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POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State returns home to host the University of Denver from the Summitt League on Friday, November 18 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym. Jerry Miller will call the game on KISU with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dylan Carder will call the game on ESPN +.
Idaho State is looking for its first home nonconference win over a Division 1 team sincethe 2017-18 team beat CSUN, 74-66 and Yongstown State 86-62. Since that season the Bengals lost to Pacific in 2018-19, 83-76. In 2019-20 ISU lost to UCSB 74-68 and during the 2021-22 season ISU fell to UMKC 74-58.
Denver Series
Denver (4-5)
3-1 Home, 0-4 Away, 1-0 Neutral
11/25/2015 A L 79-69
11/16/2014 A L 54-38
1974-75 H W 98-68
1973-74 A L 73-83
1963-64 A L 75-93
1962-63 H L 62-63
1957-58 N W 65-61
1957-58 H W 46-33
1956-57 H W 64-55
Utah Recap
The Idaho State men's basketball played the University of Utah tough for 40 minutes before falling 70-58 on Monday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Utah's biggest lead of the game was 14 points at 70-56 with under a minute left in the game. To get the 14 point lead the Utes went on a 17-6 run over the final nine minutes to secure the victory. Kolby Lee led Idaho State with 15 points on 7-17 shooting. Brock Mackenzie scored 13 first half points while Miguel Tomley had 11 points.
ISU shot 35 percent for the game while Utah shot 45 percent for the game. The Bengals were 8-31 from the three-point line but was out rebounded 44-29. ISU only turned the ball over nine times.
Idaho State trailed 38-31 at halftime and Utah's biggest lead of the half was 10 points. The game was tied four times in the first half. Utah led by 12 points early in the second half at 45-33. ISU then went on a run to cut the Ute lead to 53-52 with 9:39 left following a 3-pointer by
Austin Smellie.
The Bengals had good looks down the stretch to take the lead or stay within striking distance but the shots fell short.
The Returning 6
0 AJ Burgin G So. 6-3 205 San Diego, Calif.
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Tommy Ball G Fr. 6-0 175 El Dorado Hills, Calif.
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Austin Smellie G Sr. 6-5 200 Preston, Idaho
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Daxton Carr F Jr. 6-7 215 Pocatello, Idaho
22 Jared Rodriguez F Sr. 6-8 215 Glendale, Ariz.
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Brayden Parker C Jr. 6-8 250 Preston, Idaho
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1 Jay Nagle F Sr. 6-9 215 Vacaville, Calif.
3 Ronnie Stapp G Jr. 6-6 185 Bakersfield, Calif.
10 Miguel Tomley G So. 6-3 200 Surrey, BC
11 Brock Mackenzie G Sr. 6-2 185 Sammamish, Wash.
12 Turner Livingston F Fr. 6-4 195 Spokane, Wash.
14 Jordan Hansen G Fr. 6-6 215 Seattle, Wash.
20 Briggs Ranstrom F Fr. 6-6 205 Eagle, Idaho
23 Maleek Arington G Fr. 6-3 200 Lake Tapps, Wash.
24 Ed Chang F Jr. 6-8 215 Papillion, Neb.
32 Kolby Lee C Sr. 6-9 240 Meridian, Idaho
44 Louis Stormark C Fr. 6-9 250 Alleroed, Denmark
Bengal Bites
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Austin Smellie has 32 double figure scoring games in his career.
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Brayden Parker has scored in double figures in 22 games in his career and has five rebounds or more in 20 games.
- Idaho State has had the same staring lineup in the first three games of the season.
