@UNC_BearsMBB hits the road looking to extend its winning streak

Thursday, February 14

Moscow, Idaho

8 PM

University of Northern Colorado

Idaho

2/13/2019 2:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Idaho Game Notes

By: Ryan Ronan

It was an eventful homestand for Northern Colorado that saw them pick up a pair of wins and now they hit the road for a pair of games against what will be rested opponents. The trip starts against Idaho, the Vandals haven't played since Feb. 9 in a loss to Montana State.

BEARS BITES

The three games at Bank of Colorado Arena saw a number of impressive performances. Jonah Radebaugh set a new career-high for points scored with 28 against Portland State.
Jordan Davis averaged 22 points a game over the stay at home that brought him to within just 18 points of becoming the Bears all-time leading scorer.
UNC is currently alone in second place a game ahead of Weber State and a game behind Montana.
The Bears play both of them in the next two weeks.
NC remains the only team in the conference in the top three in both scoring offense and defense.

Northern Colorado beat Idaho on the first Saturday of the New Year. The game went to overtime with the Vandals coming up short and that loss started a freefall through the schedule.

IDAHO INSIGHT

UI has lost nine-straight games, which started with that loss to UNC.
It was the only game decided by less than 10 points during their current slide.
Trevon Allen and Cameron Tyson at 14 and 13.3 points a game.
Idaho has the third highest 3-point field goal percentage in the Big Sky.

The Bears and Vandals are very different teams, but have one thing in common, they both shoot the three at a high rate.

BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP

UNC is second in the league in scoring, while UI is last.
Idaho doesn't make as many triples as UNC, just eight a game, but they are right ahead of the Bears in percentage.
Idaho is second in the conference in 3 point FG defense, UNC made 11 in the first meeting it was the second most allowed by UI in conference play.
Northern Colorado has won the last two meetings against the Vandals.

Following the game in Moscow, UNC heads to Eastern Washington who has turned its season around since the two met in early January.

INSIDE EASTERN

Following the loss to the Bears, EWU was 1-3 in Big Sky play. Since, they are 5-3 including a win over Montana.
In their last game on Feb. 9, Eastern pushed the Griz to the edge again losing by just a single point.
The Eagles have a trio of double digits scorers led by Jacob Davison and Mason Peatling both hovering around 15 a game.
Jesse Hunt rounds out the trio at 14 points a game.
The Eagles have drastically improved their 3-point shooting in Big Sky play, they have the second highest percentage in conference games.

Since Jeff Linder took over the Bears program, UNC and EWU have alternated wins and losses with each team winning a pair of games.

BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP

Eastern is the only team in the league who is outscoring Idaho and only Weber State scores more points than the Bears.
In the first meeting, UNC held Davison to just four points, 11 under his average.
On the flip side, Davis posted his third 30-point game of the season.
Eastern will have been off for a full week by the time game time rolls around.

Both games are in the Pacific Time Zone, so Thursday's game wont tip until 8 p.m. Mountain Time. The game on Saturday is an afternoon affair starting at 3 p.m. locally.