# 2015–16 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bengals, led by fourth year head coach Bill Evans, played their home games at Holt Arena and Reed Gym and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to North Dakota.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Clint Nwosuh | Guard | 6–2 | 190 | Junior | Houston, Texas |
| 1 | Geno Luzcando | Guard | 6–3 | 190 | Sophomore | Estación Central, Chile |
| 3 | Ethan Telfair | Guard | 6–0 | 175 | Junior | Coney Island, New York |
| 5 | Ben Wilson | Guard | 6–6 | 207 | RS–Senior | Bardon, Queensland, Australia |
| 10 | Evann Hall | Guard | 6–4 | 210 | Senior | Thousand Oaks, California |
| 11 | Gary Chivichyan | Guard | 6–4 | 200 | Freshman | Los Angeles, California |
| 13 | Novak Topalovic | Center | 7–0 | 230 | Sophomore | Niš, Serbia |
| 15 | Brandon Boyd | Guard | 5–11 | 170 | Freshman | Los Angeles, California |
| 22 | Ali Faruq–Bey | Guard | 6–2 | 175 | Sophomore | Chicago, Illinois |
| 23 | Spencer Nicolds | Forward | 6–7 | 190 | Sophomore | Gilbert, Arizona |
| 24 | Stephen Lennox | Forward | 6–8 | 215 | Freshman | Lovington, New Mexico |
| 25 | Erik Nakken | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | RS–Sophomore | Cedar City, Utah |
| 33 | Justin Smith | Guard | 6–5 | 200 | Junior | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 35 | Kyle Ingram | Forward | 6–8 | 220 | Junior | Pasadena, California |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 10/30/2015* 7:00 pm | Montana Tech | W 103–65 | | Reed Gym (1,288) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/06/2015* 7:00 pm | Westminster (UT) | W 73–71 | | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/13/2015* 8:00 pm | Great Falls | W 78–72 | 1–0 | Reed Gym (1,659) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | Dickinson State | W 110–85 | 2–0 | Reed Gym (1,405) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/20/2015* 9:00 pm, P12N | at Washington State | L 67–84 | 2–1 | Beasley Coliseum (2,662) Pullman, WA |
| 11/25/2015* 4:00 pm | at Denver | L 69–79 | 2–2 | Magness Arena (1,039) Denver, CO |
| 11/27/2015* 7:00 pm, P12N | at Utah | L 72–102 | 2–3 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,185) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/05/2015* 7:00 pm | at Lamar | L 70–82 | 2–4 | Montagne Center (2,137) Beaumont, TX |
| 12/08/2015* 8:00 pm | at Portland | W 66–65 | 3–4 | Chiles Center (1,089) Portland, OR |
| 12/12/2015* 7:00 pm | Utah Valley | L 76–100 | 3–5 | Holt Arena (1,622) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/21/2015* 5:30 pm | vs. North Dakota State World Vision Classic | L 62–67 | 3–6 | Smith Spectrum (8,156) Logan, UT |
| 12/22/2015* 8:00 pm | at Utah State World Vision Classic | L 58–69 | 3–7 | Smith Spectrum (7,746) Logan, UT |
| 12/23/2015* 5:30 pm | vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley World Vision Classic | W 76–64 | 4–7 | Smith Spectrum (8,321) Logan, UT |
| 12/29/2015* 7:00 pm | Cal State Northridge | W 84–79 | 5–7 | Reed Gym (1,446) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/02/2016 7:00 pm | at Weber State | L 56–77 | 5–8 (0–1) | Dee Events Center (6,478) Ogden, UT |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | Northern Colorado | W 83–78 | 6–8 (1–1) | Holt Arena (1,426) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/09/2016 7:00 pm | North Dakota | L 76–84 | 6–9 (1–2) | Holt Arena (1,526) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/14/2016 8:00 pm | at Sacramento State | L 71–82 | 6–10 (1–3) | Colberg Court (781) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/16/2016 8:00 pm | at Portland State | W 73–70 | 7–10 (2–3) | Peter Stott Center (739) Portland, OR |
| 01/23/2016 7:00 pm | Weber State | W 69–68 | 8–10 (3–3) | Reed Gym (2,236) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm | Southern Utah | W 87–68 | 9–10 (4–3) | Holt Arena (1,644) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm | Northern Arizona | W 88–66 | 10–10 (5–3) | Holt Arena (1,813) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm | at North Dakota | L 60–76 | 10–11 (5–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,764) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/06/2016 7:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | W 90–57 | 11–11 (6–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,268) Greeley, CO |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | Portland State | W 88–71 | 12–11 (7–4) | Holt Arena (2,602) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/13/2016 7:00 pm | Sacramento State | W 66–64 | 13–11 (8–4) | Holt Arena (1,941) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/18/2016 7:30 pm | at Northern Arizona | L 68–81 | 13–12 (8–5) | Walkup Skydome (1,011) Fkagstaff |
| 02/20/2016 7:00 pm | at Southern Utah | W 89–71 | 14–12 (9–5) | Centrum Arena (1,568) Cedar City, UT |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm | Montana | L 77–90 | 14–13 (9–6) | Reed Gym (1,951) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/27/2016 7:00 pm | Montana State | W 76–69 | 15–13 (10–6) | Reed Gym (2,566) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/03/2016 7:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | W 75–71 | 16–13 (11–6) | Reese Court (1,574) Cheney, WA |
| 03/05/2016 8:00 pm | at Idaho | L 68–82 | 16–14 (11–7) | Cowan Spectrum (2,549) Moscow, ID |
| Big Sky tournament |||||
| 03/10/2016 3:30 pm | vs. North Dakota Quarterfinals | L 49–83 | 16–15 | Reno Events Center (1,003) Reno, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |||||