GREEN BAY, Wis. - Similar game, similar heart-wrenching result for Idaho's men's basketball team on Thursday in a 63-61 loss at Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Just two days removed from a last-second overtime loss at Wright State, the Vandals (7-6) played another tightly-contested, back-and-forth game and couldn't make the plays they needed to down the stretch.

"I thought our guys gave a heck of an effort," Idaho coach Don Verlin said. "We had some executional errors - we turned it over 11 times in the second half and we can't do that. The other night was free throw shooting, tonight it was turnovers in the second half."

Junior forward Djim Bandoumel led Idaho with a career-high 16 points, primarily by way of the dunk, and added five rebounds and two blocks. Junior center Kyle Barone posted a second-consecutive double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, as well as four blocks. Sophomore guard Stephen Madison put in 13 points.

The Vandals effectively shut down Green Bay's top player, 7-foot-1 forward Alec Brown, who had just two points, one rebound, two turnovers and four fouls in the game, but the rest of the Green Bay (6-6) roster filled the void, primarily in the form of forward Brennan Cougill, who had game highs of 19 points and 19 rebounds, as well as three assists, three steals and two blocks.

"We had no answer for him," Verlin said of Cougill. "He got down low and scored against our zone."

Idaho plays Boise State at the Idaho Center on Dec. 31.

IDAHO (7-6)

Bandoumel 7-12 2-3 16, Barone 4-10 5-6 13, Tatum 1-4 0-0 2, Madison 5-8 2-2 13, Geiger 3-5 0-0 7, Starke 1-4 0-0 2, Habeeb 1-4 3-4 5, Hill 1-3 0-0 3, McChristian 0-0 0-0 0, Borton 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-53 12-15 61.

GREEN BAY (6-6)

Brown 0-4 2-2 2, Cougill 6-10 6-6 19, Baker 4-5 2-4 13, Cerroni 4-7 1-3 12, Sykes 2-9 1-4 5, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Armstead 1-4 0-0 3, Mays 1-3 0-0 2, Turner 1-7 2-2 4, Heuer 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 20-54 14-21 63.

Halftime_Green Bay 32-29. 3-Point Goals_Idaho 3-10 (Geiger 1-2, Madison 1-2, Hill 1-3, Habeeb 0-1, Borton 0-2), Green Bay 9-20 (Baker 3-4, Cerroni 3-5, Cougill 1-3, Armstead 1-3, Heuer 1-3, Sykes 0-1, Turner 0-1). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Idaho 34 (Barone 12), Green Bay 35 (Cougill 19). Assists_Idaho 14 (Borton, Tatum 3), Green Bay 10 (Cerroni, Cougill 3). Total Fouls_Idaho 17, Green Bay 13. A_2,514.