2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals

2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
10 Tommy Ball RS-Fr G 6-0 175 - El Dorado (CA) United States Oak Ridge High School
34 Gedeon Buzangu RS-Jr F 6-9 230 - Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Arlington Country Day School
12 James Carlson RS-Jr F 6-9 210 - Coeur d'Alene (ID) United States Lake City High School
13 Daxton Carr RS-Fr F 6-7 215 Aug 27, 1999 Pocatello (ID) United States Highland High School
22 Austin Cook RS-Fr F 6-5 210 - La Verne (CA) United States Damien High School
2 Tarik Cool Sr G 6-4 180 Mar 7, 1998 Chandler (AZ) United States Desert Vista High School
33 Noble Cooper RS-Jr F 6-6 205 - Issaquah (WA) United States Liberty High School
20 Robert Ford III Jr G 6-0 180 - Portland (OR) United States Jefferson High School
14 Kyle Karstetter Fr F 6-7 205 Jun 16, 2001 Moses Lake (WA) United States Moses Lake Christian High School
25 Brayden Parker RS-So F 6-8 250 - Preston (ID) United States Preston High School
3 Malik Porter Sr F 6-5 215 - Phoenix (AZ) United States Cesar Chavez High School
5 Austin Smellie RS-Jr G 6-5 195 - Preston (ID) United States Preston High School
1 Liam Sorensen RS-Fr G 6-4 200 Nov 15, 2000 Haldum Denmark Get Better Academy
4 Emmit Taylor RS-Jr G 6-4 195 - Lapwai (ID) United States Lapwai High School
24 Conner Turner Fr C 7-2 270 - Yakima (WA) United States West Valley High School
32 Zach Visentin RS-Fr C 6-9 270 - Springville (UT) United States Springville High School

Recent Idaho State Bengals History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 14-20 (7-11) 7th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 11-21 (8-10) 5th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 7-23 (5-15) 10th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 13-11 (8-6) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 8-22 (4-16) 10th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 11-19 (7-13) 10th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 14-16 (9-9) 6th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 5-26 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 16-15 (11-7) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 7-23 (4-14) 10th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2013-2014 11-18 (8-12) 10th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2012-2013 6-24 (5-15) 10th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2011-2012 9-21 (7-9) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 9-20 (4-12) 8th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2009-2010 7-22 (4-12) 8th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2008-2009 13-19 (9-7) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 12-19 (8-8) 4th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 13-17 (8-8) 5th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 13-14 (4-10) 8th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2004-2005 9-18 (3-11) 8th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2003-2004 12-19 (7-7) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 15-14 (7-7) 3rd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A

2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Tarik Cool All-Big Sky Third Team
Robert Ford III All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
Brayden Parker All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
Brayden Parker Big Sky Player of the Week (Dec 28, 2020)

2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. Ford III T. Cool A. Smellie D. Carr B. Parker
Rotation   E. Taylor   M. Porter  
Lim PT T. Ball A. Cook N. Cooper G. Buzangu Z. Visentin
Lim PT   L. Sorensen   K. Karstetter C. Turner
Lim PT       J. Carlson  

2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tarik Cool 24 33.6 14.0 3.4 2.3 0.8 0.1 3.2
Robert Ford III 24 31.6 11.4 7.2 3.1 1.2 0.2 3.0
Brayden Parker 24 25.3 10.4 5.5 1.3 0.7 1.2 2.0
Austin Smellie 24 33.4 8.5 3.5 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.5
Malik Porter 24 20.8 8.3 4.9 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.0
Daxton Carr 24 21.6 4.9 2.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.9
Emmit Taylor 23 10.7 3.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.7
Liam Sorensen 12 12.5 3.2 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.2
Zach Visentin 21 7.8 2.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8
Gedeon Buzangu 18 7.4 2.3 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.7
Noble Cooper 8 5.0 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
James Carlson 8 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Austin Cook 10 3.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4
Kyle Karstetter 17 3.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Conner Turner 5 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tommy Ball 5 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2

2020-2021 Idaho State Bengals Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Ryan Looney Head Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (Point Loma, 2016 to 2019)
Chris McMillian Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Player Development (Illinois-Chicago, 2015 to 2019)
Joe White Assistant Coach 2019-2020 N/A
Davis Furman Assistant Coach 2020-2021 Graduate Assistant (Idaho State, 2019 to 2020)
Pauline Thiros Athletic Director 2020-2021 N/A
Dan Ryan Director of Strength and Conditioning 2020-2021 N/A
Dustin Enslinger Head Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 Head Athletic Trainer (Emporia State, 2014 to 2017)
Chace Anderson Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A