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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State men's basketball team lost to Wyoming 80-56 on Thursday night at Holt Arena. The Bengals fell to 2-9 while the Cowboys improved to 12-2.
Kenny McGowen led the Bengals with a season-high 23 points in 35 minutes. He was the only Bengal in double figures. Senior guard
Chase Grabau added on five points, four rebounds and six assists in 38 minutes of play.
Idaho State shot 31.4 percent from the field while Wyoming shot 53.7 percent. The Cowboys outrebounded the Bengals 37-24 and Wyoming outscored the Bengals in the paint 32-14. The Cowboys hit nine 3-pointers in the game while Idaho State was 7-for-17.
Despite only shooting 34.4 percent in the first half, the Bengals stayed with the Cowboys as there were four lead changes. ISU took its first lead of the game at 19-17 with 9:15 left in the first half on two free throws by McGowen. The Bengals last lead of the game was at 21-20 after a basket by
Jakub Kusmieruk less than a minute later.
Wyoming led 39-35 with 1:11 remaining until halftime and then hit two 3-pointers in the final minute to lead 45-35 at the break.
The Cowboys led by as many as 28 points in the second half.
Idaho State goes on the road for their first two conference games at Weber State on December 29 and at Northern Colorado on January 2.
Deane Martin Quotes
“It was more of the same thing pretty much. We come out. We play through stretches for a while and then it just all goes kaput at some point. Offensively I told the team that I don't know if there is an offense we can scheme up to go out and make the shot for you. At some point you have to go out and make the play. We did pretty good defensively against them. We get them down to the shot clock at under 10 seconds I don't know how many times. They come off a ball screen and go make a play."
"We get the same thing on the other end except we fall down when we go and try to make a play. There is not an offense to scheme up that will correct that. We have guys to the rim and they can't finish it. Its frustrating offensively. At some points guys are going to have to step up and make plays at some point. The only thing we can do is get in the gym and go from there.”
On the Last Minute of the first half
"I remember the play at one end. I think Kenny took a quick shot. I can't remember how it happened. We had a chance to get a stop. We get it under 10 seconds on the shot clock and they go make a play. We told our guards you have to be tougher on the ball and stay with the guy. But in reality we defended it pretty well but they stepped up and made a shot and we go down and we can't do that. You are right we had a chance to go in at halftime down four and if we are a little more consistent we could have been tied or a head at halftime. We came out in the second half and it was a whole different deal.”
"When you get into the second half teams are going to get after you a little more. It is not quite as easy in the first half. That is when you have to set harder screens, make harder cuts and be more disciplined with your offense."
