Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Boise State
Fresno State Falls To Boise State, 70-56
2/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 25, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State couldn't find an answer for La'Shard Anderson or a nasty BSU full-court press. At the end of the night, the Dogs could not get in sync and were outgunned by a Bronco sharpshooter in a 70-56 loss at the Save Mart Center.
The Dogs were coming off consecutive dominating wins and looking to build some momentum heading into the final three WAC games. Despite a solid first half in which they lead for nearly 19 minutes, the Dogs could not handle a 17-3 Bronco run to open the second half that put the game out of reach.
The closest Fresno State would get after that was 57-47 with 5:10 remaining in the game.
Anderson finished with a game with 31 points, tying his career high.
Kevin Olekaibe was Fresno State's only consistent scoring threat. He scored 16 of the first 34 points by the Dogs and finished the game with 23 points.
"This was not what I expected at home," said head coach Steve Cleveland. "I can't explain 18 turnovers and only shooting 25 percent in the second half. We felt good at halftime and knew what we wanted to do but every time we went down, we turned the ball over and they made us pay on the other end and they created separation and forced us to play catch-up. We didn't handle that very well, obviously. We will take a couple days off and then we have to get back to work to get ready for Idaho and Hawai'i next week."
Fresno State will have a week off before returning to WAC action at Idaho, the last WAC road trip of the season.
Bulldog Notes
- Boise State's win gave it a season sweep and an all-time lead in the series 15-14.
- As part of a "Think Pink" night in which the Bulldog women's team wore pink uniforms to bring awareness to breast cancer, the Bulldog men's team showed their support by wearing pink shoelaces and the coaching staff wore pink neckties.
- In other games involving WAC teams Thursday night, Idaho (16-11, 8-6) defeated Nevada (11-16, 7-6) 67-59 and Louisiana Tech (12-16, 2-10) played at Hawaii (15-10, 5-7) in a late night contest.
- The Bulldogs played their second game with Tim Steed, the team's third leading scorer, who is sitting out a three-game school suspension.
"We are Your Team!" Fresno State returns to action March 3 at Idaho at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be televised by the WAC Sports Network.
