Idaho St. 71, N. Arizona 49

Idaho St. 71, N. Arizona 49

Published Mar. 1, 2009 4:25 a.m. ET

Austin Kilpatrick scored 17 points and Lucas Steijn had a double-double as Idaho State beat Northern Arizona 71-49 on Saturday night. Kilpatrick hit five of nine 3-point attempts. Steijn scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Northern Arizona (8-19, 5-11 Big Sky Conference) was led by center Josh Lepley with 18 points. No other Lumberjack scored in double figures. A 15-0 run to end the first half broke open the game for Idaho State (12-18, 9-7). Early in the first half, the teams had traded seven-point leads and the score was tied at 22-22 with 7:25 remaining. Idaho State held Northern Arizona scoreless the rest of the half, taking a 37-22 lead. In the second half, ISU had leads of up to 27 points and NAU never got closer than 13. NAU committed 17 turnovers to ISU's eight.

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