IDAHO STATE Men's Basketball Contact: steve schaack | [email protected] | Cell: 208.406.3570 THIS WEEK Idaho State vs. SUU SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL: 5-6| BIG SKY: 1-1 Jan. 3, 2018 Holt Arena november 6 at No. 3/4 Gonzaga L, 120-79 10 at Boise State W, 72-70 This Weeks Games 15 Pacific L, 83-76 The Idaho State men’s basketball team plays its Big Sky Conference home opener on 19 Bethesda W, 115-60 Thursday, Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. in Holt Arena vs. SUU. The Bengals then host NAU on Satur- 26 at Pepperdine L, 97-82 day, January 5 at 7 p.m. in Holt. Jerry Miller and Brad Bugger will call both games on 29 Montana Western W, 74-66 102.5 KMGI. To follow on line with live stats, audio and video log onto isubengals.com. December 7 at Santa Clara W, 68-66 19 at Utah Valley L, 88-77 On Saturday, there will be a mascot game. The Jazz Bear (Utah Jazz), Charlie the Chukar 22 at UCSB L, 84-65 (Idaho Falls Chukars), Willy the Wolverine (UVU), Share Bear (ICCU), Polar Bear (Swire 29 *at Idaho W, 72-55 Coca-Cola), Banana (Jamba Juice) and Blazin Bill (Buffalo Wild Wings) will join Benny the 31 *at Eastern Washington L, 65-55 Bengal for a friendly halftime competition. January 3 *SUU 7:05 p.m. SCOUTING SUU 5 *NAU 7:05 p.m. Southern Utah is 5-6 and 0-2 in Big Sky Conference play. Cameron Oluyitan and 12 *at Sacramento State 8 p.m. Dwayne Morgan are each averaging 13 points a game. Harrison Butler is the top 17 *at Weber State 7 p.m. rebounder at 6.2 a game. SUU is scoring 77.5 points a game and giving up 77.3. The 21 *Northern Colorado 7 p.m. 24 *at Montana 7 p.m. T-Birds shoot .437 percent from the field and allow opponents to shoot .428 percent. 26 *at Montana State 2 p.m. SUU shoots .332 percent from the three-point line, .631 percent from the free throw 31 *Sacramento State 7:05 p.m. line and average 38.4 rebounds. February 2 *Portland State 7:05 p.m. In two conference games, Oluyitan and Brandon Better are averaging 13.5 points a 7 *at NAU 6:30 p.m. game. SUU is shooting .404 percent from the field and opponents are shooting .515 9 *at SUU 2 p.m. percent. SUU is shooting .286 percent from the three-point line and in two conference 14 *Montana State 7:05 p.m. games, Montana and Montana State combined to shoot .429 percent. Jacob Calloway is 16 *Montana 7:05 p.m. averaging 13 points and 7.5 rebounds in two conference games. 21 *at Portland State 8 p.m. March 2 *at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. SOUTHERN UTAH (13-17) 4 *Weber State 7:05 p.m. 9-6 HOME 4-10 AWAY 0-1 NEUTRAL 7 *Eastern Washington 7:05 p.m. 3/6/2018 N L 76-68 9 *Idaho 7:05 p.m. 2/3/2018 A L 84-80 11-16 *Big Sky Conference Tournament ( Boise) TBD 1/4/2018 H W 93-78 2/4/2017 H W 94-68 2/20/2016 A W 89-71 1/28/2016 H W 87-68 2018-19 BIG SKY STANDINGS Conf Pct Overall Pct Home Away Neutral Streak- Montana 2-0 1.000 9-4 0.692 4-0 3-3 2-1 W3 Northern Colorado 2-0 1.000 8-5 0.615 3-0 5-3 0-2 W2 Weber State 2-0 1.000 8-5 0.615 4-1 2-2 2-2 W3 Idaho State 1-1 0.500 5-6 0.455 2-1 3-5 0-0 L1 Montana State 1-1 0.500 4-8 0.333 2-1 1-7 1-0 L1 Northern Arizona 1-1 0.500 3-9 0.250 2-2 1-7 0-0 W1 Eastern Washington 1-1 0.500 3-10 0.231 3-3 0-7 0-0 W1 Sacramento State 0-1 0.000 6-4 0.600 4-1 1-3 1-0 L2 Portland State 0-1 0.000 5-7 0.417 4-3 0-3 1-1 L4 Southern Utah 0-2 0.000 5-6 0.455 3-2 2-4 0-0 L3 Idaho 0-2 0.000 3-10 0.231 2-5 1-3 0-2 L6 IDAHO STATE • 2018-19 BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 • IDAHO STATE BENGAL MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES Bill Evans FILE 2/14/2015 H L 71-67 1/15/2015 A L 71-67 Bill Evans was named the head coach of the Idaho State men’s basketball program on March 8, 2012 and he 2/15/2014 A W 75-65 quickly has put his stamp on the program on the court 1/16/2014 H W 60-45 and academically. The 2015-16 Big Sky Conference and 2/7/2013 H L 81-79 OT NABC All-District Coach of the Year guided the Bengals 1/12/2013 A W 54-53 to a 16-15 record and a fourth place finish in the Big Sky. 3/7/2013 H L 87-73 12/22/2012 A L 57-54 The 16-15 record was the sixth best start since the 1976- 3/3/2012 A L 81-75 77 season and the 11-7 conference record was the best 2/28/2012 A L 67-64 winning percentage since the 2000-01 team finished 2/23/2012 H L 85-78 10-6. NORTHERN ARIZONA (55-46) Evans is only the fourth ISU coach to be named Big Sky 37-13 HOME, 17-31 AWAY, 1-2 NEUTRAL Conference Coach of the Year. Evans coached a Bengal 2/1/2018 A W 63-61 offense in 2015-16 that set a school record for 3-pointers 1/6/2018 H W 64-60 made in a season and ISU had its first first-team all-con- 2/2/2017 H W 91-90 OT ference player since 2008-09 in Ethan Telfair. 2/18/2016 A L 81-68 1/30/2016 H W 88-66 Evans has been one of the top defensive coaches in the 2/12/2015 H W 80-66 game. Since being head coach in Pocatello, The Bengal 1/17/2015 A L 72-69 defense has ranked in the top half of the league in 2/27.2014 H L 66-65 scoring defense and over the last three seasons the ISU 2/1/2014 A L 67-65 defense has ranked in the top half in field goal percent- 2/28/2013 A L 67-58 age defense. 1/19/2013 H L 60-55 2/11/2013 A W 79-73 In the 2012-13 season, the Bengals finished the year 1/21/2012 H W 78-62 second overall in scoring defense, giving up only 64.3 2/12/2011 H W 90-88 OT points a game. That mark was the best by a Bengal team 1/6/2011 A L 82-80 OT since before the shot clock era. 2/13/2010 H W 73-71 OT 1/7/2010 A L 68-56 A year later, the Bengals held opponents to 69.4 points a game in Big Sky Conference games. RECAPPING EASTERN WASHINGTON In the classroom, the Bengals recorded a perfect 1,000 - Idaho State scored a season-low 55 points. APR for the 2012-13 school year along with a team GPA - 17 turnovers was a season-high. of 3.0 for 2014 spring semester. The Bengals boasted - Under Bill Evans ISU is 1-32 when scoring 50-59 points in a game. over a 3.0 GPA for the 2014-15 academic year. - 3 Free throw made and 6 attempted is a season low. - ISU is 0-3 when turning the ball over 16 times or more. In the last two years Evans has had eight student-ath- - This was the Bengals first loss when giving up less than 80 points. letes recognized by the NABC for academic excellence - Kelvin Jones had a season-high nine rebounds. and the 2015-16 season saw a record six players earn - Balint Mocsan tied his season-high in points with 17 and his 10 3-pointers attempted tied Big Sky All-Academic honors. The team also received the his career-high. team academic excellence award by the NABC for the - This was the first loss of the season when out rebounding an opponent. 2014-15 season. - Idaho State did get off to a nice start in the first half as they opened the game with an 8-0 lead and later a 21-11 lead following a Mocsan 3-pointer with 11:54 to play until halftime. During Evans four years in Pocatello he has coached - Idaho State later led 27-17 with 6:21 left in the half after a four-point play by Jared Stutz- four all-conference players in Ethan Telfair, Chris Hansen, man. The Bengals biggest lead of the game was 31-20 with 4:19 to play until the break Geno Luzcando and Jeffrey Solarin. Hansen left ISU as after a layup by Alonzo Walker. the school’s all-time leader for 3-pointers made and - In the final four minutes of the first half and the first five minutes of the second half, the attempted.