Bulldogs beat Pioneers 99-56 in exhibition

Monday, October 30

Fresno, Calif.

7 p.m. PT

Fresno State

Pacific Union College (Exhibition)

Pacific Union College

Fresno State

Bulldogs beat Pioneers 99-56 in exhibition

10/30/2017 9:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

The Fresno State men’s basketball team cruised to a 43-point exhibition win on Monday night. The Bulldogs next host UC Merced on Friday night at 7 p.m. PT, with tickets available starting at $7.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of New Media

FRESNO, Calif. --- The Fresno State men's basketball team defeated the Pacific Union College Pioneers 99-56 in an exhibition contest on Monday night at the Save Mart Center.

This was the second of the three exhibition games Fresno State will play before tipping off the 2017-18 regular season on Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. PT vs. UC Santa Cruz. All exhibition contests, including individual and team statistics do not count toward the Bulldogs' overall record or season statistics and records.

How it happened
Fresno State used a 25-6 run midway through the first half to pull away and never look back en route to the wire-to-wire exhibition victory over the Pioneers. The Bulldogs led 52-23 at halftime, and by as many as 51 points in the second half.

The Bulldogs outshot the Pioneers throughout the contest -- finishing the game by converting 58.0 percent of its field goal attempts while limiting Pacific Union to just 31.7 percent from the floor and three assists for the 40-minute exhibition.

Fresno State outscored Pacific Union 64-24 in the paint and won the rebounding battle 51-31.

Game Notes

Fresno State sophomore forward Bryson Williams posted a double-double with 19 points (9-for-13 FG) and 11 rebounds. Williams also had three blocks and two assists.
Fresno State sophomore guard Johnny McWilliams scored 16 points.
A total of six Bulldogs scored in double figures – with Ray Bowles, Jr., Nate Grimes, Jaron Hopkins and Deshon Taylor each also scoring 12 points.
Fresno State had assists on 23 of its 40 made field goals.
All 12 student-athletes on Fresno State's active roster played in the game.

Quoteable
Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry on what he took away from tonight's game…
"We knew it was going to be a game where our size was going to be an advantage for us. We looked at that as a positive for our big guys to have to go with guys who are able to go up off the bounce and make some big shots. We will see some teams throughout the course of the year, and into conference play, who are a little bit smaller and can step out and make shots. They can be bigger and step out and make shots, too. So, this is really good for these guys this early in the year to be able to guard some smaller guys. We needed to try to put our will on those guys in terms of trying to exploit us being bigger and playing bigger. We didn't want to go into the game playing small. It gave us a good look in terms of pressure and we needed to work on our pressed offense against a pressed defense in game-like situations. It is going to make us better in that regard. This time of year you don't always see a lot of pressure. This was a good game in that regards and it gave us a lot of different looks."

Terry on reaching the "Coach Terry pace" for the team…
"We are a ways away from that, especially in terms of offense. At this time of year, it is not about facing opponents, it is about us trying to improve in all aspects of the game. I do think this year's team is going to have the chance to be a good offensive team. We have guys that can score in transition - it is just a matter of getting the ball and getting the chance to make the most of the whole 40 minutes. I think we did a good job at that up at Saint Mary's. For this time of year, I think we are doing good in our transition so far."

Up Next
Fresno State will host UC Merced in its final exhibition contest on Friday at 7 p.m. PT.

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