# 2014–15 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bengals, led by third year head coach Bill Evans, played ten of their home games at Holt Arena and five home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–23, 4–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Geno Luzcando | Guard | 6–3 | 190 | Freshman | Estación Central, Chile |
| 3 | Ben Wilson | Guard | 6–5 | 207 | RS–Junior | Bardon, Queensland, Australia |
| 5 | Jeffrey Solarin | Forward | 6–4 | 210 | Senior | Denver, Colorado |
| 10 | Evann Hall | Guard | 6–4 | 210 | Junior | Thousand Oaks, California |
| 11 | Nnamdi Ezenwa | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | RS–Senior | El Paso, Texas |
| 12 | Ajak Magot | Center | 6–11 | 225 | RS–Senior | Tucson, Arizona |
| 13 | Novak Topalovic | Center | 7–0 | 230 | Freshman | Niš, Serbia |
| 21 | Andre Lavik | Forward/Center | 6–9 | 210 | Sophomore | Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia |
| 22 | Marcus Bradley | Forward | 6–6 | 225 | Junior | Highland, California |
| 23 | Spencer Nicolds | Forward | 6–7 | 190 | Freshman | Gilbert, Arizona |
| 24 | Chris Hansen | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 210 | Senior | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 25 | Erik Nakken | Guard | 6–3 | 195 | RS–Freshman | Cedar City, Utah |
| 32 | Ian Fox | Guard | 6–0 | 170 | Freshman | Carlsbad, California |
| 33 | Justin Smith | Guard | 6–5 | 200 | Sophomore | Colorado Springs, Colorado |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 10/30/2014* 7:00 pm | Great Falls | W 65–40 | | Reed Gym (1,288) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/05/2014* 7:00 pm | Montana Tech | W 66–59 | | Reed Gym (1,318) Pocatello, ID |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/14/2014* 8:00 pm, RTRM | at New Mexico | L 55–79 | 0–1 | The Pit (13,927) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/16/2014* 4:00 pm | at Denver | L 38–54 | 0–2 | Magness Arena (3,002) Denver, CO |
| 11/21/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | at Washington State | L 68–80 | 0–3 | Beasley Coliseum (2,138) Pullman, WA |
| 11/26/2013* 7:00 pm | Utah Valley | L 57–60 | 0–4 | Reed Gym (1,121) Pocatello, Idaho |
| 12/02/2014* 7:00 pm | Montana Western | W 86–66 | 1–4 | Holt Arena (1,323) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/06/2014* 7:00 pm | Pacific | L 62–68 | 1–5 | Holt Arena (1,554) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/09/2014* 7:00 pm | at Grand Canyon | W 67–51 | 2–5 | GCU Arena (4,766) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/13/2014* 7:00 pm | Northwest Nazarene | W 69–57 | 3–5 | Holt Arena (1,391) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/18/2014* 5:30 pm | vs. South Dakota State World Vision Classic | L 72–75 $^{OT}$ | 3–6 | Smith Spectrum (7,049) Logan, UT |
| 12/19/2014* 8:00 pm | at Utah State World Vision Classic | L 56–69 | 3–7 | Smith Spectrum (7,188) Logan, UT |
| 12/20/2014* 5:30 pm | vs. Cal State Bakersfield World Vision Classic | L 50–59 | 3–8 | Smith Spectrum (7,216) Logan, UT |
| 12/23/2014* 7:00 pm | at Utah Valley | L 47–51 | 3–9 | UCCU Center (1,109) Orem, UT |
| 01/01/2015 8:00 pm | at Idaho | L 54–77 | 3–10 (0–1) | Cowan Spectrum (812) Moscow, ID |
| 01/03/2015 3:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | L 57–65 | 3–11 (0–2) | Reese Court (1,684) Cheney, WA |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | Montana State | W 70–61 | 4–11 (1–2) | Holt Arena (1,426) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/10/2015 7:00 pm | Montana | L 64–90 | 4–12 (1–3) | Holt Arena (1,577) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/15/2015 7:00 pm | at Southern Utah | L 67–71 | 4–13 (1–4) | Centrum Arena (N/A) Cedar City, UT |
| 01/17/2015 4:00 pm | at Northern Arizona | L 69–72 | 4–14 (1–5) | Walkup Skydome (1,382) Fkagstaff |
| 01/22/2015 7:00 pm | Sacramento State | L 59–62 | 4–15 (1–6) | Reed Gym (1,500) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/24/2015 7:00 pm | Portland State | W 80–76 | 5–15 (2–6) | Reed Gym (1,763) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | L 76–79 | 5–16 (2–7) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,617) Greeley, CO |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | at North Dakota | L 69–80 | 5–17 (2–8) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,710) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm | Weber State | L 63–70 | 5–18 (2–9) | Holt Arena (1,892) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm | Northern Arizona | W 80–66 | 6–18 (3–9) | Holt Arena (1,492) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/14/2015 7:00 pm | Southern Utah | L 67–71 | 6–19 (3–10) | Holt Arena (1,582) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/19/2015 7:00 pm | at Montana | L 77–88 | 6–20 (3–11) | Dahlberg Arena (3,313) Missoula, MT |
| 02/21/2015 2:30 pm | at Montana State | L 53–67 | 6–21 (3–12) | Worthington Arena (1,677) Bozeman, MT |
| 02/28/2015 2:30 pm | at Weber State | L 57–61 | 6–22 (3–13) | Dee Events Center (6,325) Ogden, UT |
| 03/05/2015 7:00 pm | Eastern Washington | L 81–85 | 6–23 (3–14) | Holt Arena (1,474) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/07/2015 7:00 pm | Idaho | W 67–65 | 7–23 (4–14) | Holt Arena (1,964) Pocatello, ID |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |||||