“That was a great one.”Ību Kigab and Akot joined Armus in double figures with 15 and 11 points, respectively. He’s a real shooter, and that was a clutch shot,” Armus said of Shaver. The Broncos then got a stop on the other end and handed the ball to Shaver for the winning play. The Broncos and Aggies spent the second half in a back-and-forth battle that saw nine lead changes and four ties, and Utah State (10-9, 1-5) led 59-56 with 1:14 to play before the Broncos hit a pair of huge 3-pointers.Įmmauel Akot knotted the score at 59-59 when he dribbled once between his legs, stepped back and sank a three with 51 seconds on the clock. We live right now, and we’re finding ways to win right now.”īoise State shot just 27.3% from the field in the first half, including going 1-for-10 from deep, to trail Utah State 30-24 at the break. “But I’d trade the ability to win over the, ‘Hey, in the future that’s gonna cost you.’ Well, we’re not missing them on purpose.
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“I think we can hang our hat on missing some free throws,” Rice said. Entering Thursday’s game, the Broncos ranked 354th out of 358 Division I teams with a free-throw percentage of 60.2%. Boise State finished 5-for-15 as a team, continuing its major struggles there. That’s impressive.”įor as good as he was on the boards, Armus could have made the game a lot less stressful for the Broncos if not for a 2-for-10 performance at the free-throw line. Armus scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half on 7-for-9 shooting. He grabbed 10 of Boise State’s 16 offensive boards, which led to 23 second-chance points, and drew the assignment of guarding the Utah State double-double machine of Justin Bean.Įven with the 6-foot-10 Armus in his face, Bean still got his double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, but he was held without an offensive rebound for only the third time in 19 games this season. Armus collected career highs of 22 points and 19 rebounds, and threw down four dunks. While Shaver scored the winning bucket, it was fellow redshirt senior Mladen Armus who frustrated the Utah State defense all night.