Idaho St. pulls away in 2nd half, beats Southern Utah 93-78 (Jan 04, 2018)

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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) Brandon Boyd scored 24 points and Jared Stutzman drilled 5 of 9 from long range for 23 as Idaho State pulled away from Southern Utah in the second half for a 93-78 win on Thursday night.

Balint Mocsan added 15 points and Geno Luzcando had 13 with eight rebounds, six assists and four steals for Idaho State (7-6, 2-0 Big Sky), which has won three straight and seven of its last eight games. Novak Topalovic added 12 points.

The Bengals had a 49-42 halftime advantage. Southern Utah closed to a 68-64 midway in the second period. Stutzman and Boyd nailed consecutive 3s to start a 14-2 sprint and the Bengals led 82-66 with 3:52 left and cruised to the win.

Dwayne Morgan had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Southern Utah (6-8, 0-3), which has dropped four straight.