Vandals knock off Seattle again

by From wire and news services
| February 18, 2010 11:00 PM

MOSCOW - Kashif Watson scored 20 points Thursday night to lead Idaho to an 82-72 victory over Seattle and a sweep of the season series.

Marvin Jefferson had 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Vandals (13-12), who won this nonconference matchup and have won five of their last seven games. Mac Hopson added 15 points and Luiz Toledo 10.

"I thought we did a great job," Idaho coach Don Verlin said. "We turned it over 24 times over there (in Idaho's 87-85 win on Jan. 30), but I thought tonight in the first half we executed very well in our press breaker."

Chris Gweth led the Redhawks (13-14) with 15 points and eight rebounds.

Idaho made 28 of 49 shots (57.1 percent) to just 26 of 68 (38.2 percent) for Seattle and held a 41-32 rebounding advantage.

The Vandals, who led 38-28 at halftime, have won the last five meetings, including 87-85 on Jan. 30 in Seattle.

Idaho plays host to Long Beach State on Saturday in a BracketBuster game.

SEATTLE (13-14)

Lever 0-2 0-0 0, Broussard 3-9 1-2 8, Burrell 0-1 0-0 0, Gweth 5-15 2-2 15, Gilmore 4-5 0-0 8, Boxley 1-7 0-0 2, Olson 3-5 2-2 11, P.Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Garcia 5-12 4-6 14, Jones 5-10 3-7 14. Totals 26-68 12-19 72.

IDAHO (13-12)

Hopson 3-7 9-11 15, Johnson 1-4 2-2 4, Toledo 3-4 4-6 10, Watson 8-12 4-8 20, Jefferson 6-8 4-8 16, Ledbetter 1-3 0-0 2, Henderson 2-4 2-2 6, de Souza 2-2 0-0 5, Lawrence 0-0 0-0 0, Barone 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 28-49 25-37 82.

Halftime-Idaho 38-28. 3-Point Goals-Seattle 8-23 (Olson 3-3, Gweth 3-7, Jones 1-2, Broussard 1-4, P.Harris 0-1, Lever 0-1, Garcia 0-2, Boxley 0-3), Idaho 1-6 (de Souza 1-1, Hopson 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Ledbetter 0-2). Fouled Out-Burrell, Jones. Rebounds-Seattle 32 (Gweth 8), Idaho 41 (Jefferson 8). Assists-Seattle 11 (Gweth 4), Idaho 17 (Hopson 9). Total Fouls-Seattle 26, Idaho 17. A-1,287.