Idaho State Bengals at Montana Grizzlies
· NCAA Men's Basketball
64 - 75
Oguine, Montana beat Idaho State 75-64
Jamar Akoh and Timmy Falls had 13 points apiece and Sayeed Pridgett added 10 points with eight rebounds for Montana (23-7, 16-2 Big Sky). The Grizzlies have won 15 in a row against Idaho State (14-15, 9-9).
Pridgett's layup gave Montana the lead for good at 25-23 and an 8-1 spurt, capped by Akoh's dunk, made it 37-29 at the break. Akoh made a layup to push the lead into double figures early in the second half, but the Bengals scored 15 of the next 22 points to trim their deficit to 48-46 on a dunk by Novak Topalovic with 12 1/2 minutes to play. Oguine made back-to-back layups to cap an 11-2 spurt that made it 59-48 about four minutes later and, after Topalovic hit a jumper to pull Idaho State within five, Falls made a layup and Bobby Moorehead hit a 3 and the Bengals trailed by at least eight the rest of the way.
Brandon Boyd led Idaho State with 19 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 64 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:12 | Timmy Falls Defensive Rebound. | 64 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:12 | Sam Dowd missed Jumper. | 64 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:25 | Michael Oguine made Free Throw. | 64 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:25 | Montana Deadball Team Rebound. | 64 - 74 |
Statistics
 IDST |
 MONT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-58 | FG | 27-63 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 5-19 | 3PT | 3-17 |
| 26 | Three Point % | 18 |
| 5-7 | FT | 18-24 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 75 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 12 | Assists | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 40 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fouls | 12 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Missoula, MT
Attendance: 4,712 | 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 |