2016–17 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team

2016–17 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball
Conference Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record 1–6 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Bill Evans (5th year)
Assistant coach Andy Ward
Assistant coach Jay Collins
Assistant coach Tim Walsh
Home arena Holt Arena
Reed Gym
2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern Washington 0 0       5 2   .714
Montana State 0 0       5 2   .714
North Dakota 0 0       4 2   .667
Idaho 0 0       3 3   .500
Portland State 0 0       2 3   .400
Southern Utah 0 0       2 4   .333
Weber State 0 0       2 4   .333
Northern Colorado 0 0       2 5   .286
Northern Arizona 0 0       2 6   .250
Sacramento State 0 0       1 5   .167
Idaho State 0 0       1 6   .143
Montana 0 0       1 6   .143
2017 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represents Idaho State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bengals, led by fifth year head coach Bill Evans, play their home games at Holt Arena and Reed Gym and are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Bengals finished the season 16–15, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Tournament to North Dakota.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Clint Nwosuh 0 G 6'2" 190 Junior Houston, TX Graduate transferred to Pikeville
Ben Wilson 5 G 6'6" 207 RS Senior Bardon, Australia Graduated
Evann Hall 10 G 6'4" 210 Senior Thousand Oaks, CA Graduated
Ali Faruq-Bey 22 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Western Oregon
Spencer Nicolds 23 F 6'7" 190 Sophomore Gilbert, AZ Transferred
Justin Smith 33 G 6'5" 200 Junior Colorado Springs, CO Transferred to Colorado–Colorado Springs

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Hayes Garrity 0 G 6'1" 185 RS Senior Beaverton, OR Transferred from Utah Valley. Will be eligible to play immediately since Garrity graduated from Utah Valley.
Robert Jones III 5 F 6'7" 190 Junior Denver, CO Junior college transferred from Northeastern JC

2016 incoming recruits

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lyle Sutton
PG
Rexburg, ID Madison High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A Jun 1, 2016 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 0
Balint Moscan
SF
Hungary 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) N/A Aug 5, 2016 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 0
Clark Wilkinson
PF
Pocatello, ID Highland High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) N/A Jun 9, 2013 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2016–17 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 0 Garrity, HayesHayes Garrity 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Westview HS
Utah Valley
Beaverton, OR
G 1 Luzcando, GenoGeno Luzcando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Wasatch Academy HS Estación Central, Chile
G 3 Telfair, EthanEthan Telfair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Lincoln HS
Redlands CC
Coney Island, NY
F 5 Jones III, RobertRobert Jones III 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Cherokee Trail HS
Northeastern JC
Denver, CO
G 10 Sutton, LyleLyle Sutton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Madison HS Rexburg, ID
G 11 Nakken, ErikErik Nakken 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Cedar HS Cedar City, UT
C 13 Topalovic, NovakNovak Topalovic 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So Santa Margarita Catholic HS Niš, Serbia
G 15 Boyd, BrandonBrandon Boyd 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Middlebrooks Academy Los Angeles, CA
F 22 Wilkinson, ClarkClark Wilkinson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Highland HS Pocatello, ID
G 23 Wahlen, HoustonHouston Wahlen (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Aberdeen HS Aberdeen, ID
F 24 Lennox, StephenStephen Lennox 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Lovington HS Lovington, NM
G 25 Chivichyan, GaryGary Chivichyan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Middlebrooks Academy Los Angeles, CA
F 32 Moscan, BalintBalint Moscan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Fr Kempelen Farkas Grammar School Budapest, Hungary
G 33 Liggins, KeshawnKeshawn Liggins (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Middleton HS
Big Ben CC
Middleton, ID
F 35 Ingram, KyleKyle Ingram 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr JSerra Catholic HS
Fresno City College
Pasadena, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

11/02/2016*
7:30 PM
Southern Virginia W 89–55 
Reed Gym 
Pocatello, ID
Non-conference regular season

11/11/2016*
8:00 PM, RTNW
at New Mexico L 70–81  0–1
The Pit (11,293)
Albuquerque, NM

11/16/2016*
7:00 PM
at Utah Valley L 73–82  0–2
UCCU Center (6,117)
Orem, UT

11/19/2016*
7:00 PM
at Utah State
Cancún Challenge
L 51–85  0–3
Smith Spectrum (8,923)
Logan, UT

11/22/2016*
1:00 PM
vs. Eastern Kentucky
Cancún Challenge
L 82–91 OT 0–4
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico

11/23/2016*
10:30 AM
vs. NJIT
Cancún Challenge
L 67–71  0–5
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico

11/25/2016*
2:00 PM, FSSW
at Texas Tech
Cancún Challenge
L 58–91  0–6
United Supermarkets Arena (5,964)
Lubbock, TX

11/29/2016*
7:05 PM
Lamar W 77–60  1–6
Reed Gym (1,534)
Pocatello, ID

12/03/2016*
5:00 PM
at Cal State Northridge   
Matadome 
Northridge, CA

12/07/2016*
5:00 PM, ESPN3
at Wisconsin   
Kohl Center 
Madison, WI

12/10/2016*
7:05 PM
Bristol (CA)   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

12/16/2016*
6:05 PM
Montana Tech   
Reed Gym 
Pocatello, ID

12/18/2016*
4:30 PM
at Boise State   
Taco Bell Arena 
Boise, ID

12/20/2016*
7:00 PM, BYUtv
at BYU   
Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
Big Sky regular season

12/29/2016
7:05 PM
at Montana   
Dahlberg Arena 
Missoula, MT

12/31/2016
4:00 PM
at Montana State   
Worthington Arena 
Bozeman, MT

01/07/2017
7:05 PM
Weber State   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

01/12/2017
7:05 PM
Eastern Washington   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

01/14/2017
7:05 PM
Idaho   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

01/19/2017
7:00 PM
at Northern Colorado   
Bank of Colorado Arena 
Greeley, CO

01/21/2017
1:00 PM
at North Dakota   
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 
Grand Forks, ND

01/27/2017
7:00 PM
at Weber State   
Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT

02/02/2017
7:05 PM
Northern Arizona   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

02/04/2017
7:05 PM
Southern Utah   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

02/09/2017
8:00 PM
at Portland State   
Peter Stott Center 
Portland, OR

02/11/2017
8:00 PM
at Sacramento State   
Hornets Nest 
Sacramento, CA

02/16/2017
7:05 PM
North Dakota   
Reed Gym 
Pocatello, ID

02/18/2017
7:05 PM
Northern Colorado   
Reed Gym 
Pocatello, ID

02/23/2017
8:00 PM
at Idaho   
Cowan Spectrum 
Moscow, ID

02/25/2017
3:00 PM
at Eastern Washington   
Reese Court 
Cheney, WA

03/02/2017
7:05 PM
Montana State   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID

03/04/2017
7:05 PM
Montana   
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID
Big Sky Tournament

03/07–11/2017
vs.    
Reno Events Center 
Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time
Source[1].

References

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