POCATELLO — The Idaho State men’s and women’s basketball teams opened their respective regular seasons Tuesday with a pair of home victories.

The men’s team snatched an 81-71 victory over Park University Gilbert (AZ) behind Connor Hollenbeck and Quin Patterson. The women’s team, led by Piper Carlson’s double-double and Tasia Jordan’s outburst, bested Westminster (UT), 99-47.

Jordan, who spent the last two seasons as ISU’s go-to bench scorer, started Tuesday and erupted for a game-high 26 points on just 13 shots — 11 makes. The graduate student added three rebounds, one assist, two blocks and two steals.

She was one of four Bengals who scored double-digits, including Carlson, who put up 13 points to go with 11 rebounds.

Jordan, Carlson and the Bengals will be on the road Saturday, at Gr

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