Game 14: Idaho State at Sacramento State

Men's Basketball | 1/11/2019 11:13:00 AM

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays its only game of the week on Saturday, Jan, 12 at Sacramento State. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. mountain time. Jerry Miller will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. To follow the game on line with live stats, audio and video log onto isubengals.com.

Scouting Sacramento State
Sacramento State is 6-6 and 0-3 in Big Sky Conference play. The Hornets opened conference play with a 70-65 home loss to Northern Colorado. Sac State then lost 87-56 at Montana and 84-70 at Montana State.  Marcus Graves leads Sacramento State in scoring at 14.6 points a game. Joshua Patton is scoring 13.4 points and averaging 5.9 rebounds. The Hornets average 69.7 points a game and give up 66.8.  Sacramento State shoots .440 percent from the floor, .281 percent from the three-point line and .640 percent from the free throw line.

Sacramento State (30-20)             
16-8 Home, 11-11 Away, 1-1 Neutral             
2/15/2018     A     W     67-64
1/20/18         H     W     71-65
3/7/2017         N     L     91-76
2/11/2017       A     L     63-75
2/13/2016       H     W     66-64
1/14/2016      A     L     82-71
1/22/2015      H     L     62-59
3/1/2014        H     W     80-67
1/30/2014     A     L     84-78                 
3/2/2013      A     L     53-52
1/17/2013     H     W     60-59                 
2/25/2012     H     L     67-70                 
1/14/2012      A     W     68-67                 
1/27/2011      A     L     63-74                 
12/30/2010   H     W     68-63     OT             
1/30/2010     H     L     72-55
12/19/2009     A     L     64-63            

Recapping NAU
- Idaho State shot 36.5 percent from the field (23-63) and NAU shot 56.3 percent (27-48).
- The Idaho State men's basketball team lost 81-69 to Northern Arizona on Saturday night in Holt Arena.
- Idaho State was out rebounded 31-28 and made 12 3-pointers on 37 attempts while NAU was 8-16 from the three-point line.
- The Lumberjacks were 19-for-20 from the free throw line while Idaho State was 11-14.
- Balint Mocsan led the Bengals with a career-high 25 points on a career-best seven 3's.
- Chier Maker had 10 points and five rebounds. Alonzo Walker had seven rebounds.
- NAU led the entire game and shot 60 percent in the first half.

Big Sky Stats Overall
                            ISU    SAC
Scoring                   76.3    69.7
Scoring Defense      77.2    66.8
Field Goal %           .446    .440
Field Goal % Defense.460    .433
3-Point FG%        .391    .281
3-Point FG% Defense .332    .333
Assists                14.6    14.6
Steals                5.1    8.3
Turnovers            11.9    15

Big Sky Only Stats
                            ISU    SAC
Scoring                    71    63.7
Scoring Defense        67    80.3
Field Goal %            .412    .420
Field Goal % Defense .425    .510
3-Point FG%            .373    .264
3-Point FG% Defense.270    .444
Assists                    13.5    11.7
Steals                    5.25    7.7
Turnovers                12.25    16.3

Bengals in NCAA Stats as of Jan. 9
- ISU is ranked 9th in fewest turnovers with 155.
- ISU is ranked 13th in three-point field goals per game at 10.6.
- ISU is ranked 23rd in three-point field goal percentage at 39.1.
- Gary Chivichyan and Balint Mocsan rank fourth in three-point field goal percentage at 50.7.