Idaho came up short against Northern Colorado Thursday for the second time this season, falling 80-63 in the Cowan Spectrum.
The Bears won the regular season rematch on the Vandals home turf with some help from five athletes in double-digit scoring.
Idaho was cold as ice to open the rematch contest against the Bears.
Senior forward Brayon Blake appeared to make the first shot of the game with a fade away 2-pointer, but a traveling foul on the Bears retracted the points and Idaho was back to square one.
It wasn’t until after the five-minute mark that the Vandals hit the first shot of the game with a layup from senior guard Victor Sanders.