Men's Basketball Plays Final Exhibition Game Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays its final exhibition game on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Montana Tech in Reed Gym.

The Bengals are coming off a 78-53 exhibition win over Eastern Oregon on Oct. 23. Chier Maker led the Bengals scoring attack with 22 points. Jared Stutzman scored 18 on 7-13 shooting and Malik Porter had 11 points.

Chidi Udengwu had a team-high eight rebounds while Maker, Stutzman and Coreyoun Rushin each had six rebounds. Tarik Cool had seven assists and no turnovers.

Idaho State shot 47 percent from the field and held Eastern Oregon to 35.7 percent shooting.

Idaho State and Montana Tech have played 54 times in regular season play. Idaho State earned a 76-46 win on Dec. 16, 2016 and prior to that won 69-57 on Nov. 29, 2010.

Montana Tech comes into Tuesday's exhibition game with 1-1 record. The Orediggers beat Salish Kootenai College 151-52 and lost to College of Idaho 90-84.

Taylor England is averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds in the first two games and Sindou Diallo is averaging 19 points and Cody Baumstarack is netting 16.5 points a game.

The Bengals' roster includes seven returners:
Austin Smellie: 6-5, So., G, Preston, Idaho, Preston High School
Chidi Udengwu: 6-7, Sr., F, Diamond Bar, Calif. San Bernardino Valley Community College
Chier Maker:  6-8, Sr., F, Sydney, Australia, Palm Beach State
Lyle Sutton: 6-2, Jr., G, Rexburg, Idaho, Madison High School
Balint Mocsan: 6-3, Sr., G, Budapest, Hungary, Kempelen Farkas Grammar School
Jared Stutzman: 6-6, Sr.,G, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Utah Valley University
Houston Wahlen: 6-2, Jr., G, Aberdeen, Idaho, Aberdeen High School
 
Maker, Mocsan, and Stutzman all started for the Bengals last season.
 
Maker led the team in rebounding last year with an average of 6.7 boards per game. He averaged 8.1 points per game and shot .433 percent from the field. Mocsan averaged 11.3 points per game while shooting .448 percent from the field and .430 percent from the three-point line. Stutzman enters his senior year with the top three-point field goal percentage in school history at 44.2.
 
Ten newcomers are joining the roster this year:
Tarik Cool: 6-4, Jr., G, Chandler, Ariz., Lane Community College
Malik Porter: 6-5, Jr., F, Phoenix, Ariz., College of Southern Idaho
Landon Bowman: 6-0, Fr., G, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Watersprings High School
Nico Aguirre: 6-0, So., G, Castro, Chile, College of Southern Idaho
Daxton Carr: 6-7, So., F, Pocatello, Idaho, Cal Poly
Coreyoun Rushin: 6-6, So., F, Chicago, Ill., College of Southern Idaho
Jaxon Edelmayer: 6-2, So., G, Rexburg, Idaho, College of Southern Idaho
Nick Huston: 6-4, Jr., G, Rigby, Idaho, Snow College
Brayden Parker: 6-8, So., F, Preston, Idaho, College of Southern Idaho
Will Reichelt: 6-7, Sr., F, Pocatello, Idaho, Pocatello High School
 
About Ryan Looney 
Ryan Looney was hired as ISU's 22nd head coach after spending three years as the head coach at Point Loma Nazarene where he led the team to a 31-5 season record going 20-2 in PacWest Conference play and an appearance in the Division II National Championship game in the 2018-19 season. Looney has been a head coach at the Division II and NAIA levels for 15 years and has an impressive  330-132 record (.714 winning percentage) and a 198-82 record in conference games (.707 winning percentage).