On Sunday night passion and emotion played a noticeable factor in the Memorial Gym, but the Idaho basketball team stayed poised. Now, all eyes are on Nevada.
Senior forward Arkadiy Mkrtychyan said head coach Don Verlin puts a lot of weight on staying composed at all times. Regardless of poor calls and other distracting factors, Idaho had to overcome.
“To keep an above the line behavior,” Mkrtychyan said. “Our coach tells us that is the emphasis this year.”
Early in the game, it was clear Lewis-Clark State was going test the Vandals’ composure. The Warriors and Vandals swapped words almost immediately.