Bengals try to rebound against Lumberjacks

Idaho State at Northern Arizona

Saturday, 3 p.m.

 Walkup Skydome, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Radio — 930 CBS Sports Radio or Rock 102.5
Web — isubengals.com (live stats)
TV — FOX Sports AZ, FOX College Sports Central 
Free live video stream — watchbigsky.com
Records — Idaho State is 7-11 and 4-5 in the Big Sky. Northern Arizona is 8-12 overall and 5-4 in the conference.
Series — Idaho State leads 50-42
Last outing — Idaho State lost at Sacramento State 84-78. At home, Northern Arizona fell 76-67 to Weber State.
Up next — Idaho State hosts Northern Colorado Thursday.

Probable starters
Northern Arizona:
F Gaellan Bewernick, 6-6, Jr., 7.8 ppg
F Max Jacobsen, 6-8, Sr., 14.0 ppg
C Len Springs, 6-10, Jr., 1.8 ppg
G Aaseem Dixon, 6-0, Jr., 12.4 ppg
G Quinton Upshur, 6-5, Jr., 15.4 ppg

Idaho State:
G/F Chris Hansen, 6-4, Jr. 17.2 ppg
F Jeffrey Solarin, 6-4, Jr. 9.4 ppg
C Avibakuro Preh, 6-9, Sr. 2.9 ppg
G Andre Hatchett, 6-4, Sr. 14.8 ppg
G Tomas Sanchez, 6-3, Sr. 14.9 ppg

Game notes: Idaho State, Northern Arizona

Here's the Journal's game preview for ISU at NAU: Bengal men try to rebound against Lumberjacks

I should have shared it Thursday night, but check out a gallery from ISU at Sac State.

Notable quotes from ISU head coach Bill Evans on the post-game radio show with Jerry Miller Thursday night after the Bengals lost to Sacramento State.

"This is the first game that we’ve played this year with this team that we haven’t played with the toughness and urgency that we needed to play with in order to win. I’m disappointed. Sac State’s got a good team, but they ... kicked our butts. I’m going to tell you that right now."

Q: What do your guys learn from a game like this?

“They’re good kids. They’re intelligent kids. Maybe this will be a benefit to them. I hope it is.”

Q: What did you see in the first half (When Sac State outscored ISU 52-27) that you didn’t see in the second (when the Bengals outscored the Hornets 51-32)?

“Urgency. There was no urgency. We just didn’t play with urgency.”

Q: Do you ever think about changing defenses?

“Uh, uh. I played a little man to man for a minute. They shot two layups. We don’t work on that, so it’s hard to play something you don’t work on. It just is. We were better the second half, but gosh darn it, we weren’t very good the first half — that’s for sure.”