Vandals zone out Seattle U

| December 12, 2011 8:00 PM

SEATTLE (AP) - For two games, Idaho has been in the zone.

The Vandals relied on a sagging zone defense, just as they had in Friday's upset of Oregon State, to pull off Sunday's 73-62 win over Seattle before 2,630 at KeyArena.

Idaho's Stephen Madison had 17 points and seven rebounds. Djim Bandoumel scored 13 points for the Vandals (6-4), and Matt Borton added 11 points. Freshman Connor Hill from Post Falls added nine points in nine minutes for the Vandals.

After Idaho held Oregon State to 13 percent from behind the 3-point line Friday, the Vandals' zone limited Seattle to 23 percent on Sunday (6 for 26).

"When it started working, we just stayed with it," Idaho coach Don Verlin said.

Sterling Carter, who accounted for five of the Redhawks' 3-pointers, led Seattle (2-5) with 19 points. Aaron Broussard scored 15 points for the Redhawks, who have lost three in a row.

Idaho blitzed Seattle to start the second half, going on a 17-2 run to boost its lead to 60-39 with 11:11 remaining.

Bandoumel scored twice inside during the run, one of five Vandals to score during the spurt. Meanwhile, the Redhawks made just two of their first 12 shots in the second half.

"The team was running on fumes, but the team played very well," Verlin said. "I thought we had a good team win."

Idaho plays host to Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday.

IDAHO (6-4)

Bandoumel 6-11 1-2 13, Barone 3-7 2-4 8, Tatum 2-5 0-1 4, Madison 5-8 6-8 17, Geiger 1-5 2-3 4, Starke 2-5 0-0 4, Habeeb 0-0 1-3 1, Hill 3-3 1-2 9, Borton 5-5 1-2 13. Totals 27-49 14-25 73.

SEATTLE (2-5)

Broussard 7-14 0-0 15, Trent 4-8 0-1 8, Wallace 3-17 0-0 6, Obasi 1-4 0-0 2, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Burrell 3-3 0-0 6, Carter 6-16 2-2 19, Green 2-8 0-0 4, Rasmussen 1-6 0-0 2, Hurt 0-0 0-0 0, Flora 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-76 2-3 62.

Halftime_Idaho 43-37. 3-Point Goals_Idaho 5-11 (Borton 2-2, Hill 2-2, Madison 1-4, Geiger 0-3), Seattle 6-26 (Carter 5-13, Broussard 1-4, Wallace 0-1, Obasi 0-1, Trent 0-3, Rasmussen 0-4). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Idaho 43 (Barone, Madison 7), Seattle 36 (Wallace 7). Assists_Idaho 16 (Geiger 4), Seattle 13 (Rasmussen 3). Total Fouls_Idaho 12, Seattle 16. A_2,630.