Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Boise State
Men's Basketball Edged By Boise State, 61-58
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 16, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - C.J. Williams hit a 3-point basket with three seconds left in the game to give Boise State a 61-58 win over Fresno State Saturday.
Booker Nabors led Boise State (10-15, 4-11 Western Athletic Conference) with 16 points including 11 in the final seven minutes as the Broncos rallied from a 14-point deficit.
Melvin Ely scored 21 points to lead Fresno State (16-11, 8-6.) Boise State's Abe Jackson, who came into the game averaging 19.3 points, injured his ankle with 9:52 left and the Broncos trailing by 12 points.
Fresno State ran the lead to 56-42 with seven minutes left but Nabors hit two 3-pointers and scored eight points to lead a 13-2 run over the next five minutes.
Ely's basket, the first for Fresno State in more than five minutes, gave the Bulldogs a 58-55 lead. But Richard Morgan came back with a 3-pointer to tie the game with 1:10 remaining.
Boise State got the ball back after a miss by Ely and was able to maintain possession until Williams' winning basket. Williams scored 11 for Boise State and Jackson had 13 before the injury.
Fresno State was without point guard Chris Sandy for the second straight game as the school was waiting for an NCAA ruling on his eligibility. Chris Jeffries, who was averaging 17.3 points for Fresno, is out for the season with a knee injury.
