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POCATELLO, Idaho- Coming off its first two-game win streak of the season, the Idaho State men's basketball team returns to the road for a Feb. 9 contest at Portland State and Feb. 11 game at Sacramento State. Both games begin at 8 p.m. mountain time.
Jerry Miller will call both games live on 102.5 KMGI and fans can follow the games online at isubengals.com with live video, stats and audio.
Scouting Portland State
Portland State is 11-10 and 4-6 in Big Sky Conference play. PSU is 7-2 at home and 4-8 on the road. The Viking offense is scoring 86.7 points a game and giving up 81.1. The team shoots .485 percent from the field and .354 percent from the three-point line. Portland State has six players scoring in double figures led by Braxton Tucker's 16.8 and Deontae North's 14.2 points. De'Sean Parsons is scoring 13.9 points and averaging a team-best 6.3 rebounds a game.
Series vs. Portland State
Portland State leads the series 28-20 but the Bengals have won five of the last six meetings. Idaho State swept the series last year, winning 73-70 in Portland and 88-71 in Pocatello. ISU's only loss in the last six meetings was 78-74 in overtime in Portland on March 8, 2014. The last three meetings in Portland have been decided by three points or less.
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 Win over SUU
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Balint Mocsan had a career-high 15 points.
- 15 made 3-pointers by the team is a season-high.
- .304 percent shot by SUU was lowest an opponent has shot against ISU this season.
- The starting lineup of
Robert Jones III,
Novak Topalovic,
Geno Luzcando,
Ethan Telfair and
Balint Mocsan was the 13th different starting lineup ISU has used this season.
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Ethan Telfair moved into 9th place for career free throws made with 318.
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Ethan Telfair moved into fourth place for most steals in career. He now has 120. Nate Green is in third place with 128.
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Ethan Telfair is now in seventh place for career-assists at ISU with 267. Mike Green (1984-86) is in sixth with 271.
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Ethan Telfair is 14 points from reaching the 1,000 point mark for his career.
- ISU is now 6-0 when a
Bill Evans coached team at ISU scores 90 points or more.
- This was only the fourth time in
Bill Evans tenure at ISU that a team has had five players in double figures. The Bengals are 4-0 when this happens.
