Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Saturday night’s men’s basketball game at Holt Arena was supposed to be an easy win. The final score appears that it was, but the Idaho State Bengals left Bristol University, a United States Collegiate Athletics Association, a division that is lower than NAIA, in contention well […]
Men’s Basketball
Jenna Crowe Staff Writer When the Idaho State University men’s basketball team plays the University of Wisconsin Dec. 7, it isn’t supposed to win. The Badgers, ranked 17th in the nation, play in an arena that seats over 17,000 and are in one of the five power conferences – The […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor I learned in my ethics class this semester about the trait of publicity, which means if you find the best ethical theory, you should publicize it to the world so everybody can follow that particular theory. But, if you are an ethical egoist, which means, you […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The men’s basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night at Holt Arena, defeating the Lamar Cardinals 77-60 as four Bengals finished with double-figure points. Robert Jones III led the way with a game and career-high 18 points while Gary Chivichyan scored […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Milton “Dubby” Holt, an ISU legend and the man that ISU’s Holt Arena is named after, was 92 when he died in 2007. He left behind two national championships, 13 conference championships and one new athletic facility. Holt retired in 1979 after leading the Bengals to […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The Idaho State University men’s basketball team opened its 2016 season with an 89-55 victory over Southern Virginia University Wednesday night at Reed Gym. Three Bengals logged double-figure points as Ethan Telfair and Geno Luzcando lead the way with 20 points apiece and Hayes Garrity chipped […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor At the beginning of last season, a winning record seemed to be an unrealistic expectation for the 2015 Idaho State men’s basketball team. With a team that has lost over 20 games in recent history, nobody was surprised to see the Bengals at the bottom of […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Star ISU point guard, Ethan Telfair, has declared for the NBA draft, but has not hired an agent. Under new eligibility rules, Telfair can remove his name from the draft 10 days after the final day of the NBA combine in Chicago. That means Telfair has […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor @IdahoSportsLG Some of the best parts of March Madness are the Cinderella stories. From Davidson’s magical Elite 8 run during the Stephen Curry era in 2008, to Florida Gulf Coast’s 2013 run as the Eagles stole the hearts of every college basketball fan who didn’t attend […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor After one of the most successful regular seasons in recent history, the Idaho State University men’s basketball team fell victim to an 83-49 defeat at the hands of the North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Thursday. It was a rough start for ISU, as the Bengals struggled […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor The ISU men’s basketball team was picked to finish dead last in both the preseason coaches and media polls. Well, they were wrong. ISU is currently 9-5 in conference play, good enough to currently be fourth in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) just two weeks before […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor ISU’s Ethan Telfair comes from a basketball family. His older brother Sebastian Telfair and older cousin Stephon Marbury both were valuable assets to many NBA teams over the course of their long careers. Sebastian Telfair was a first round draft pick in 2004 by the Portland […]
Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Conference play is already under way and both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have their eyes set on Reno, host city of the Big Sky conference tournament. The men have opened conference play with three home games going 1-2 over that stretch with a win […]
Lucas Gebhart Staff Writer Ben Wilson’s course to ISU has been a unique one. Born in Brisbane, Australia, a city of over 2 million people, Wilson attended North Platte Community College in North Platte, Nebraska before finally making his way to Pocatello. Wilson grew up with two brothers, so it […]
Lucas Gebhart Staff Writer Most students look forward to Thanksgiving break as a time to relax, spend time with family and reconnect with old friends. Both Idaho State University basketball teams do not have that luxury, as neither the men nor women had Thanksgiving off this year. This is commonplace […]