Weber State holds off Idaho State 70-63
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) Jeremy Senglin scored a career-high 30 points, including 14-for-15 shooting from the line, to lead Weber State to a 70-63 win over Idaho State on Saturday night.
Joel Bolomboy added 14 points to go with his 11 rebounds and Chris Golden also had 14 points for Weber State (10-12, 5-6 Big Sky), which led most of the game but had to hold off a late Idaho State surge in the final minutes.
Both teams shot comparably from the floor but Weber State held a 21-13 edge in made free throws.
Trailing by seven late in the second half, Idaho State (5-18, 2-9) used an 8-3 burst fueled by Chris Hansen to trim it to 65-63 with 52 seconds left but was held scoreless the rest of the way.
Hansen paced Idaho State with 22 points, Jeffrey Solarin added 16 and 15 rebounds and Nnamdi Ezenwa had 10.