Idaho State-Portland State postgame

Chris Hansen bucket in the post #BigSkyMBB #goisu Bengals by 10 https://t.co/9UfaoEpYj9
— Kyle Franko (@ByKyleFranko) January 25, 2015

BENGAL BITS

Idaho State 80, Portland State 76

Crowd: 1,763

Records: Idaho State is 5-15 and 2-6 in the Big Sky. Portland State is 10-8 and 4-4.

Key stat: Idaho State’s bench, comprised of Erik Nakken (eight points), Marcus Bradley (six), Evann Hall (three) and Geno Luzcando (four), outscored PSU’s bench 21-13.

Key player(s): ISU senior Jeffrey Solarin scored all 15 of his points in the first half. Senior Chris Hansen had 11 of his 17 points in the second half.

Quotable: “Portland State is a very, very good offensive basketball team, very good. You look at our stats, we shot 70 percent from the line, we shot 53 percent from the 3-point line, almost 50 percent from the floor and we win by four.” — Idaho State coach Bill Evans

Idaho State 80, Portland State 76

PORTLAND STATE (10-8, 4-4)WIGGINS, DaShaun 4-9 6-7 16; WINSTON, Gary 5-14 2-2 15; BAMBA, Tiegbe 5-6 2-2 12; TUCKER, Braxton 4-8 3-3 11; GENGLER, Zach 4-8 0-1 9; SPICKERMAN, Collin 4-6 0-0 8; DOUGLAS, Tim 1-4 0-0 3; SWEENEY, Iziahiah 1-2 0-0 2; SUAREZ, Sebastian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 13-15 76.

IDAHO STATE (5-15, 2-6)
EZENWA, Nnamdi 4-9 6-8 17; HANSEN, Chris 5-11 5-8 17; SOLARIN, Jeffrey 7-15 1-1 15; NAKKEN, Erik 2-3 2-2 8; MAGOT, Ajak 3-7 0-0 6; BRADLEY, Marcus 3-6 0-0 6; LUZCANDO, Geno 2-3 0-1 4; WILSON, Ben 2-7 0-0 4; HALL, Evann 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 29-62 14-20 80.

Portland State        41   35  -   76
Idaho State           45   35  -   80

3-point goals--Portland State 7-20 (WINSTON, Gary 3-7; WIGGINS, DaShaun 2-7; DOUGLAS, Tim 1-1; GENGLER, Zach 1-3; SWEENEY, Iziahiah 0-1; TUCKER, Braxto  0-1), Idaho State 8-15 (EZENWA, Nnamdi 3-6; HANSEN, Chris 2-5; NAKKEN, Erik 2-3; HALL, Evann 1-1). Fouled out--Portland State-WIGGINS, DaShaun, Idaho State-None. Rebounds--Portland State 33 (BAMBA, Tiegbe 10), Idaho State 36 (EZENWA, Nnamdi 8; WILSON, Ben 8). Assists--Portland State 14 (WIGGINS, DaShaun 3), Idaho State 15 (LUZCANDO, Geno 6). Total fouls--Portland State 23, Idaho State 14. Technical fouls--Portland State-WIGGINS, DaShaun, Idaho State-LUZCANDO, Geno. A-1763