Belo scores 19, MSU men beat Idaho

by Associated Press
| December 30, 2022 12:30 PM

BOZEMAN — Jubrile Belo scored 19 points as Montana State beat Idaho 72-58 in a Big Sky Conference opener on Thursday.

Belo added eight rebounds for the Bobcats (8-6). Tyler Patterson scored 17 points, going 6 of 11 (5 for 9 from distance). Raequan Battle was 5 of 9 shooting (2 for 4 from distance) to finish with 13 points.

Divant'e Moffitt led the way for the Vandals (6-8) with 19 points and four assists. Idaho also got 11 points and 11 rebounds from Nigel Burris. In addition, Trey Smith finished with 10 points.

Montana State hosts Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon while Idaho visits Montana.

IDAHO (6-8) — Burris 3-7 4-4 11, Jones 3-6 0-0 6, Moffitt 8-20 3-3 19, Salih 1-4 0-2 2, R.Smith 1-9 2-2 5, T.Smith 4-5 0-0 10, Harge 2-3 0-0 5, D.Ford 0-1 0-0 0, Hanshaw 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-55 9-11 58.

MONTANA ST. (8-6) — Belo 8-12 3-3 19, Battle 5-9 1-1 13, Brown 1-5 3-4 6, Fuller 0-4 1-2 1, Gazelas 0-1 0-0 0, Patterson 6-11 0-1 17, R.Ford 1-3 1-2 3, McMahon 0-3 0-0 0, Osobor 5-6 0-0 10, Lecholat 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 27-55 9-13 72.

Halftime_Montana St. 34-20. 3-Point Goals_Idaho 5-19 (T.Smith 2-3, Harge 1-2, Burris 1-4, R.Smith 1-5, D.Ford 0-1, Moffitt 0-2, Salih 0-2), Montana St. 9-18 (Patterson 5-9, Battle 2-4, Lecholat 1-1, Brown 1-2, Gazelas 0-1, McMahon 0-1). Fouled Out_Jones. Rebounds_Idaho 28 (Burris 11), Montana St. 32 (Belo 8). Assists_Idaho 7 (Moffitt 4), Montana St. 18 (Belo 4). Total Fouls_Idaho 16, Montana St. 13. A_3,172 (8,455).