POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Aaron Anderson hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points Thursday night, helping North Dakota to a 66-53 victory over Idaho State.
Troy Huff added 15 points and Josh Schuler had 14 for North Dakota (4-8, 1-2 Big Sky), and Jordan Allard pulled down 10 rebounds. Both teams shot just 40 percent from the field, but North Dakota dominated the boards, outrebounding Idaho State 43-22.
Tomas Sanchez scored 15 for the Bengals (1-11, 0-3), who lost their sixth in a row. Andre Hatchett chipped in 11 points, and Chris Hansen had 10 points and four steals.
North Dakota never trailed and led 31-9 before the Bengals closed the first half on an 11-0 run. But Idaho State couldn't close the gap after halftime.
North Dakota took a 2-1 lead in the all-time series; the teams met for the first time last season and split their two games.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Dakota (4-8) « | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| Idaho State (1-11) | 20 | 33 | 53 |
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| North Dakota Fighting Sioux | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Archer, F | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Wilmer, C | 23 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Webb, G | 33 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Anderson, G | 27 | 4-8 | 8-8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| J. Schuler, G | 25 | 3-7 | 7-8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Huff | 28 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Allard | 24 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| L. Antwi | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Benton | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-48 | 21-29 | 43 | 8 | 15 | 66 | |
| 39.6% | 72.4% | ||||||
| Idaho State Bengals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Hansen, F | 37 | 3-12 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Hatchett, F | 35 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| N. Walters, C | 16 | 4-6 | 1-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Sanchez, G | 38 | 5-9 | 5-6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| M. Morgan, G | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Baldwin | 21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Preh | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ezenwa | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| N. Mason | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Kostur | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-50 | 11-17 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 53 | |
| 40% | 64.7% | ||||||
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