Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Utes Set to Host Bengals in Post-Thanksgiving Action
11/26/2015 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 26, 2015
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GAME INFORMATION
Utah (4-1) vs. Idaho State (2-1)
Date: Friday, Nov. 25
Tip-Off: 7:06 p.m. MST
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Arena: Jon M. Huntsman Center
TV: Pac-12 Networks
Radio: ESPN 700
Live Stats: www.UtahUtes.com
Promotion: Runnin' Utes Food Drive
FAST BREAKS
> Utah is coming off a 2-1 effort at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan.
> The Utes are 2-0 inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center this season.
> Utah is 25-4 all-time against Idaho State, which includes a perfect 17-0 record against the Bengals at home.
> The Utes are 1-0 against Big Sky Conference opponents this season and 153-61 overall.
> Utah has won 22 consecutive non-conference games at home, dating back to the 2012-13 season. The program's last loss to a non-conference team at home came back on Dec. 21, 2012 (76-71 loss to CSUN)
> Sophomore Jakob Poeltl is coming off a career-high 32 point effort against Temple and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week.
THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (4-1) return to Jon M. Huntsman Center to open a three-game home stand, beginning with Idaho State this Friday, Nov. 27. Tip-off between the Utes and Bengals is set for 7:06 p.m.
COVERING THE UTES
Friday's contest will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks. JB Long will call the action, while Mike Montgomery provides color commentary for the game. Fans can also follow the game on-line at www.Pac-12.com/live or via smart phone/tablet by downloading the Pac-12 Now App.
Fans can listen to the broadcast on the Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play, with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto.
Live stats will be provided for Friday's contest, with links to GameTracker found on-line at www.UtahUtes.com.
GAME PROMOTIONS
The Utah Men's Basketball is partnering up with the Utah Food Bank this Friday and fans are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to the gates of the Huntsman center to receive a free upper bowl ticket to the game.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah went 2-1 at the 2015 Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan this past weekend, posting wins against Texas Tech and Temple and taking third-place in the island tournament.
ABOUT IDAHO STATE
The Bengals are 2-1 heading into this week's slate of games against Denver (Nov. 25) and Utah. Idaho State is coming off an 85-67 loss to Washington State, but opened the season with wins over Great Falls (78-72) and Dickinson State (110-85).
Ali Faruq-Bey leads ISU with 18.7 points per game, which includes shooting .409 from the field and .419 from the three-point line. Ben Wilson has tallied a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game, but Novak Topalovic leads all players with 17 boards on the season. Ethan Telfair averages 17.3 ppg and has dished out a team-high 13 assists on the year.
The Bengals are shooting .422 as a team, but are allowing opposing squads to a .439 field goal percentage. ISU drains .398 percent from the arc and converts .699 percent of its free throws.
HISTORY WITH THE BENGALS
Utah leads the all-time series 25-4 and has won four consecutive contests against ISU, dating back to the 2009 season. Utah's last loss was a 72-68 affair with the Bengals in Pocatello. The Utes are a perfect 17-0 against ISU when playing inside the Huntsman Center.
Utah's largest margin of victory against ISU was a 37-point win (67-30) over the Bengals back in 1946. The Utes have a won by an average of 11.5 points during its current four-game winning streak over ISU.
POELTL NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday, following his career performance against Temple in the final game of the Puerto Rico Classic.
In four games last week, the 7-0 forward/center from Vienna, Austria nearly averaged a double-double with 19.5 points on 64 percent shooting and 9.5 rebounds as Utah went 3-1 over the previous seven days.
Poeltl recorded a pair of double-doubles last week, recording 15 points and 11 rebounds against San Diego State last Monday and then collecting a career-high 32 points to go along with 11 boards in Utah's six-point win over Temple in Puerto Rico on Sunday.
He just missed another double-double with 15 points and nine boards in Thursday's Puerto Rico Tip-Off opening victory against Texas Tech, and then added 16 points and six boards in the semifinals against Miami (Fla.) on Friday.
This marks the first Pac-12 weekly honor for Poeltl and the fourth overall accolade for the program, as he joins two-time recipient Delon Wright (1/20/14, 12/15/14) and Jordan Loveridge (12/16/13).
BONAM POURS IN 20-POINT EFFORT
Junior college transfer Lorenzo Bonam recorded his best game as a Ute in Utah's 10-point win over Texas Tech last Thursday in Puerto Rico, pouring in 20 points and dishing out four assists.
Bonam shot .500 (6-of-12) from the field, but was an impressive 8-of-10 (.800) from the charity stripe. The junior also notched seven rebounds in the contest.
TAYLOR SINKS WINNING SHOT AGAINST OWLS
Senior Brandon Taylor would have been the first player to tell you that he was in a funk, shooting less than 30 percent from both the field and the three-point arc, but that didn't stop him from putting up a pressure shot against the Owls this past Sunday.
In a game that was tied 68-68, Taylor ran the shot clock all the way down to one second while dribbling to the right side of the basket and then stroked a jumper from the corner to give the Utes a 70-68 lead with just 27 seconds left to play.
The shot would go down as the game winner after Temple failed to convert down the stretch.
After the game, Tayler said of his game winner: "I was just confident. It felt good going in. I was relaxed more than anything, especially at a time like that. Me being relaxed helped me a lot. I wasn't stressed, not at all."
POELTL HAS CAREER DAY AGAINST TEMPLE
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl poured in a career-high 32 points in Utah's 74-68 win over Temple on Sunday.
The 7-0 forward had his way with the opposition, shooting 10-of-12 from the field along with an impressive 12-of-14 effort from the charity stripe.
Poeltl pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds on the day as well, giving him his third double-double of the season and sixth of his career. He now has three double-doubles in five games played this season.
GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 30
Jakob Poeltl's 32-point effort was not only a career-high for the sophomore, but it also marked the first time that at Utah player had poured in 30 points or more since 2010.
Poeltl became the first Utes to score 30+ points in a game since Carlon Brown scored 31 points back on Jan. 27, 2010, at Wyoming.
Poeltl recorded a career-high 17 points in the first half, as well. His previous high in a half was 15 points, which he scored at Washington last season.
LOVERIDGE ON POINT
Senior Jordan Loveridge has led the Utes in scoring in two of the team's five games so far this season and he has scored at least 10 points in three of those five contests as well.
Loveridge has put up double-digit scoring efforts in 70 of his 98 career games played. He has also pulled down 10 or more rebounds in 14 games in his career.
THREE UTES AVERAGING DOUBLE-DIGITS
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl, senior Jordan Loveridge and junior Lorenzo Bonam are each averaging at least 10 points heading into this week's game with Idaho State.
Poeltl leads the team with 20.8 points per game, Loveridge adds 17.8 points per game and Bonam has tallied 10.2 points per contest.
Poeltl heads into Friday's game nearly averaging a double-double. He is notching 9.8 boards per night to go along with his 20+ points per game.
UTES PICKED THIRD BY PAC-12 COACHES
Utah was picked third in this year's Pac-12 preseason poll, which was announced by the league office on Oct. 15.
The Utes tallied seven of a possible 36 first-place votes for a total of 360 points. Last season's regular-season champions, Arizona, was picked to finish first for a fourth-straight year after receiving 18 first-place votes for a total of 406 points. California tallied nine first-place votes and was picked just ahead of the Utes in second-place with 378 total points.
Oregon (338) and UCLA (304) notched one first-place vote and rounded out the top-five picks, respectively.
Oregon State (235) and Colorado (188) were picked sixth and seventh, with Arizona State (165), Stanford (145), USC (111), Washington (96) and Washington State (65) rounding out the remaining teams in the poll.
THREE UTES NAMES TO AWARD WATCH LISTS
Senior Brandon Taylor was one of 20 players named to the Julius Erving Award watch and senior Jordan Loveridge was one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Award watch list in an announcement from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, back on Oct. 13.
Named after Hall of Famer and 11-time NBA All-Star Julius Erving, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top small forwards in Division I men's college basketball.
The Karl Malone Award is in its second year as well, and it recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball after the Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player.
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list on Oct. 16.
Named after Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top centers in men's college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Poeltl, who was a semifinalist for the award last season, is one of three Pac-12 big men named to the watch list that also includes Arizona's Kaleb Tarczewski and Colorado's Josh Scott.
POELTL NAMED TO WOODEN AWARD LIST
Sophomore Jakob Poeltl has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Top-50 list this week. Poeltl was one of five players from the Pac-12 named to the preseason list and is one of eight sophomores.
Poeltl is Utah's second player to be named to the Wooden preseason list in as many years, following in the footsteps of Delon Wright, who was a Wooden Award finalist last season.
UP NEXT
Utah continues its home stand next week with a pair of games, hosting BYU and IPFW.
The Utes and Cougars will face off in its annual Deseret First Duel rivalry game next Wednesday, Dec. 2. Tip-off between the Utes and Cougars is set for 8 p.m. at the Huntsman Center.
Utah then closes out the home stand against IPFW on Saturday, Dec. 5. Tip-off for that contest is set for noon at the Huntsman Center.
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