GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Paul Garnica gave the Bears the lift they were looking for, scoring 21 points in 21 minutes off the bench including six 3-pointers for Northern Colorado in a 78-63 victory over Idaho State on Thursday night.
Northern Colorado (5-13, 3-7 Big Sky) hit 15 total 3-pointers against the Bengals, had 19 assists and shot 56.2 percent from the field, making 27 of 48 attempts.
Nick Mason hit a 3-pointer to close out the first half for Idaho State and cut Northern Colorado's lead to one, 29-28, but the Bears opened the second half with a 37-17 run to put the Bengals away.
Tate Unruh hit five 3-pointers for 15 points, Tim Huckisson had 15 and Tevin Svihovec chipped in with 10 points and six assists for the Bears.
Melvin Morgan led Idaho State (4-15, 3-7) with 18 points and Neveij Walters scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Idaho State (4-16) | 28 | 35 | 63 |
| Northern Colorado (6-13) « | 29 | 49 | 78 |
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| Idaho State Bengals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Hansen, F | 30 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Preh, C | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Hatchett, G | 29 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Morgan, G | 28 | 5-12 | 5-6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| T. Sanchez, G | 28 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Walters | 22 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| N. Ezenwa | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Baldwin | 14 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| N. Mason | 10 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Kusmieruk | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Kostur | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 9-13 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 63 | |
| 44.2% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Barden, F | 30 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Huskisson, F | 25 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| C. Osborne, C | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Svihovec, G | 30 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| T. Unruh, G | 23 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Garnica | 21 | 6-10 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| J. Davis Jr. | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| E. Addo | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| G. Tucker | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Douvier | 3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Keane | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| X. James | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-48 | 9-13 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 78 | |
| 56.3% | 69.2% | ||||||
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