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IDAHO STATE Men's Basketball Contact: steve schaack | [email protected] | Cell: 208.406.3570 THIS WEEK Idaho State vs. Utah Valley SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL: 0-1 | BIG SKY: 0-0 Nov. 14, 2017 November Reed Gym 10 at Arizona State L, 94-74 7 p.m. 14 Utah Valley 7 p.m. 18 at Washington State 2:30 (MST) This Weeks Games 22 at San Jose State 8 p.m. (MST) The Idaho State men’s basketball team plays its home opener vs. Utah Valley University 27 at Seattle 8 p.m. (MST) on Tuesday, Nov. 14 in Reed Gym. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. The pregame show begins at 6:30 December p.m. with Jerry Miller calling the action. Live stats, video and audio are all available at 1 Bethesda 7 p.m. isubengals.com. 6 CSUN 7 p.m. 9 Northwest Nazarene 7 p.m. 18 Youngstown State 7 p.m. Scouting Utah Valley 21 at BYU 7 p.m. UVU is 0-2 after a 73-63 loss at No. 5 Kentucky and a 99-69 loss at No. 1 Duke. Kenneth 23 at CSUN 4 p.m. (MST) Ogbe leads the Wolverines in scoring at 12.5 points a game. Akolda Manyang is scoring 30 *at Weber State 7 p.m. 11.5 points and averaging 9.5 rebounds. Brandon Randolph is scoring 11 points a January game. Through two games UVU is scoring 66 points a game and shooting 39 percent 4 *SUU 7 p.m. from the field. UVU is shooting .734 percent from the free throw line and averaging 39 6 *NAU 7 p.m. rebounds and 19.5 turnovers a game. 11 *at North Dakota 6 p.m. (MST) 13 *at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 18 *Portland State 7 p.m. Series vs. Utah Valley 20 *Sacramento State 7 p.m. Utah Valley leads the series 5-4. The Wolverines have won the last four meetings. Last 27 *Weber State 7 p.m. year ISU lost 82-73 in Orem and in 2015 the Bengals dropped a 100-76 contest in Po- February catello. ISU’s last win was 76-62 in Pocatello during the 2006-07 season. 1 *at NAU 7 p.m. 3 *at SUU 12:30 p.m. A Look Back 8 *Northern Colorado 7 p.m. Idaho State dropped a 94-74 decision at Arizona State on Friday, Nov. 10. A late run in 10 *North Dakota 7 p.m. the first half sparked the Sun Devils to a 51-33 lead at halftime. ISU got no closer than 15 *at Sacramento State 8 p.m. (MST) 17 points the rest of the way. Jacob McCord led the Bengals in scoring with 18 points in 17 *at Portland State 2 p.m. (MST) 22 *Idaho 7 p.m. 23 minutes off the bench. Novak Topalovic had 13 points, six rebounds and four assists 24 *Eastern Washington 7 p.m. while Geno Luzcando had 10 points. March 1 *at Montana State 7 p.m. Welcome To Bengal Basketball 3 *at Montana 7 p.m. In the season opening loss at Arizona State, four players saw their first action as an 6-11 Big Sky Tournament(Reno, Nevada) TBA Idaho State Bengal. Jacob McCord scored 18 points in 23 minutes of play. Blake Truman Ticket Prices played 15 minutes, scored five points and grabbed two rebounds. Sam Dowd playd 14 Single-game ticket prices for all home games are minutes and had two points and two assists. Lyle Sutton played five minutes and had $18 for adults and $10 for children and seniors. one assist. 2017-18 BIG SKY STANDINGS Big Sky Pct. Overall Home Away Streak Montana 0-0 0.000 2-0 1-0 1-0 W2 Montana State 0-0 0.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Portland State 0-0 0.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Weber State 0-0 0.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W1 Eastern Washington 0-0 0.000 1-1 1-0 0-1 L1 North Dakota 0-0 0.000 1-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Idaho 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Idaho State 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Northern Arizona 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Northern Colorado 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Sacramento State 0-0 0.000 0-1 0-0 0-1 L1 Southern Utah 0-0 0.000 0-2 0-0 0-2 L2 IDAHO STATE • 2017-18 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES Bill Evans FILE Veterans Lead the Way All five starters against Arizona State have been a part of the Bengal program since the 2015-16 season. Kyle Ingram made his return after redshirting last year and played 17 Bill Evans was named the head coach of the Idaho State minutes. Gary Chivichyan received a medical redshirt last year and played 25 minutes and men’s basketball program on March 8, 2012 and he scored eight points. Novak Topalovic and Brandon Boyd were key players for ISU last year. quickly has put his stamp on the program on the court and academically. The 2015-16 Big Sky Conference and Erik Nakken and Balint Mocsan came off the bench against ASU. NABC All-District Coach of the Year guided the Bengals to a 16-15 record and a fourth place finish in the Big Sky. Returning Scorers While Idaho State loses Ethan Telfair’s 17.5 points per game averages, the Bengals still re- The 16-15 record was the sixth best start since the 1976- turn 61.5 percent of its scoring from last season. The returning leading scorers are Brandon 77 season and the 11-7 conference record was the best Boyd (12.4), Geno Luzcando (10.6), Novak Topalovic (10.2) and Balint Mocsan (5.4). winning percentage since the 2000-01 team finished 10-6. Did You Know - Geno Luzcando scored in double figures in 16 games last year and in 44 games dating Evans is only the fourth ISU coach to be named Big Sky back to the start of his sophomore season. Conference Coach of the Year. Evans coached a Bengal - Since his sophomore year, Geno Luzcando has 39 games with two steals or more. offense in 2015-16 that set a school record for 3-pointers - Gary Chivichyan has made a 3-pointer in the last six games he has appeared in. made in a season and ISU had its first first-team all-con- - Novak Topalovic has recorded five rebounds or more in 48 games since the 2015-16 ference player since 2008-09 in Ethan Telfair. season. - Geno Luzcando has 160 career steals, ranking him second all-time in ISU history. Jim Evans has been one of the top defensive coaches in the Rhode (1985-89) is first with 189. game. Since being head coach in Pocatello, The Bengal - Geno Luzcando has 866 career points. defense has ranked in the top half of the league in - Five nonconference home games are the most since scoring defense and over the last three seasons the ISU - ISU plays schools from the Pac 12, WAC, Mountain West, Big West, West Coast and the defense has ranked in the top half in field goal percent- Horizon League during non conference play. age defense. - Kyle Ingram returns for his final year after taking a redshirt year last season. During the 2015-16 season Ingram played in all 31 games, starting 26 and he averaged six points and In the 2012-13 season, the Bengals finished the year 4.6 rebounds a game while shooting 53 percent from the field. second overall in scoring defense, giving up only 64.3 points a game. That mark was the best by a Bengal team since before the shot clock era. The Golden Voice of ISU Athletics Jerry Miller has been a part of Idaho State Athletics for 30 years calling games. He has A year later, the Bengals held opponents to 69.4 points a called 1,936 games during this time at ISU. Here is the breakdown and the number of game in Big Sky Conference games. games he has called for each sport. Men’s Basketball- 21 seasons plus filling in during three others - 1412 games In the classroom, the Bengals recorded a perfect 1,000 Women’s Basketball - 8 seasons - 222 games APR for the 2012-13 school year along with a team GPA Football -- 21 seasons - 244 games of 3.0 for 2014 spring semester. The Bengals boasted Soccer - 27 games; Softball -23 games; Volleyball - 5 games over a 3.0 GPA for the 2014-15 academic year. Starting Lineups In the last two years Evans has had eight student-ath- Last year ISU used 13 different starting lineup combinations and 11 different players start- letes recognized by the NABC for academic excellence ed. Novak Topalovic was the only player who started every game last year. and the 2015-16 season saw a record six players earn Big Sky All-Academic honors. The team also received the Close Calls team academic excellence award by the NABC for the ISU has had 48 losses by nine points or less in the last five seasons. Of the 48 losses 23 2014-15 season. have been by four points or less. During Evans four years in Pocatello he has coached Here is a breakdown of the close calls.