A pair of Big Sky Conference rivals meet on the court Monday when the Idaho State Bengals (7-12, 2-4 Big Sky) visit Bozeman, Montana and Worthington Arena to play the Montana State Bobcats (8-10, 3-2 Big Sky). Idaho State was defeated by Eastern Washington 79-67 on Saturday night and the Bengals have lost two of the last three. Montana State was defeated by Montana 87-77 on Saturday night, snapping a two-game winning streak. Idaho State and Montana State do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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Idaho State is scoring an average of 68.1 points per game which is 311th in the nation, Idaho State is shooting 45.9% (123rd) overall and 32.2% (254th) from 3-point land. The Bengals are shooting 69.2% (264th) from the free throw line. Brayden Parker is the leading scorer for Idaho state with an average of 13.7 points per game and Miguel Tomley is second with an average of 11.9 points per game. Maleek Arington is the leader in assists with an average of 4.4 per game.
Idaho State is allowing an average of 68.5 points per game which is 103rd, while holding opponents to 47.5% (346th) shooting overall and 33.1% (179th) shooting from 3-point land. Idaho State is averaging 31.7 rebounds per game led by Kiree Huie with an average of 6.0 per game. Arington is the leader in steals of an average of 2.4 per game and Parker is the r im protector with an average of 1.5 block shots per game.