RUSTON, La. (AP) - Kenneth Smith scored 22 points and Raheem Appleby had 20 to lead Louisiana Tech to a 72-66 victory over Idaho in a Western Athletic Conference game on Thursday night, the Bulldogs' seventh straight win.
Kenyon McNeail had 13 points for the Bulldogs (15-3, 5-0), who scored 33 points off Idaho's 23 turnovers. Louisiana Tech had 10 turnovers.
Stephen Madison had 21 points and eight rebounds, and Kyle Barone scored 19 for the Vandals (6-10, 2-4).
Trailing 30-25 at halftime, the Bulldogs pulled ahead 39-38 on Appleby's 3-pointer with 13:15 to go. Idaho grabbed the lead back with a 13-5 run that included a four-point play by Connor Hill and a 3-point play by Stephen Madison, going ahead 51-44 with 10:26 to play.
The Bulldogs tied it at 56 on Appleby's layup with 5:48 left and led 68-63 with 30 seconds remaining with the help two of 3-pointers from McNeail.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Idaho (6-10) | 30 | 36 | 66 |
| Louisiana Tech (15-3) « | 25 | 47 | 72 |
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| Idaho Vandals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Madison, F | 37 | 9-17 | 2-4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| K. Barone, C | 36 | 4-8 | 11-12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| M. McChristian, G | 35 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Harris Jr., G | 34 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| C. Hill, G | 33 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Habeeb | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Douglas | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Kammerer | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Borton | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Faines | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-52 | 15-18 | 42 | 8 | 16 | 66 | |
| 46.2% | 83.3% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. McNeail, F | 26 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Kyser, F | 19 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Smith, G | 33 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| B. Gibson, G | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Johnson, G | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Appleby | 23 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| C. Anderson | 15 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| J. Johnson | 14 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Lewis | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Hamilton | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Massey | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-67 | 8-11 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 72 | |
| 40.3% | 72.7% | ||||||
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