Weber State University Athletics

Thursday, January 28
Moscow, ID
7:00 p.m. MT

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Wildcats back on the road for two games at Idaho

1/26/2021 4:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball

• Weber State hits the road for two games at the University of Idaho in Moscow this weekend. The Wildcats and Vandals will play Thursday at 6 p.m. PT (7 MT) and Saturday at 12 p.m. PT (1 MT) at the Memorial Gym in Moscow. Both games will be streamed online on Pluto TV 1060 and WatchBigSky.com as well as on the radio on 103.1 FM "The Wave". 

• Weber State is 7-4 overall on the season and 2-2 in Big Sky play. The Wildcats are coming off a split against Southern Utah last weekend. WSU defeated the Thunderbirds 91-67 on Thursday in Ogden, before falling 77-72 on Saturday in Cedar City, which snapped a four-game winning streak. 

• Senior guard Isiah Brown led the Wildcats, averaging 24 points in the two games last week. This season, Brown is second in the Big Sky in scoring at 18.9 points per game. He has scored in double figures in 10 of the 11 games and has reached 20 or more points five times. He is also fifth in the conference in field goal percentage and free throw percentage and ranks seventh in assists. 

• Weber State has been one of the top offensive teams in the Big Sky and the nation this season. The Wildcats lead the Big Sky in scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, assists and 3-point field goals made per game. Nationally, WSU is ninth in the country in 3-point percentage at 40.5 percent and 10th in scoring offense, averaging 84.4 points a game. The Wildcats are also 17th in the country in scoring margin, 23rd in field goal percentage and 26th in free throw percentage. WSU is 6-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points and 1-4 when scoring less than 80.  

• Idaho comes into the week seeking its first win of the season. The Vandals are 0-11 overall and 0-8 in Big Sky play. Senior Scott Blakney is leading the team in scoring at 12 points per game with senior Damen Thacker at 11.6. Thacker also leads the conference and is eighth in the nation in free throw percentage at 93.3 percent.  

• Weber State holds a 58-24 all-time series lead over Idaho. The two schools are charter members of the Big Sky Conference. Idaho left the league in 1996 and returned in 2015. Since the Vandals rejoined the league, Weber State is 6-4 in the series and the Wildcats have won four-straight games, including two-straight in Moscow.  

• WSU head coach Randy Rahe has now coached more games than any coach in Big Sky history. He is 285-177 in 15 years as head coach at Weber State and the 462 games is the most in conference history.

 

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