Bengals Hosts Pacific Thursday

Men's Basketball | 11/13/2018 5:15:00 PM

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays its home opener on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym vs. Pacific of the West Coast Conference. Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. Live stats, audio and video will be available through isubengals.com.

Scouting Pacific
Pacific is 1-1 with a win at SIUE, 74-65 and a 83-61 loss at Nevada. Pacific hosted Stanislaus State on Nov. 13 before playing ISU on the 15th. Pacific is averaging 67.5 points a game and shooting 45 percent from the field through the first two games. The Tigers shoot 30.2 percent from the three-point line, 66.7 percent from the free throw line and average 39 rebounds a game. Pacific averages 15 assists, 15.5 turnovers, five steals and one block a game.  Lafayette Dorsey and Anthony Townes each average 14 points a game to lead the scoring.

Pacific (5-5)             
4-3 Home, 0-2 Away, 1-0 Neutral             
12/6/2014     H     L     68-62                 
2/18/2012     A     L     66-64     OT             
1996-97         H     W     81-70                 
1993-94         H     W     90-61                 
1985-86         A     L     47-70                 
1975-76         N     W     83-67                 
1964-65         H     L     55-73                 
1959-60         H     L     55-57                 
1956-57         H     W     75-63                 
1956-57         H     W     70-58                 

Recapping Boise State
- Chier Maker and Jared Stutzman each had 16 points to lead the Bengal offense. Both were 4-8 from the three-point line and Maker had six rebounds.
- Brandon Boyd had 14 points and Balint Mocsan had 12.
- Idaho State trailed 50-32 with 16:45 left in the game. The Bengal then out scored the Broncos 40-20 the rest of the way.
- Chier Maker scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half.
- With the win Idaho State snapped a six-game losing streak to the Broncos. Prior to Nov. 10, ISU's last win over Boise State was 88-79 on Dec. 1, 2005 in Pocatello. The last win in Boise for ISU was Dec. 28, 2004. ISU won 64-59.
- The 72-70 final score was the first lead of the game for the Bengals since 2-0.
- The starting lineup of Chier Maker, Kelvin Jones, Brandon Boyd, Balint Mocsan and Jared Stutzman has been used for the first two games of the season.

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