POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Melvin Morgan grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds on his way to a double-double Thursday night, while Chris Hansen and Tomas Sanchez led Idaho State in scoring as the Bengals got their first win of the season, downing Montana Western, 70-52.
Hansen put up 20 points on 5 of 9 shooting, including 4 of 5 from beyond the arc. Sanchez scored 17 points. He also did some damage from the stripe, where he went 8 for 8.
Morgan added 13 points and had three steals for the Bengals (1-5).
Montana Western, a NAIA school, got off to a rough start. The Bulldogs scored just six points during the first 9 minutes and were down 36-17 at halftime.
During the second half, the Bulldogs pulled to within 13 with 9 minutes to go. But the Bengals closed the game strong.
Tyler Miller led Montana Western with 17 points. Maazin Butler added 14.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Montana Western (0-1) | 17 | 35 | 52 |
| Idaho State (1-5) « | 36 | 34 | 70 |
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| Montana Western Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Miller, F | 35 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| V. Turk, F | 31 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Butler, G | 38 | 4-15 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Collins, G | 21 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| J. Overstreet, G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Castro | 24 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| G. Rucker | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Smith | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Mailey | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Woodill | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-57 | 5-5 | 31 | 12 | 22 | 52 | |
| 33.3% | 100% | ||||||
| Idaho State Bengals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Hansen, F | 34 | 5-9 | 6-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| N. Ezenwa, F | 27 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Kusmieruk, C | 9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Morgan, G | 34 | 5-15 | 3-4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| T. Sanchez, G | 34 | 4-9 | 8-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Mason | 20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Preh | 17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| N. Walters | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Kostur | 8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Harrington | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Hosman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 20-26 | 37 | 10 | 12 | 70 | |
| 43.1% | 76.9% | ||||||
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