakdown and the number of games he has called for each sport.
Men's Basksetball-Â 21 seasons plus filling in during three others - 1405 games
Women's Basketball - 8 seasons - 222 games
Football -- 21 seasons - 234 games
Soccer - 25 games; Softball -18 games; Volleyball - 5 games
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