Idaho State Bengals (5-6) vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (9-4)

Flagstaff, Arizona. Thursday, 8pm ET

Bottom Line: Idaho State will face Northern Arizona State after Jake O’Neal scored 21 points in Idaho State’s 70-56 loss to the Utah Valley Wolverines.

The Lumberjacks are 6-0 on their home court. Northern Arizona has a 3-0 record in games decided by fewer than four points.

The Bengals are 1-5 on the road. Idaho State averages 11.0 turnovers per game and is 3-2 when they commit fewer turnovers than their opponents.

Northern Arizona is shooting 48.5 percent from the field this season, which is 8.1 points more than Idaho State has allowed (40.4 percent) to its opponents. Idaho State is shooting 41.9 percent from the field this season, 1.0 points lower than Northern Arizona’s opponents’ average shooting percentage of 42.9 percent.

Thursday’s matchup will be the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

Top performers: Lumberjacks’ Trenton McLaughlin is averaging 23.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

Dylan Darling of the Bengals is averaging 13.3 points and 5.7 assists.

Last 10 games: Lumberjacks: 7-3, averaging 79.9 points, 37.0 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 6.0 steals, 2.0 blocks and shooting 47.2% from the field. Opponents are averaging 72.1 points per game.

Bengals: 5-5, averaged 76.6 points, 37.9 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 5.8 steals, and 5.9 blocks per game, shooting 43.8 percent from the field. The opponent’s average score is 65.8 points.

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