STATE MEDIA RELATIONS • GAME NOTES • MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: STEVE SCHAACK • (208) 406-3570 • [email protected] 4 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Idaho State vs. Dickinson State Record: 1-0 Big Sky: 0-0 Idaho State vs October 30 Montana Tech (exhibition) W, 103-65 Dickinson State November Nov. 16, 2015 6 Westminster College (Utah) W, 73-71 7 p.m. 13 Great Falls (Mont.) W, 78-72 GAME INFORMATION: RADIO BROADCAST AT 101.1 KEIR WITH JERRY MILLER AND BRAD BUGGER CALLING THE ACTION ... LIVE STATS, 16 Dickinson State 7 p.m. VIDEO AND AUDIO AT ISUBENGALS.COM. 20 at Washington State TBA 25 at Denver 4 p.m. THIS WEEKS GAMES 27 at Utah 7 p.m. The Idaho State men’s basketball team plays its second straight home game on Monday, December November 16 at 7 p.m. in Reed Gym vs. Dickinson State, an NAIA school from the North Star 5 at Lamar 7 p.m. (MST) Athletic Association. The game can he heard live on 101.1 KEIR with Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger 8 at Portland 8 p.m. (MDT) 12 Utah Valley University 7 p.m. calling the action. To follow the game on line fans should log onto isubengals.com for live video, Global Sports Tournament at USU audio and stats. This is the final home game for ISU until December 12 when it hosts Utah Valley 21 North Dakota State 5:30 p.m. University. ISU plays the next five games on the road, starting November 20 at Washington State. 22 Utah State 8 p.m. 23 Texas Rio Grande Valley 5:30 P.M. The Bengals enter the 2015-16 season with five returning players with Division I experience. The 29 California State Northridge 7 p.m. January only returning starter is Ben Wilson. Evan Hall, Geno Luzcando, Erik Nakken and Justin Smith are 2 *at Weber State 7 p.m. the returning Bengals with playing experience. 7 *Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 9 *North Dakota 7 p.m. Spencer Nicolds and Novak Topalovic were on the team last year but redshirted while Clint 14 *at Sacramento State 8 p.m. (MDT) Nwosuh, Ethan Telfair, Gary Chivichyan, Brandon Boyd, Ali Faruq-Bey, Stephen Lennox, Xavier 16 *at Portland State 8 p.m. (MDT) 23 *Weber State 7 p.m. Banks and Kyle Ingram will see their first Division I action as Bengals. 28 *Southern Utah 7 p.m. 30 *Northern Arizona 7 p.m. IDAHO STATE VS. DICKINSON STATE February This is the first regular season meeting between the two schools. The two teams met in an 4 *at North Dakota 6 p.m. (MST) exhibition game on Nov. 4, 2013. ISU won 97-54 and Justin Smith scored nine points, grabbed 6 *at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 11 *Portland State 7 p.m. five rebounds and had three steals off the bench in the game. Evann Hall is the only other 13 *Sacramento State 7 p.m. Bengal on this year’s roster who played in that game. He scored seven in 20 minutes of play. 18 *at Northern Arizona 7:30 p.m. (MDT) 20 *at Southern Utah 7 p.m. SCOUTING DICKINSON STATE 25 * Montana 7 p.m. Monday night’s game is an exhibition game for Dickinson State but it counts for ISU. Dickinson 27 *Montana State 7 P.M. MARCH State is 2-2 and averaging 90.8 points a game, giving up 71 and led in scoring by Julian Vasquez’s 3 *at Eastern Washington 7:00 p.m. (MST) 15.8 points a game. Jacob Gondrezick is averaging 13.5, Gilberto Shojgreen Jr. is netting 13 and 5 *at Idaho 8 p.m. (MST) Brandon Ruffin 12.8. 8-12 TOURNAMENT RENO, NEVADA TBA DID YOU KNOW *Denotes Big Sky Conference game All times listed are Mountain Standard Time Zone The last time Idaho State started a season 2-0 was during the 1995-96 season. That year ISU beat and subject to change. Western Montana 89-56 and UT-Martin 89-72.

IDAHO STATE VS. NON DIVISION I SCHOOLS 2015-16 Big Sky Standings The last time Idaho State lost to a non Division I team was an 86-83 overtime loss in Pocatello to Big Sky Overall BYU-Hawaii on Dec. 18, 1991. During the Joe O’Brien era, Idaho State played nine non Division 1 Sacramento State 0-0 2-0 games and won by an average score of 75-65. Of the nine games, five were won by single digits. Idaho 0-0 1-0 During the Doug Oliver era, ISU played 15 non Division I games in eight years and the Bengals Idaho State 0-0 1-0 Montana 0-0 1-0 won by an average score of 88.2-62.6. All but three games were won by 10 points or more. In the North Dakota 0-0 1-0 Bill Evans era, ISU won all five game non-Division I games by a combined score of 479-359. Eastern Washington 0-0 1-1 Montana State 0-0 1-1 RECAPPING GAME 1 VS. GREAT FALLS NAU 0-0 0-1 Idaho State rallied from a 16 point deficit to beat Great Falls 78-72 in the season opener in Reed N. Colorado 0-0 0-1 Gym. Ali Faruq-Bey scored 28 points, 25 in the second half. ISU won despite turning the ball over Portland State 0-0 0-1 20 times and shooting 39 percent from the field. SUU 0-0 0-1 Weber State 0-0 0-1 IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES RECAPPING EXHIBITION GAME 1 VS. MONTANA TECH PRESEASON RANKINGS Idaho State beat Montana Tech 103-65 on Oct. 30. Ethan Telfair led four players in This year the Bengals were picked 12th by double figures with 25 points and eight assists. Gary Chivichyan scored 16 points off the media and coaches. the bench while Clint Nwosuh had 14 and Ali Faruq-Bey 12. Justin Smith had nine COACHES POLL points and a game-high 13 rebounds. ISU shot 50 percent from the field and held TEAM POINTS Montana Tech to 32 percent shooting. 1. Weber State 114 (6) 2. Montana 113 (6) RECAPPING EXHIBITION GAME 2 VS. WESTMINSTER 3. Eastern Washington 99 Idaho State beat Westminster 73-71 in the final exhibition contest. The Bengals won 4. Northern Arizona 79 the game despite shooting 25.4 percent from the field. Idaho State was 39-50 from 5. Southern Utah 64 the free throw line and Westminster was 18-30. The Bengals out rebounded the 6. Portland State 62 Griffins 53-38. Ben Wilson led the Bengals with 13. Geno Luzcando had a game-high 7. Northern Colorado 61 22 points while Ethan Telfair finished with 20 and Ali Faruq-Bey 10. 8. Idaho 52 8. North Dakota 52 NEW SCORERS 10. Sacramento State 51 With the losses of Chris Hansen and Jeff Solarin, the Bengals will have new players 11. Montana State 31 stepping up to score the basketball this year. ISU returns only 24 percent of its offense 12. Idaho State 14 from the 2014-15 season as Ben Wilson is the top returning scorer with the most FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS experience, as he averaged 6.9 points a game. Evann Hall averaged 4.5 points, Geno

Luzcando averaged 3.1 points and Erik Nakken netted 1.8 points a game. Justin Smith MEDIA POLL saw time as a freshman during the 2013-14 season. He scored 46 points and averaged TEAM POINTS 1.8 points a game. 1. Montana 220 (14) 2. Weber State 194 (2) HELLO MY NAME IS… 3. Eastern Washington 183 (1) This year Idaho State welcomes eight new faces to the roster. 4. Northern Arizona 133 (1) 5. Sacramento State 133 (1) GARY CHIVICHYAN, 6-4, 200, WING, MIDDLEBOOKS PREP, FR. 6. Northern Colorado 117 - Averaged 21 points a game and shot 50 percent from the field during his season at 7. Idaho 109 Middlebrooks Prep. 7. Portland State 109 - While prepping at Alemany High School averaged 18 points, six rebounds and shot 9. Southern Utah 96 45 percent from the 3-point line. 10. North Dakota 70 11. Montana State 64 ETHAN TELFAIR, 6-0, 175, G, REDLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, JR. 12. Idaho State 24 - Comes to Idaho State after an excellent two years at Redlands Community College in Oklahoma. - As a sophomore at Redlands he averaged 14 points, five assists and four rebounds a game.

CLINT NWOSUH, 6-2, 190 G, MOTLOW STATE, JR. - Prepped at Alief Hastings High School in , Texas, where he earned all-city and honorable mention all-state honors. - Signed with Alcorn State out of high school and appeared in 11 games as a freshman before transferring to Motlow State. - At Motlow State, averaged 14 points a game, shot 46 percent from the floor and 44 percent from the three-point line. - He made a school record 11 3-pointers on 16 attempts in one game and scored a season-high 37 points. He also was an 87 percent free throw shooter.

STEPHEN LENNOX, 6-8, 215, POST, LOVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, FR. - Averaged 18 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks a game. - Named the district MVP, earned first-team all-state honors and as a junior he was named the 2013-14 3A Boys Junior of the Year by NMpreps.com.

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ALI FARUQ-BEY, 6-2, 175, G, ARIZONA WESTERN, SO. 2/27/2016 * (Reed Gym) - Led his team to a Region I championship as a freshman. - Led the Matadors by scoring 16.3 points per game in his freshman RECAPPING 2014-15 SEASON season. Idaho State finished last season with a 7-23 record and a 4-14 mark in Big Sky play. Jeffrey Solarin and Chris Hansen earned honorable - As a freshman the Chicago native shot 38.6% from the three-point mention all-conference. line while also shooting 45.9% from the field. - Averaged four rebounds a game. ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN 2014-15 The Idaho State men’s basketball team had five student-athletes KYLE INGRAM, 6-8, 220, F/C, FRESNO CITY, JR. named to the Big Sky All-Academic team last spring Evann Hall was - Averaged six points a game and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 63 named to the squad for the second time while Chris Hansen, Erik percent from the floor. Nakken, Andre Slavik and Ben Wilson were first-time recipients. Five - Averaged one block a game. players receiving the honor was the second most in the Big Sky - Prepped at J. Serra High School in Pasadena, Calif. Conference, behind six from Southern Utah. The five Bengals earning the honor was also a school record. BRANDON BOYD, 5-11, 170, FR. LOS ANGELES, CALIF., MIDDEBOOKS PREP - Graduated from Bishop Alemany in 2014 and averaged 20 points a BENGAL BITES game while earning all-league and all-state honors. - In the last nine seasons the most road games ISU has won in a season - Led his team to a state championship in 2012 ... CIF finalists in 2014. is five in 2005-06. - ISU is 5-63 in non-conference road/neutral court games over the last seven years. ISU is 20-14 in non-conference home games over that XAVIER BANKS, 6-2, 190, FR. IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, SKYLINE HS same time period. Before the 93-90 overtime win at USF, the last road - Walk on from Skyline High School. non conference win was Nov. 28, 2009, a 68-65 at UMKC. The Bengals beat Troy, 77-73 on Dec. 22, 2010 at Utah State. LOOKING TO WIN THE CLOSE GAME The Bengals are looking to get over the hump in 2015-16 season and win the close game. ISU has had 41 losses by nine points or less in the last three seasons. Of the 41 losses 23 have been by four points or less. Here is a breakdown of the close calls. 9 points: 3 losses 8 points: 4 losses 7 points: 3 losses 6 points: 5 losses 5 points: 3 losses 4 points: 9 losses 3 points: 7 losses 2 points: 5 losses 1 point: 2 losses

GAMES IN HOLT AND REED GYM Of the 15 home games, ISU will play seven games in Reed Gym and eight games in Holt Arena. Here is a breakdown where each home game is being played. 10/30/2015 Montana Tech (Reed Gym) 11/6/2015 Westminster College (Utah) (Reed Gym) 11/13/2015 University of Great Falls (Mont.) (Reed Gym) 11/16/2015 Dickinson State (Reed Gym) 12/12/2015 Utah Valley University (Holt Arena) 12/29/2015 California State University, Northridge (Holt Arena) 1/7/2016 * University of Northern Colorado (Holt Arena) 1/9/2016 * University of North Dakota (Holt Arena) 1/23/2016 * (Reed Gym) 1/28/2016 * (Holt Arena) 1/30/2016 *Northern Arizona University (Holt Arena) 2/11/2016 *Portland State University (Holt Arena) 2/13/2016 *Sacramento State (Holt Arena) 2/25/2016 * (Reed Gym)

IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES Bill Evans FILE Bengals Under Evans Idaho State Record: 25-65 2015-16 3-Year Record Under Evans Overall Record: 234-285 Leading at Half: 16-13 Trailing at Half: 1-0 9-49 Bill Evans was officially named the head coach of the Tied at Half: 0-3 Idaho State men’s basketball program on March 8, 2012 Overtime Games: 1-2 and quickly put his stamp on the program as being one Shooting 50% or greater: 10-6 of the top defensive teams in the Big Sky Conference. In Shooting 40-50 percent: 11-30 the 2012-13 season, the Bengals finished the year sec- Shooting Less than 40 percent: 1-0 4-29 ond overall in scoring defense, giving up only 64.3 points Opponent Shooting 50% or greater: 2-17 a game. That mark was the best by a Bengal team since Opponent Shooting 40-49 percent: 9-38 before the shot clock era. Opponent Shooting Less than 40 percent: 1-0 13-11 Out Rebounding Opponent: 16-19 Evans is a seasoned veteran of 34 years in the coaching Out Rebounded by Opponent: 1-0 8-41 ranks, serving for the last four years as an assistant coach Rebounding Total tied: 1-4 at Montana and prior to that he was the head coach at SUU from 1992-2007. He was also an assistant for two Turnovers Committed years at SUU prior to being named head coach. Less Than 10 3-17 10-15: 17-34 Evans, who is the 22nd coach in program history, is the 16-20: 1-0 4-12 winningest coach in Southern Utah history with 209 vic- 20-Greater: 1-1 tories and during his time in Missoula he was in charge of the team’s defense that led the conference in scoring Turnovers Forced defense. for the four years he was there. Less Than 10 0-11 10-15: 16-47 Evans was named coach of the year four times during 16-20: 1-0 9-5 his time as head coach at SUU where he guided the 20-Greater: 0-2 Thunderbirds to the programs first and only NCAA tournament berth in 2001 where they lost 67-64 to No. FT Percentage: 9 Boston College. SUU finished 25-6 that season. Evans 80% or Greater: 5-11 also coached 27 all-conference players during his tenure 70-80%: 11-14 at SUU. Less than 70%: 1-0 8-41

Prior to coaching at SUU, he had stints at the University 3-Pointers Made of Alaska-Anchorage (1986-90); an assistant at SUU 0-5: 6-41 (1985-86); at Idaho State (a graduate assistant from 6-10 16-24 1984-85); and was a volunteer assistant coach at South- 11 or More: 1-0 3-0 ern Utah State College in the 1983-84 season. Number of Bengals Scoring in Double Figures Evans began his coaching career as the head mentor at 1 0-9 Port Sulphur High School in New Orleans, from 1977-83, 2 0-20 and had a six-year record of 112-47 there. 3 1-0 17-26 4 7-11 5 1-0 He earned his B.A. degree in physical education at South- ern Utah in 1972. He received his master’s degree in Points Scored athletic administration from Idaho State in 1985. Less Than 50 0-11 50-59 1-23 Evans and his wife, Sunny, have five children: Quentin, 60-69 6-21 Dave, Tori, Trajan, and Kansas. 70-79 1-0 8-9 80-89 8-1 90-99 2-0

Points Allowed Less Than 50 1-0 50-59 7-11 60-69 9-24 70-79 1-0 7-17 80-89 0-12 90-99 1-1

IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES Evann Hall ---2014-15 Season Bests Evann Hall ---Career- High Points 17 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Points: 19, at Arizona State -- 11-15-13 Field Goals Made 4 2x last vs. MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Rebounds: 8 Portland State, 1/2/14 Field Goal Attempts 12 at Utah State (12/19/14) Assists: 3, 2x last at Bakersfield -- 11/23/13 3-Point Field Goals Made1 4x last vs. Portland State, 1/24/2015 Steals: 5, at Bakersfield -- 11/23/13 3-Point FG Attempts 3 PACIFIC (12-6-14) Blocks: 1, at Bakersfield -- 11/23/13 Free Throws Made 8 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) FG made: 6, Carroll College -- 12/6/13 Free Throw Attempts 13 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Field Goal Attempts 12 at Utah State (12/19/14) FT Pct (min 3 made) .750 (3-4) 3x last vs. Montana State, 1/8/2015 3FG made: 2, Carroll College -- 12/6/13 Blocked Shots 1 at Eastern Washington (1/3/15) 3FG attempts: 3, 2x last vs. SUU, 1/16/14 Rebounds 6 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) FT made: 8, at Arizona State -- 11-15-13 Assists 2 NORTHWEST NAZARENE (12/13/14) FT attempts: 11, at Arizona State -- 11-15-13 Steals 4 at Utah State (12/19/14) Minutes: 28 vs. Idaho, 12/20/13 Minutes 27 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Geno Luzcando 2015-16 Season Highs Geno Luzcando Career Highs Points 12 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Points 18 at Montana (2/19/15) Field Goals Made 3 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Field Goals Made 4 at Montana (2/19/15) Field Goal Attempts 9 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Field Goal Attempts 9 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-Point Field Goals Made1 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 3-Point Field Goals Made3 at Montana (2/19/15) 3-Point FG Attempts 3 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 3-Point FG Attempts 5 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Free Throws Made 5 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made).750 (3-4) at Montana (2/19/15) Free Throw Attempts 7 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Free Throws Made 7 at Montana (2/19/15) Rebounds 8 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Free Throw Attempts 8 at Montana (2/19/15) Assists 3 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (4-4) at (01/01/15) Steals 3 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds 8 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes 29 vs. Greate Falls, 11/13/15 Assists 6 PORTLAND STATE (1/24/15) Steals 5 at Montana (2/19/15) Minutes 29 2x last vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Erik Nakken 2014-15 Season Highs

Points 9 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Field Goals Made 3 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Field Goal Attempts 7 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Free Throws Made 2 PORTLAND STATE (1/24/15) Free Throw Attempts 2 PORTLAND STATE (1/24/15) 3-Point Field Goals Made3 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) 3-Point FG Attempts 6 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made).500 (3-6) MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Assists 2 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Steals 1 MONTANA WESTERN (12/2/14) Blocks 1 at UVU, 12/23/14 Minutes 19 at Montana (2/19/15)

Ben Wilson---2014-15 Season High Points 15 at Montana State, 2/21/2015 ield Goals Made 5 4x last at Montana State, 2/21/2015 Field Goal Attempts 13 at Montana State, 2/21/2015 3-Point Field Goals Made 1 at Northern Arizona (01/17/15) 3-Point FG Attempts 1 3x last at Northern Arizona (01/17/15) Free Throws Made 6 at Montana (2/19/15) Free Throw Attempts 9 at Montana (2/19/15) FT Pct (min 3 made) .667 (6-9) at Montana (2/19/15) Rebounds 8 PORTLAND STATE (1/24/15) Assists 9 at Northern Arizona (01/17/15) Steals 4 at North Dakota (01/31/15) Blocked Shots 1 3x last vs. SACRAMENTO STATE (1/22/15) Minutes 40 vs South Dakota State (12/18/14)

Justin Smith ---2015-16 Season High Justin Smith ---Career Highs Points: 7, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Points: 11, Evergreen State -- Nov. 9 Rebounds: 6, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: 6, 2x last vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: Steals: 1, 2x last vs. Carroll College, 12/6/13 Blocks: Blocks: 1, 2x last at Utah, 12/10/13 FG made: 3, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: 3, 2x last vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 7, at Bakersfield -- 11/23/13 3FG made: 1, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG made: 1, 7x last vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: 2, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: 2, 4x last vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 0 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 4, Evergreen State -- Nov. 9 FT attempts: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: 4, Evergreen State -- Nov. 9 Minutes: 30 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 30, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15

IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES Novak Topalovic 2015-16 Season Highs Stephen Lennox 2015-16 Season Highs

Points: 3, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Points: Rebounds: 6, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: Steals: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Blocks: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Assists: FG made: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: FG attempts: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: FT attempts: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: Minutes: 15 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 3FG attempts: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 11 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15

Ethan Telfair 2015-16 Season Highs Gary Chivichyan 2015-16 Season Highs

Points: 14, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Points: 8 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: 6, vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: 5 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: 3 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Assists: 5 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Assists: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 10 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 6 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 8 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: 8 vs Great Falls, 11/13/15| FT attempts: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: 5 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 35 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 15 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15

Clint Nwosuh 2015-16 Season Highs Kyle Ingram 2015-16 Season Highs

Points: Points: 6 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: Rebounds: 3 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: Steals: Assists: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Assists: FG made: FG made: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 3 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 8 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: 8 vs Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: 6 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 3-point FG Made 3FG attempts: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: Minutes: 16 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 18 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15

Ali Faruq-Bey 2015-16 Season Highs

Points: 28 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Rebounds: 2 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Steals: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Assists: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: 9 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG attempts: 18 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT made: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FT attempts: 5 vs Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 9 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 3FG attempts: 12 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Minutes: 27 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 Spencer Nicolds 2015-16 Season Highs

Points: Rebounds: Steals: Assists: 1 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15 FG made: FG attempts: FT made: FT attempts: 3 vs Great Falls, 11/13/15 3-point FG Made 3FG attempts: Minutes: 4 vs. Great Falls, 11/13/15

IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 Box Scores Exhibition: Idaho State 103 Montana Tech 65 Exhibition: Idaho State 73 Westminster 71 Oct. 30, 2015, at Pocatello, Idaho November 6, 2015, at Pocatello, Idaho

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Montana Tech vs Idaho State Westminster vs Idaho State 10/30/15 7:05 p.m. at ICCU Court at Reed Gym (POCATELLO, ID) 11/6/15 7:05 p.m. at ICCU Court at Reed Gym (Pocatello, ID)

Montana Tech 65 Westminster 71 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 Cruz Ginns Jr. f 2-12 1-3 0-0 0224 5010017 03 Casey Evans f 3-6 0-2 2-2 2 6 8 4 8 2 2 1 2 30 42 Carson Dummer f 2-8 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 4 0 2 2 0 23 05 f 44 Paul Engstrom c 5-13 0-0 3-4 4 9 13 1 13 001129 Isaiah Tademy 2-4 0-1 2-3 0 3 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 28 03 Jalen Coates g 8-16 2-6 4-7 0 3 3 4 22 2 1 0 2 24 41 Marcus Bryce f 2-40-10-00115 40000 9 04 Lukas Vining g 3-8 0-1 0-0 3 3 6 1 6 0 2 0 0 29 02 Zerrion Payton g 3-13 0-1 3-6 2 6 8 2 9 4 3 1 0 29 01 Kale Guldseth 0-4 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 21 23 Jordan Pryor g 5-15 2-5 7-8 033119240136 10 John Chapman 0-3 0-1 0-0 0111 0020120 10 Kenny Woodard 2-6 1-3 1-4 0 0 0 3 6 1 2 0 1 15 23 Akeem Williams 2-9 0-2 3-4 2 1 3 3 7 3 2 0 1 20 12 Brandon Warr 3-5 2-2 0-1 0555 8021117 33 Flemming Okeke 2-2 0-0 0-0 1232 40100 7 13 Cole Hally 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 40 Dylan Haddix 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 22 Isaiah Ballstaedt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 0 Team 3 2 5 31 Bryce Callahan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 25-78 3-13 12-18 14 29 43 22 65 6 12 3 7 200 33 Zach Scott 4-4 0-0 1-2 0112 9000017 FG % 1st Half: 10-39 25.6% 2nd half: 15-39 38.5% Game: 25-78 32.1% Deadball 35 Travis Devashrayee 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 9 3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 3-13 23.1% Rebounds Team 5 1 6 FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 12-18 66.7% 3 Totals 24-59 5-16 18-30 10 28 38 35 71 10 13 3 6 200 Idaho State 103 FG % 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 24-59 40.7% Deadball Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 5-16 31.3% Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 12-22 54.5% Game: 18-30 60.0% 5 13 TOPALOVIC, Novak c 2-4 0-0 0-2 3 6 9 1 4 0 4 2 0 22 01 LUZCANDO, Geno g 3-4 2-2 0-0 1 2 3 5 8 1 3 0 1 11 Idaho State 73 03 TELFAIR, Ethan g 10-20 3-8 2-3 156125801431 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 10 g NWOSUH, Clint 5-13 4-6 0-0 2 2 4 5 14 4 4 0 0 31 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 32 SMITH, Justin g 4-6 0-0 1-3 3 10 13 3 9 2 3 1 0 24 13 TOPALOVIC, Novak f 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 18 11 NAKKEN, Erik 2-8 1-7 0-0 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 21 01 LUZCANDO, Geno g 4-7 3-6 11-11 2 2 4 5 22 0 3 1 1 27 18 HALL, Evann 0-0 0-0 0-0 0110 00000 0 03 g 22 FARUQ-BEY, Ali 1-4 1-3 9-11 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 0 0 11 TELFAIR, Ethan 5-17 0-6 10-13 123420530039 24 LENNOX, Stephen 1-2 0-0 0-0 0442 2110016 10 NWOSUH, Clint g 1-12 0-7 5-5 1 3 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 31 25 CHIVICHYAN, Gary 5-6 5-6 1-1 1 1 2 0 16 1 1 0 0 13 32 SMITH, Justin g 0-3 0-2 4-5 2 6 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 24 44 INGRAM, Kyle 3-4 0-0 2-4 3583 8222020 05 WILSON, Ben 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 9 13 4 2 1 1 1 0 23 Team 1 3 4 11 NAKKEN, Erik 0-4 0-3 0-0 0000 00000 3 Totals 36-71 16-32 15-24 15 42 57 21 103 20 19 6 5 200 22 FARUQ-BEY, Ali 1-7 1-6 7-12 0 0 0 4 10 0 2 0 1 18

FG % 1st Half: 18-37 48.6% 2nd half: 18-34 52.9% Game: 36-71 50.7% Deadball 24 LENNOX, Stephen 1-1 0-0 2-2 1230 40000 8 3FG % 1st Half: 9-17 52.9% 2nd half: 7-15 46.7% Game: 16-32 50.0% Rebounds 44 INGRAM, Kyle 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 7 5 2 0 5 1 0 9 FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 15-24 62.5% 0 Team 4 4 8 Officials: Eric Boyce, Chris Rastatter, Travis Schatzman Totals 15-59 4-30 39-50 21 32 53 25 73 7 16 3 2 200 Technical fouls: Montana Tech-None. Idaho State-None. Attendance: 1288 FG % 1st Half: 6-29 20.7% 2nd half: 9-30 30.0% Game: 15-59 25.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-15 13.3% 2nd half: 2-15 13.3% Game: 4-30 13.3% Rebounds Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast FT % 1st Half: 19-23 82.6% 2nd half: 20-27 74.1% Game: 39-50 78.0% 5 Montana Tech 25 40 65 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench MT 34 13 16 4 15 Officials: Dennis Flannery, Jason Horsley, Chad Shepherd Idaho State 54 49 103 ISU 30 11 15 2 43 Technical fouls: Westminster-None. Idaho State-FARUQ-BEY, Ali. Last FG - MT 2nd-00:18, ISU 2nd-00:31. Score tied - 0 times. Attendance: Largest lead - MT None, ISU by 40 2nd-00:31. Lead changed - 0 times. MT led for 00:00. ISU led for 39:29. Game was tied for 00:31. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Westminster 32 39 71 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench WC 22 19 10 0 25 Idaho State 33 40 73 ISU 22 14 12 6 18

Game 1 Idaho State 78 Great Falls 72 Last FG - WC 2nd-00:00, ISU 2nd-02:32. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - WC by 8 1st-07:12, ISU by 13 2nd-12:13. Lead changed - 8 times. November 13, 2015, at Pocatello, Idaho WC led for 16:39. ISU led for 22:16. Game was tied for 01:05.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Great Falls vs Idaho State 11/13/15 8:05 p.m. at ICCU Court at Reed Gym (Pocatello, ID)

Great Falls 72 • 0-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 25 John Makker f 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 12 31 Issac Howard f 0-5 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 05 Sergio Berkley g 2-5 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 3 7 3 1 0 2 20 10 Lamar Falley g 7-18 2-6 0-0 0 4 4 4 16 3 6 0 2 29 23 Jarrett Givens g 4-9 2-5 0-0 2 0 2 1 10 0 0 0 3 26 13 Michael Harris 2-5 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 16 22 Darren Lockett 3-6 0-3 2-2 1230 8020017 24 Sigman Farmer III 2-2 0-0 3-4 2 8 10 4 7 3 1 1 3 23 34 Ian Carr 0-0 0-0 0-0 0001 00000 1 44 Malik Barnes 3-8 0-3 1-1 4 2 6 2 7 3 4 0 0 20 50 Daniel Arcau 5-8 1-1 0-1 156411020024 Team 4 3 7 Totals 28-71 8-27 8-10 18 25 43 22 72 13 18 1 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-38 42.1% 2nd half: 12-33 36.4% Game: 28-71 39.4% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 4-13 30.8% Game: 8-27 29.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 2-2 100.0 Game: 8-10 80.0% 1

Idaho State 78 • 1-0 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 13 TOPALOVIC, Novak c 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 2 6 4 3 0 1 4 0 15 01 LUZCANDO, Geno g 3-9 1-3 5-7 2 6 8 2 12 3 4 0 3 29 03 TELFAIR, Ethan g 2-10 2-5 8-8 156214540335 10 NWOSUH, Clint g 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 32 SMITH, Justin g 3-4 1-2 0-2 2 4 6 3 7 2 3 0 0 30 22 FARUQ-BEY, Ali 9-18 6-12 4-5 0 2 2 1 28 1 5 0 1 27 23 NICOLDS, Spencer 0-0 0-0 0-3 0003 01000 4 24 LENNOX, Stephen 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 25 CHIVICHYAN, Gary 2-6 2-4 2-2 0551 8201115 44 INGRAM, Kyle 1-1 0-0 4-6 3 0 3 2 6 0 2 0 0 18 Team 2 1 3 Totals 21-53 12-29 24-35 14 26 40 18 78 15 20 5 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 7-27 25.9% 2nd half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 21-53 39.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd half: 9-16 56.3% Game: 12-29 41.4% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 11-17 64.7% 2nd half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 24-35 68.6% 4

Officials: Charles Rydzak, Johnny Harrington, Ryan McCarty Technical fouls: Great Falls-None. Idaho State-None. Attendance: 1659

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Great Falls 42 30 72 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UGF201 24 20 14 2 39 Idaho State 28 50 78 ISU 16 23 15 4 42

Last FG - UGF2015M 2nd-00:09, ISU 2nd-00:45. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - UGF2015M by 16 1st-01:21, ISU by 8 2nd-00:45. Lead changed - 4 times. UGF2015M led for 35:25. ISU led for 03:23. Game was tied for 01:12. IDAHO STATE • 2015-16 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2015-16 NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht Wt. Hometown Previous School 0 Clint Nwosuh G Jr. 6-2 190 Houston, Texas Motlow State Cc 1 Geno Luzcando G So. 6-3 190 Estacion Central, Chile Wasatch Academy HS 3 Ethan Telfair G Jr. 6-0 175 Coney Island, New York Redlands CC 5 Ben Wilson G R-Sr. 6-6 207 Brisbane, Australia North Platte Community College 10 Evann Hall G Sr. 6-4 210 Thousand Oaks, Calif. San Bernardino Community College 11 Gary Chivichyan G Fr. 6-4 200 Los Angeles, Calif. Middlebrooks Prep 13 Novak Topalovic C R-Fr. 7-0 230 Niš, Serbia Santa Margarita C atholic HS 15 Brandon Boyd G Fr. 5-11 170 Los Angeles, Calif. Middlebrooks Prep 22 Ali Faruq-Bey G So. 6-2 175 Chicago, Ill. Arizona Western 23 Spencer Nicolds F R-Fr. 6-7 190 Gilbert, Ariz. Gilbert HS 24 Stephen Lennox F Fr. 6-8 215 Lovington, New Mexico Lovington High School 25 Erik Nakken G R-So. 6-3 195 Cedar City, Utah Cedar High School 32 Justin Smith G R-So. 6-5 210 Colorado Springs, Colo. Lewis-Palmer HS 33 Xavier Banks G Fr. 6-2 190 Idaho Falls, Idaho Skyline HS 35 Kyle Ingram F Jr. 6-8 220 Orange, Calif. Fresno City CC Coaching Staff Name Title Bill Evans Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andy Ward Assistant Coach Jay Collins Assistant Coach Tim Walsh Assistant Coach Patrick Jensen Graduate Assistant

Pronunciation Guide: No. 0- Clint Wo-sue No. 1 - Geno Luz-kan-do; No. 11- Gary Cha-vi-ch-yin No. 13- No-vak Top-a-low-vich; No. 22- Ali Fah-ruq-bey No. 25- Erik Na-kin

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Idaho State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2015) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 22 FARUQ-BEY, Ali 1-0 27 27.0 9-18 . 5 0 0 6-12 . 5 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 1 5 0 1 28 28.0 03 TELFAIR, Ethan 1-1 35 35.0 2-10 . 2 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 0 8-8 1.000 1 5 6 6.0 2 0 5 4 0 3 14 14.0 01 LUZCANDO, Geno 1-1 29 29.0 3-9 . 3 3 3 1-3 . 3 3 3 5-7 . 7 1 4 2 6 8 8.0 2 0 3 4 0 3 12 12.0 25 CHIVICHYAN, Gary 1-0 15 15.0 2-6 . 3 3 3 2-4 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 0 5 5 5.0 1 0 2 0 1 1 8 8.0 32 SMITH, Justin 1-1 30 30.0 3-4 . 7 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 2 4 6 6.0 3 0 2 3 0 0 7 7.0 44 INGRAM, Kyle 1-0 18 18.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 3 0 3 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 6.0 13 TOPALOVIC, Novak 1-1 15 15.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 4 2 6 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 3 3.0 24 LENNOX, Stephen 1-0 11 11.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 10 NWOSUH, Clint 1-1 16 16.0 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 23 NICOLDS, Spencer 1-0 4 4.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-3 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 213 Total...... 1 200 21-53 . 3 9 6 12-29 . 4 1 4 24-35 . 6 8 6 14 26 40 40.0 18 0 15 20 5 9 78 78.0 Opponents...... 1 200 28-71 . 3 9 4 8-27 . 2 9 6 8-10 . 8 0 0 18 25 43 43.0 22 - 13 18 1 10 72 72.0

TEAM STATISTICS ISU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 78 72 11/13/15 GREAT FALLS W 78-72 1659 Points per game 78.0 72.0 Scoring margin +6.0 - * - Conference game FIELD GOALS-ATT 21-53 28-71 Field goal pct . 3 9 6 . 3 9 4 3 POINT FG-ATT 12-29 8-27 3-point FG pct . 4 1 4 . 2 9 6 3-pt FG made per game 12.0 8.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 24-35 8-10 Free throw pct . 6 8 6 . 8 0 0 F-Throws made per game 24.0 8.0 REBOUNDS 40 43 Rebounds per game 40.0 43.0 Rebounding margin -3.0 - ASSISTS 15 13 Assists per game 15.0 13.0 TURNOVERS 20 18 Turnovers per game 20.0 18.0 Turnover margin -2.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.7 STEALS 9 10 Steals per game 9.0 10.0 BLOCKS 5 1 Blocks per game 5.0 1.0 ATTENDANCE 1659 0 Home games-Avg/Game 1-1659 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Idaho State 28 50 78 Opponents 42 30 72

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