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Bobcat Game Notes vs. Idaho State
3/2/2011 6:04:41 PM | Men's Basketball
MSU faces Idaho State in its final home game of 2010-11 on Wednesday
When all's said and done, Montana State's regular season finale against Idaho State on Wednesday decides only the Bobcats' seeding in the Big Sky Tournament, not whether the team's season lives on. That comes after Northern Colorado's hard-fought 77-74 win over Idaho State in Pocatello on Monday, which clinched a tourney spot for the Bobcats. A Montana State win on Wednesday, or an Eastern Washington loss at Weber State, would give MSU the tourney's fifth seed and a trip to Flagstaff, Ariz., to face NAU in a first round matchup. A loss, coupled with an EWU win, pushes MSU into the sixth spot. While NAU is guaranteed the fourth seed and MSU and Eastern battle for fifth and sixth, the possibilities at the top remain nearly endless between Northern Colorado (who clinches the title with a win Wednesday), Montana, and Weber State.
MSU Game Notes vs. Idaho State
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ISU 50-45, 1/24/11 in Pocatello Big Sky TV Bobcat Network (Jeff Lasky) Worthington Arena Pocatello, ID 7:05 pmMISCELLANY...
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Montana State's 11.9 turnovers per game stands as the 38th-best rate in Division I basketballSERIES NOTES...
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Idaho State's 2009 win in Bozeman snapped a four-game Bobcat winning streak in Worthington Arena?
The Bengals have won four of their last six games against MSUON THE OFFENSE...
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MSU has not shot 50% in a game since beating NAU in Bozeman, its only game over 50% from the field against a DI opponent?
MSU's 47.5% shooting night at EWU remains the team's only game over 40% in the last seven outings?
The Bobcats turn the ball over a league-best 11.9 times a game, the 43rd-best rate in the nation?
MSU has just 64 turnovers in the last seven games?
Seniors Bobby Howard and Erik Rush combine to score 858 of the team's 1,933 points (44%)?
Of MSU's 1,933 points, 34% (663) have been scored on three-point shotsON THE DEFENSE...
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After a five-game stretch allowing 67% shooting after halftime, MSU's last three foes shot 39% (37-for-94)?
After a five-game stretch in which four Bobcat foes topped 50% shooting, MSU has held four straight under 50%?
MSU's last six opponents shoot 61-for-142 (43%) from the arc March 2, 2011
