Pocatello Times

 Idaho State University Athletics issued the following announcement on March 2.

Idaho State closes out regular season play on Thursday, March at 7 p.m. vs. SUU. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN + and KISU.  Thursday is the final home game for seniors Tarik Cool and Malik Porter. They will be honored prior to the start of the game.

The month of February has seen great improvement for the Bengals. In the nine games ISU had four players scoring in double figures led by Tarik Cool's 13.9 points. Liam Sorensen is scoring 11.6 points, Jared Rodriguez 11.8 and Malik Porter 11.1 points. The Bengals are scoring 70.7 point, shooting .457 percent from the field and .739 percent from the free throw line. The Bengals are out rebounding opponents 34-29 .1in the month. Idaho State's four win in Februaray was more than they had in Novemeber, December and January combined. During February, Jared Rodriguez shot 44 percent from the three-point line, 47.5 percent from the field and averaged 5.4 rebounds.

SUU has won the last five meetings against ISU. The Bengals last win was an 88-68 win on Jan. 3, 2019.

About SUU

SUU is 18-9 and 12-5 in Big Sky Conference play. SUU averages 79.7 points and gives up 73 a game. They shoot .463 percent from the field, .347 percent from the three-point line and .712 percent from the free throw line. Tevian Jones leads the T-Birds in scoring at 15.2 points and John Knight III scores 14.3 points a game. Maizen Fausett scores 12.8 points.

Southern Utah (14-20)

10-7 Home, 4-12 Away 0-1 Neutral

1/22/2022            A            L           86-74

1/30/2021            H                         Canceled

1/28/2021            H                         Canceled

2/1/2020              A             L            80-75

1/9/2020              H            L             71-55

3/13/2019            N             L             94-80

2/9/2019              A             L              78-72

1/3/2019              H             W            88-68

2/3/2018              A             L              80-84

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

Bengal Bites

 Malik Porter had five rebounds or more in 12 games last year. Last year he scored in double figures in 15 games.

 Austin Smellie has 32 double figure scoring games in his career.

 Robert Ford III has scored in double figures in 18 games during his career at Idaho State. He has five rebounds or more in 19 games.

 Brayden Parker has scored in double figures in 22 games in his career and has five rebounds or more in 20 games.

Milestone Watch

 Tarik Cool has 1,037career points at Idaho State.

 Malik Porter has 780 career points at Idaho State and 394 career rebounds.

 Austin Smellie has 716 career points and 293 rebounds.

Idaho State Career Scoring      

1. Les Roh        1952-56    1964

2. Steve Hayes        1973-77    1933

3. Donn Holston    1982-87    1819

4. Jim Potter        1991-95    1810

5. Arthur Crump    1961-64    1557

6. Willie Humes    1969-71    1510

7. Lloyd Harris        1955-58    1489

8. Lawrence Butler    1977-79    1420

9. Chris Hansen    2012-15    1355

10. Frank Swopes    1959-62    1304

11. David Schroeder    2002-03, 2004-07    1265

12. Brandon Boyd    2015-19    1259

13. Amorrow Morgan    2006-10    1221

14. Ron Boone    1965-68    1221

15. Geno Luzcando    2014-18    1189

16. Jim Rodgers    1956-59    1186

17. Dave Wagnon    1964-66    1183

18. Nate Green    1993-97    1141

19. Ethan Telfair    2015-17    1119

20. Matt Stucki    2005-09    1079

21. Tarik Cool        2019-        1,037

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