POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Melvin Morgan scored 27 points and Chris Hansen added 19 as Idaho State defeated Northern Colorado 86-63 Saturday night.
The Bengals (2-11, 1-3 Big Sky) used a 15-0 run near the end of the first half to take command. They hit 7 of 15 3-point baskets to open the second half and eventually took a 57-36 lead with 14 minutes remaining in the game.
Derrick Barden led Northern Colorado (3-9, 1-3) with 19 points. Tate Unruh added 14.
Idaho State won for the first time since Nov. 29, ending a six-game losing streak.
Tomas Sanchez and Sherrod Baldwin added 11 points each for the Bengals.
Northern Colorado tied the game at 19-19 after Unruh's basket with 8:17 left in the first half, but he was unable to convert the traditional three-point play. Idaho State then went on a 15-0 run with five players contributing points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northern Colorado (3-9) | 25 | 38 | 63 |
| Idaho State (2-11) « | 37 | 49 | 86 |
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| Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Barden, F | 37 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| T. Huskisson, F | 31 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| C. Osborne, C | 20 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Unruh, G | 36 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| T. Svihovec, G | 34 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Garnica | 17 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| E. Addo | 11 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Davis Jr. | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Tucker | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Douvier | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-49 | 9-20 | 26 | 10 | 25 | 63 | |
| 49% | 45% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Preh, C | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| C. Hansen, G | 33 | 6-14 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| T. Sanchez, G | 33 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Hatchett, G | 30 | 0-7 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Morgan, G | 29 | 7-12 | 8-8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Walters | 26 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| N. Ezenwa | 18 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Baldwin | 17 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| B. Hosman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Mason | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-52 | 23-27 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 86 | |
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