POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team hit 15 3-pointers en route to an 88-68 win over Southern Utah on Thursday night in Holt Arena. The Bengals improved to 6-6 and 2-1 in Big Sky Conference play while SUU dropped to 5-7 and 0-3 in league.
Brandon Boyd score a game-high 20 points. He had six rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes of play.
Balint Mocsan had 15 points, three steals and one block while making three of six 3-pointers.
Gary Chivichyan had 14 points off the bench and
Chier Maker scored 12 points and had two blocks.
Idaho State shot 45.6 percent from the field and held SUU to 35.7 percent. The T-Birds were 2-17 from the three-point line while the Bengals were 15-33.
Southern Utah's only lead of the game was 3-0 in the first minute. ISU then jumped out to a 19-7 lead seven minutes in after two 3-pointers by Boyd, one by Maker and one by Chivichyan.
The Bengals built a 31-16 lead with 10:26 left until halftime after another 3-pointer by Chivichyan. Idaho State's biggest lead in the first half was the halftime score of 49-33.
Southern Utah got no closer than 14 points the rest of the way. Idaho State's biggest lead of the game was 25 at 64-39 following a free throw by
Kelvin Jones.
Idaho State is back in action Saturday, Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. in Holt Arena vs. Northern Arizona. Â
Notes
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Alonzo Walker had a season-high 11 rebounds.
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Brandon Boyd moved into 22
nd place on Idaho State's all-time scoring list with 1,010 points. He is now one of 23 players in program history to score over 1,000 points.
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Brandon Boyd is ranked 11
th all-time for 3-pointers made with 118.
Balint Mocsan is now ranked sixth all-time in ISU history for three-pointers made with 130 and
Gary Chivichyan remains in fourth place with 146.
- Idaho State is now 6-1 when allowing less than 80 points.
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Brandon Boyd's six free throws made tied his season-high and his seven attempts was a season-high.
- Idaho State has won four straight meetings vs. SUU at home. All four home wins have been decided by 20, 15, 26 and 19 points.
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