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Men's Basketball Steve Schaack

Bengals Play at Santa Clara on Friday

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team plays at Santa Clara from the West Coast Conference on Friday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. The game will broadcasted live on 102.5 KMGI with the pregame show starting at 7:30 p.m. To follow the game online with audio, video and stats log onto isubengals.com. 

Scouting Santa Clara 
Santa Clara is 4-1 with wins over UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly, Washington State and Notre Dame D Namur. Santa Clara scores 81.8 points a game and allows 62.6 points. Santa Clara shoots .470 percent from the field, .362 from the three-point line and .802 from the free throw line. Opponents are shooting only .371 percent from the field and .253 percent from the three-point line. Guglielmo Caruso leads the team in scoring at 13 points a game. DJ Mitchell is scoring 11.8 points. 

Series vs. Santa Clara
Santa Clara (3-2)  
         
2-0 Home, 1-2 Away            
12/07/18    A    W    68-66                
2000-01    A    L    79-76                
1999-00    H    W    72-57                
1982-83    A    L    81-69                
1981-82    H    W    60-58

Recapping Last Week
Idaho State went 1-1 last week, beating Montana Western 80-48 and falling to Washington State, 72-61. In the win over Montana Western, Chier Maker had 18 points and seven rebounds. Tarik Cook and Malik Porter each had 10 points. Idaho State shot 55 percent for the game. In the loss at Washington State, Jared Stutzman led the Bengals with a season-high 21 points on 8-14 shooting. Chier Maker had 15 points. Idaho State shot 43.4 percent for the game and out rebounded the Cougars 36-31. 

Washington State Notes
- Austin Smellie had a season-high six points. 
- Malik Porter tied his season-high in rebounding with eight. 
- Coreyoun Rushin had a season-high six points. 
- Chier Maker had a career-high 15 field goal attempts. 
- Jared Stutzman had a season-high 21 points and made a season-high five 3-pointers.
- Jared Stutzman attempted a season-high 14 field goals. 

D up
Idaho State is second in the country in three-point field goal defense. The Bengals are holding opponents to 10.2 percent from the three-point line. Sacramento State leads the country in three-point field goal defense. They are holding opponents to 9.8 percent shooting from behind the arc. 
Here is a look at what opponents have shot from 3. 
Wyoming- 1-10
Air Force- 1-11
Montana Western- 0-11 
Washington State- 3-17

Crashing the Boards 
Idaho State has found success rebounding the basketball. Idaho State has out rebounded its opponents in all four games. ISU is out rebounding its opponents by average margin of 35-26.8
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Players Mentioned

Jared  Stutzman

#21 Jared Stutzman

G/F
6' 6"
Junior
Chier Maker

#5 Chier Maker

F
6' 7"
Junior
Austin Smellie

#1 Austin Smellie

G
6' 5"
Freshman
Malik Porter

#3 Malik Porter

F
6' 5"
Junior
Coreyoun Rushin

#15 Coreyoun Rushin

F
6' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jared  Stutzman

#21 Jared Stutzman

6' 6"
Junior
G/F
Chier Maker

#5 Chier Maker

6' 7"
Junior
F
Austin Smellie

#1 Austin Smellie

6' 5"
Freshman
G
Malik Porter

#3 Malik Porter

6' 5"
Junior
F
Coreyoun Rushin

#15 Coreyoun Rushin

6' 6"
Sophomore
F

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