Taylor Meeks Sports Writer The Idaho State University men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Boise on Mar. 11-16 to compete in the Big Sky Conference tournament for a chance at the championship title. Unfortunately, both teams were defeated in their first games. Fresh off an upset win against No. […]
Men’s Basketball
Taylor Meeks Sports Writer The Idaho State University men’s basketball team battled against three opponents under the bright lights of Holt Arena for its last home games of the regular season before traveling to Boise for the 2019 Big Sky Conference tournament. ISU faced off against Weber State University Monday […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor It’d been about two months. Two months of waking up outside on the streets of Seattle, Washington, abandoned with no money and hardly any food. His parents left him when he was only 13, so this was nothing new for Sam Dowd. Right then, he was […]
Taylor Meeks Sports Writer The Idaho State University men’s basketball team fell, 74-58, to Sacramento State on Thursday night in Holt Arena. The home defeat marked its fifth consecutive loss. ISU trailed most of the game and clawed its way back within eight in the second-half, but still came up […]
SeiJii Wood Sports Editor Idaho State University men and women’s basketball has begun conference play after finishing up their non-conference games over the break. The women are 8-5 and 3-1 in the Big Sky Conference, which has been their best start to conference play in six years. The men are […]
Brandon Boyd Contributor to The Bengal Growing up, basketball was my life. I loved this game more than anything. I was the kid in elementary school who always had a basketball in my hands. Walking to and from school every day, I would always bring my ball from home so […]
Seiji Wood Sports Editor The Idaho State men’s basketball team tipped off its season Nov. 6 at Gonzaga, a game the Bengals lost. The team quickly rebounded with an upset win at Boise State. The Bengal’s 3-3 start is the best start by an Idaho State team since the 2013-14 […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Achieving childhood dreams is not common nature, especially in the world of athletics. But Jerry Miller took his childhood dream and made it a reality as he is closing out his 30th year as a play-by-play broadcaster for ISU athletics. He estimates that he has broadcasted […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Novak Topalovic announced via Twitter last week that he would be leaving the ISU men’s basketball team after the school year concluded. Topalovic will be attending grad school and finishing his last year of eligibility elsewhere. As of when this was written, he has not yet […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Both ISU men’s and women’s basketball teams closed out their seasons last week in Reno during the Big Sky Conference tournament. The men finished with a record of 14-16 and were 9-9 in Big Sky play. The Bengals saw their season come to an end with […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: SUU 76, ISU 68 The ISU men’s basketball team saw its season came to an end on Tuesday evening at the Reno Events Center after a 76-68 loss to Southern Utah in the opening round of the Big Sky Conference tournament. Brandon Boyd led […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 101, Montana State 78 A career-high of 33 points from Jared Stutzman and record-tying 17 3-pointers gave the men’s basketball team a 101-78 win over Montana State Thursday evening. The win gives ISU a 14-14 record and a 9-8 mark in the conference. ISU is […]
The Bengal Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: ISU 86, hIdaho 83 ISU beat Idaho 86-83 thanks to a 3-pointer by Brandon Boyd with two seconds left in the game. Boyd had a career-high 32 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He was 6-of-8 from the three-point line, 4-of-4 from the foul line. He […]
Madeline Leavitt Sports Editor Four seniors played their final home game for the men’s basketball team last Saturday in a game that resulted in a 74-69 loss to Eastern Washington. At the end of the season, Erik Nakken, Hayes Garrity, Kyle Ingram, and Geno Luzcando will turn up their jerseys […]
Madeline Leavitt Staff Writer ISU is looking to improve and expand its athletics facilities, but how they are going to do that has yet to be determined. In order to decide which route to take, Athletic Director Jeff Tingey said that the university will be holding a study as part […]