Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Idaho State Bengals
· NCAA Men's Basketball
60 - 64
Idaho State holds off Northern Arizona 64-60
Novak Topalovic added 11 points and seven boards and Balint Mocsan scored 10 for the Bengals (8-6, 3-0 Big Sky Conference), who upped their win streak to four and won for the eighth time in nine games. Idaho State is 3-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2006-07 season when they opened 5-0.
Gino Littles scored 22 to pace the Lumberjacks (3-14, 0-4), who have lost five in a row and eight of nine. Jojo Anderson scored nine of his 11 points in the final 4 minutes, 11 seconds.
The Bengals led 26-20 at halftime and Topalovic's dunk sparked a 9-0 run early in the second half to push the lead to 35-24. Anderson hit three free throws to pull the Lumberjacks within 54-50 with 4:31 left to play. Brandon Boyd scored all seven of his points over the next 2:22 to put the Bengals up 63-54. But Anderson hit a 3 and three more free throws to cut the deficit to 63-60 with 53 seconds left. NAU had a chance to tie but turned the ball over and Stutzman hit 1 of 2 free throws with one second left to preserve the win.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 60 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Brooks Debisschop Defensive Rebound. | 60 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Jared Stutzman missed Free Throw. | 60 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Jared Stutzman made Free Throw. | 60 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Idaho State Timeout | 60 - 63 |
Statistics
 NAU |
 IDST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-56 | FG | 23-55 |
| 39 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 4-11 | 3PT | 7-22 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 12-20 | FT | 11-19 |
| 60 | Free Throw % | 58 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 10 | Assists | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 18 | Fouls | 17 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 12 |
Game Information
Location: Pocatello, ID
Attendance: 1,625 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Sky Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State | 13-5 | - | 20-11 |
| Montana State | 12-6 | 1 | 18-14 |
| Eastern Washington | 11-7 | 2 | 14-19 |
| Northern Colorado | 10-8 | 3 | 20-12 |
| Montana | 10-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| Weber State | 10-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Idaho | 9-9 | 4 | 21-15 |
| Sacramento State | 6-12 | 8 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |