Idaho St. 50, Montana St. 45

Scores

Final

(11-9, 5-3 Big Sky)

(6-13, 2-5 Big Sky)

9:05 PM ET, January 24, 2011

Holt Arena, Pocatello, ID

Top Performers

Montana State: E. Rush 18 Pts, 1 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl

Idaho State: B. Gilchrest 18 Pts, 1 Reb, 2 Stl

Associated Press

POCATELLO, Idaho -- Broderick Gilchrest scored 18 points and Idaho State held off Montana State 50-45 Monday night.

Phyllip Taylor added 13 points to help the Bengals (6-13, 2-5 Big Sky) end a five-game losing streak.

Erik Rush scored 18 points to lead the Bobcats (11-9, 5-3), who never led and fell to 1-9 in road games.

Down by as many as 13 in the second half, Montana State put together a 16-5 run to pull within two with 3:21 remaining, but failed to score again.

Idaho State scored the game's first 10 points and took a 25-19 lead into halftime.

Both teams shot less than 35 percent. The Bobcats committed as season-high 20 turnovers.

	MTST	IDST
Points	E. Rush 18	B. Gilchrest 18
Rebounds	B. Howard 12	P. Taylor 9
Assists	R. Singleton 3	C. Grabau 3
Steals	R. Singleton 1	C. Grabau 5
Blocks	T. Johnson 2	D. Busma 8
Team Stats: Montana State \| Idaho State

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 24, 2011	@IDST 50, MTST 45	Recap
Mar 2, 2011	@MTST 84, IDST 68	Recap

MTST	IDST
01/29 MONT 9:05pm 02/03 @NAU 8:35pm 02/05 @WEB 6:05pm 02/10 UNCO 9:05pm 02/13 SAC 2:05pm	01/27 @SAC 10:05pm 01/29 @EWU 10:05pm 02/05 EWU 9:05pm 02/10 @PRST 10:05pm 02/12 NAU 9:05pm
Complete Schedule: Montana State \| Idaho State

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