ISU Plays at Northern Colorado

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays at Northern Colorado on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. Jerry Miller will call the game live on 102.5 KMGI. Fans can follow the game online with live stats, audio and video by logging onto isubengals.com. ISU hosts Portland State and Sacramento State on January 18 and 20. Both games begin at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym.

Scouting Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado is 11-7 and 2-3 in Big Sky Conference play. The Bears are 6-2 at home and led in scoring by Andre Spight's 18.9 points a game. Jordan Davis is scoring 16.8 points and shooting 53 percent from the field. Northern Colorado is scoring 78.2 points a game and giving up 71.8. UNC shoots 45.5 percent from the field, 34 percent from the three-point line and 67.3 percent from the free throw line. Northern Colorado averages 36.7 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 12.1 turnovers and 5.9 steals.  In conference play Spight is scoring 21.6 points and Davis is scoring 17.4 points. The Bears are shooting 46.1 percent from the field and averaging 77.4 points a game while giving up 79.

Bengals vs. Northern Colorado
Here is a closer look at the series since 2010.
Northern Colorado (37-21)
(Formerly Colorado St. Teachers)
20-5 Home, 16-13 Away, 1-3 Neutral
2/18/2017     H     L     87-81
1/19/2017     A     W     73-69
2.6.2016         A     W     90-57
1/7/2016         H     W     83-78
1/29/2015     A     L     79-76
2/6/2014         H     W     73-70
1/11/2014     A     L     82-75     
1/31/2013     A     L     78-63     
1/5/2013         H     W     86-63
1/26/2012     H     W     99-94     2 OT
1/2/2012         A     W     57-55
2/28/2011     H     L     74-77     
1/13/2010     A     L     37-57     
2/12/2010     H     L     68-59
1/9/2010         A     L     78-66

NCAA Stats
- Geno Luzcando is 6th in the nation in steals per game at 2.86. He is also 12th in total steals with 40.

Best Start by a Bengal Team in 20 years
Idaho State's 8-7 record is the second best start by a Bengal team in the last 20 years. The 2001-02 team started started 9-6 and the 2002-03 team was 8-7.

Did you Know
- Geno Luzcando has scored in double figures in 50 games dating back to the start of his sophomore season.
- Since his sophomore year, Geno Luzcando has 49 games with two steals or more.
- Novak Topalovic has recorded five rebounds or more in 56 games since the 2015-16 season.
- Under Bill Evans ISU is 8-0 when scoring 90 points or more.
- Five of ISU's eight wins have come when four or more players have scored in double figures.

Notes from the Loss to North Dakota
- Geno Luzcando reached the 1,000 point mark.
- Gary Chivichyan had a season-high 11 points.

Luzcando Sets ISU All-Time Steals Record
With five steals in the 62-60 win at Weber State, Geno Luzcando became the ISU All-Time steals leader. He broke Jim Rhode's (1985-89)  record of 189.
Here is a closer look at Luzcando's year by year steal mark.
2014-15: 36
2015-16: 61
2016-17: 61
2017-18: 40

Luzcando Reaches 1,000 Point Mark
Geno Luzcando has 1000 points for his career. Only 21 Bengals have reached the 1,000 point mark prior to Luzcando. Ev Fopma (1971-73) ranks 21st in ISU history with 1,007 points. The most recent 1,000 point scorer at ISU was Ethan Telfair (2015-17) and Chris Hansen (2012-15). Telfair ranks 17th with 1,119 points and Hansen ranks ninth with 1,355 points.
2017-18- 144
2016-17- 318
2015-16- 446
2014-15- 92

Starting Lineups
Last year ISU used 13 different starting lineup combinations and 11 different players started. Novak Topalovic was the only player who started every game last year. The Bengals have had five different starting line ups in the first  13 games of this year. Below is the starting lineup combinations.
Washington State: Balint Mocsan, Novak Topalovic, Brandon Boyd, Sam Dowd, Kyle Ingram
UVU and San Jose State: Kyle Ingram, Novak Topalovic, Geno Luzcando, Brandon Boyd, Bailint, Mocsan
ASU: Novak  Topalovic, Geno Luzcando, Gary Chivichyan, Brandon Boyd, Kyle Ingram
Seattle, Bethesda, CSUN, Northwest Nazarene, Youngstown State, B YU, at CSUN, at Weber State: Balint Mocsan, Geno Luzcando, Jared Stutzman, Novak Topalovic, Kyle Ingram
SUU, NAU and North Dakota: Blake Truman, Novak Topalovic, Geno Luzcando, Balint Mocsan, Jared Stutzman

ISU Career Scoring Leaders    
1. Les Roh         1952-56         1964
2. Steve Hayes         1973-77         1933
3. Donn Holston         1982-87         1819
4. Jim Potter         1991-95         1810
5. Arthur Crump         1961-64         1557
6. Willie Humes         1969-71         1510
7. Lloyd Harris         1955-58         1489
8. Lawrence Butler         1977-79         1420
9. Chris Hansen         2012-15         1355
10. Frank Swopes         1959-62         1304
11. David Schroeder     2002-03, 2004-07     1265
12. Amorrow Morgan     2006-10         1221
13. Ron Boone         1965-68         1221
14. Jim Rodgers         1956-59         1186
15. Dave Wagnon         1964-66         1183
16. Nate Green         1993-97         1141
17. Ethan Telfair         2015-17         1119
18. Matt Stucki         2005-09         1079
19. Brand Robinson     1975-79         1023
20. Sam Beckham         1951-54         1021
21. Ev Fopma         1971-73         1007
22. Geno Luzcando    2014-18        1000

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