Portland State (5-4) at Idaho State (3-6)

Portland State at Idaho State

Thursday, 7:05 p.m.
Holt Arena

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Records — Idaho State is 3-6. Portland State is 5-4.
Last outing — Idaho State lost at home to Bakersfield 61-57. Portland State beat Evergreen State 98-65.
Up next — Idaho State hosts Eastern Washington Saturday in Holt Arena.

Probable starters
Portland State:
F Aaron Moore, 6-8, Sr. 12.4 ppg
F Kyle Richardson, 6-7, Sr. 5.0 ppg
G Tim Douglas, 5-10, Jr. 16.1 ppg
G Andre Winston, 6-1, Jr. 10.1 ppg
G Marcus Hall, 6-4, Sr. 6.1 ppg

Idaho State:
C Ayibakuro Preh, 6-9, Sr. 2.1 ppg
F Jeffrey Solarin, 6-4, Jr. 11.5 ppg
G/F Chris Hansen, 6-4, Jr. 15.8 ppg
G Andre Hatchett, 6-5, Sr. 12.1 ppg
G Tomas Sanchez, 6-4, Sr. 15.9 ppg


Game notes: Idaho State, Portland State

Idaho State Journal game preview

Here's a section of the game preview detailing Cal State Bakersfield's defensive game plan for how to handle ISU junior Chris Hansen. ...

Defending Hansen
      Idaho State’s second-leading scorer, junior Chris Hansen, is averaging 15.8 points on 43 percent shooting from the field.
    And the Fort Collins, Colo., native has been even better shooting from 3 where he’s hitting 2.67 per game with a 40 percent field-goal percentage (both marks are second in the Big Sky).
    Against Bakersfield last Saturday, Hansen battled foul trouble but finished with 14 points in 32 minutes, the seventh time he’s reached double figures this season.
    When ISU visited CSUB Nov. 23, Hansen scored a game-high 19. Bakersfield head coach Rod Barnes had a distinct game plan to handle Hansen the second go-round.
    “Our biggest thing, ... you can’t score if you don’t touch it,” Barnes said after the game Saturday. “One thing that we do, we have a bunch of guys that are in the 6-3 area and we tried to wear on him.”
    Barnes, in his third year at Bakersfield, said he recruited Hansen out of Northwest College, so he was aware of Hansen’s offensive talents. But his players underestimated what the 6-foot-4 wing could do.
    “He’s not a 6-6 guy that’s lean and mean looking, you know what I’m saying?” Barnes said. “... He has good build to him but then he doesn’t jump. He’s not dunking and all that stuff. So you look at him on tape and it doesn’t look like he’s moving fast. But he has a great first step.”