Idaho State Bengals at Montana State Bobcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Adamu scores 13, Montana St. suffocates Idaho St. 60-40
The Bobcats (10-5, 2-2 Big Sky Conference) held Idaho State to 25.5% shooting and limited the Bengals (2-11, 0-4) to a season-low 19 points before intermission.
Emmit Taylor III scored 12 points for the Bengals. Montana State now has won six of its last seven.
Tarik Cool, who entered as Idaho State's leading scorer at 11 points per game, finished 1-for-6 shooting.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 40 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 40 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:28 | Borja Fernandez Defensive Rebound. | 40 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Borja Fernandez Block. | 40 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:31 | Liam Sorensen missed Layup. | 40 - 60 |
Statistics
 IDST |
 MTST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13-51 | FG | 21-47 |
| 25 | Field Goal % | 45 |
| 3-23 | 3PT | 4-16 |
| 13 | Three Point % | 25 |
| 11-15 | FT | 14-23 |
| 73 | Free Throw % | 61 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 3 | Assists | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 18 | Fouls | 17 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 23 |
Game Information
Venue: Worthington Arena
Location: Bozeman, MT
Attendance: 2,200 | Capacity:
Location: Bozeman, MT
Attendance: 2,200 | 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 | 18-15 |
| Weber State | 10-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Idaho | 9-9 | 4 | 20-14 |
| Sacramento State | 6-12 | 7 | 10-21 |
| Idaho State | 5-13 | 8 | 13-20 |
| Northern Arizona | 4-14 | 9 | 10-22 |