There were a few promising moments early for Seattle University on Sunday afternoon against Idaho.

Then, as coach Cameron Dollar said, "the wheels fell off. And we tried a bunch of different things to get it back on the road and wasn't successful."

And when it was over, Idaho had left town with a 73-62 win in front of 2,630 at KeyArena, another disappointing home defeat for the Redhawks. Seattle U, 2-5 overall, is 0-3 at the Key.

While the Redhawks played competitively for a while, the Redhawks simply couldn't stop Idaho early as the Vandals hit 17 of 28 shots in the first half (60.7 percent) in taking a 43-37 lead at the break.

Idaho then went on a 17-2 run in the first 9 ½ minutes of the second half to take control. Seattle U tried to claw back behind sophomore guard Sterling Carter, who scored 11 of his game-high 19 points in the second half, but never got closer than 10.

Idaho improved to 6-4, capping a successful weekend that saw the Vandals win 74-60 at Oregon State on Friday night.

Shooting was the most obvious difference as Idaho finished 27 of 49 (55 percent) to the Redhawks' 27 of 76 (35.5). Idaho was 5 of 11 on three-pointers while the home team was 6 of 26.

"They hit some tough shots and there's not much you can do about that," said Seattle U forward Aaron Broussard, who scored 15 points.

Idaho was led by the 17 of guard Stephen Madison, a sophomore who was a teammate of UW's Terrence Ross at Portland's Jefferson High.

The Redhawks play their next two games on the road — Wednesday at Arkansas State and Saturday at Utah State. Their next home game is Dec. 21 against Virginia at 7:10 p.m. at KeyArena.