Vandals’ Hot Shooting Downs Wildcats in Ogden

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Idaho StateMOSCOW, Idaho - Inside the Dee Events Center, whose rounded seating resembles that of the Roman Coliseum, the Idaho Vandals took the court against the host Wildcats of Weber State in a Thursday primetime matchup.

Despite trailing by six in the opening minutes, Kyson Rose would open up the scoring for Idaho with a wide-open three, spurring a first-half run highlighted by Jack Payne's back-to-back-to-back makes from beyond the arc in just over a minute of game time. Tyler Mrus would tack on 10 points of his own to give the black and gold a 36-31 lead at the break.

Mrus would take the momentum and run in the second half, finishing with a clutch 21 points off of 4-7 (57%) from…