SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - After Chris Fowler forced Idaho State's Tomas Sanchez to turn the ball over, Kyle Randall hit an 18-foot jumper with 0.5 seconds left to send Central Michigan to a last-second victory over the Bengals at the Utah Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday night.
Melvin Morgan's lay-in gave Idaho State a 52-51 lead with 1:31 to play, but John Simons tied it for the Chippewas with a free throw at 52-all before Randall's heroics.
Three players were in double figures scoring for the Central Michigan (3-2) with Blake Hibbitts hitting four 3-pointers for 12 points, Olivier Mbaigoto had 11 and Simons had 10 points on three 3-pointers of his own with six rebounds.
The Chippewas shot only 36 percent from the field, 18 of 50, but hit eight 3-pointers and out-rebounded the Bengals 38 to 23. The Chippewas bench outscored Idaho State's bench 32-11.
Chris Hansen led Idaho State (0-5) with 12 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Idaho State (0-4) | 25 | 27 | 52 |
| Central Michigan (3-1) « | 26 | 28 | 54 |
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| Idaho State Bengals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Ezenwa, F | 37 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Hansen, F | 37 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Kusmieruk, C | 18 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Sanchez, G | 36 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Morgan, G | 33 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Walters | 24 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| N. Mason | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Preh | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-41 | 7-9 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 52 | |
| 48.8% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Simons, F | 23 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Z. Saylor, F | 20 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Randall, G | 35 | 2-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| A. Keel, G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Fowler, G | 19 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hibbitts | 25 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Richardson Jr. | 19 | 1-2 | 2-8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| O. Mbaigoto | 14 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| A. Stewart | 14 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| F. Craddock | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Wiest | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-50 | 10-22 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 54 | |
| 36% | 45.5% | ||||||
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