Bengals Host North Dakota Thursday in Reed Gym

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team closes out the regular season with four of its final six games at home in Reed Gym. The Bengals host North Dakota Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym and then play host to Northern Colorado on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. To follow the game online fans should log onto isubengals.com. Fans can purchase tickets at isubengals.com or call 208-282-FANS.

Scouting North Dakota
North Dakota is 15-8 and 10-3 in Big Sky play. Quinton Hooker leads UND in scoring at 19.3 points a game. He is shooting .486 percent from the field and .477 percent from the three-point line. Geno Crandall is scoring 15.5 points a game and shooting .518 percent from the field. North Dakota is scoring 81.1 points a game and shooting .486 percent from the field. UND shoots .387 percent from the three-point line and .716 from the free throw line. North Dakota averages 35.7 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 13.2 turnovers, 7.3 steals and 3.3 blocks a game. In conference play Hooker is averaging 20.9 points and shooting 52 percent from the field. North Dakota is averaging 82.7 points and shooting .491 percent from the field in league.

Series vs. North Dakota
North Dakota leads the series 10-1. ISU's only win was 76-63 in Pocatello on Dec. 3, 2011, a year beore UND joined the Big Sky Conference.

Series vs. Northern Colorado
Idaho State leads the series 37-20. The Bengals are 20-4 at home vs. UNC. Idaho State has won four of the last five meetings and the last four games in Pocatello vs. the Bears. Last year ISU beat Northern Colorado 83-78 in Pocatello and 90-57 in Greeley. Idaho State beat the Bears 73-69 in Greeley on Jan. 19 of this year.

Notes from Last Weeks Game at Sacramento State
- Novak Topalovic made eight field goals, tying his career-high.
- Novak  Topalovic's 37 minutes played was a career-high.
- Ethan Telfair is three assists from moving into fifth place all-time in the ISU career record books. He has 279 and Tony Malveaux (1982-84) has 281.
- Ethan Telfair now has 1,006 points and is two points away from passing Ev Fopma's (1971-73) 1,007 points.
- ISU has now shot 50 percent or greater from the floor in three of the last four games and five times in the last nine games.

The Golden Voice of ISU Athletics
Jerry Miller has been a part of Idaho State Athletics for 29 years calling games. He has called 1,908 games during this time at ISU. Here is the breakdown and the number of games he has called for each sport.
Men's Basksetball-  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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