’Dogs start 100th season with win

Tuesday, November 9

Fresno, Calif.

7 p.m. PT

Fresno State

1-0,0-0Mountain West

Fresno Pacific

0-0,0-0PacWest

Fresno Pacific

Fresno St.

Photo by: CARY EDMONDSON - FRESNO STATE BRAND STRATEGY AND MARKETING

’Dogs start 100th season with win

11/9/2021 10:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Fresno State never trailed while routing Fresno Pacific 74-54 to open its 100th season with a victory.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of Strategic Communications

The Breakdown

Fresno State junior forward Orlando Robinson finished with 16 points, shooting 6-for-14 shooting from the field, with five rebounds, three assists, three blocks and a steal.
Fresno State sophomore guard/forward Leo Colimerio had a career-high 10 points and nine rebounds (seven offensive rebounds), while making his second career start.
Fresno State had four Bulldogs score in double-figures in the 20-point win.

FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno State men's basketball team opened up its centennial season with a 74-54 victory over the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds on Tuesday night in the Save Mart Center.

Fresno State (1-0) had four players score in double figures in Orlando Robinson (16 points), Jordan Campbell (14 points), Anthony Holland (12 points) and Leo Colimerio (10 points) to dispatch FPU.

Robinson led the team in scoring with 16 points, shooting 6-for-14 shooting from the field, five rebounds, three assists, three blocks and a steal. Robinson's three blocks came as the last line of the Bulldogs' defense at the rim.

Campbell also contributed with 14 points, shooting 6-for-10 from the field, including 1-of-2 from beyond the arc and multiple highlight reel-worthy no-chill dunks.

How it happened: Fresno State jumped to a 19-2 lead over FPU and never looked back.

The Bulldogs led by as much as 32 points and forced 15 Fresno Pacific turnovers.

Fresno State outscored Fresno Pacific 44-20 in the paint.

Team Notes:

Fresno State has now won 22 consecutive home openers (9-0 in home openers since joining the Mountain West in 2012).
Fresno State has now won 31 consecutive contests against non-Division I opponents.
Under Hutson, Fresno State improved to 13-1 when allowing under 60 points and 30-6 when recording a better assist-to-turnover ratio than its opponent.
Fresno State had four players score in double-figures for the 28th time in the Justin Hutson Era.
Fresno State shot 49.2 percent from the field (29-of-59).
Fresno State scored 23 points off of turnovers.
Fresno State outscored Fresno Pacific in the paint 44-20 and outrebounded Fresno Pacific 38-24.
Fresno State never trailed and held the lead for 36:54 during the contest.

Player Notes:

Leo Colimerio scored a career-high 10 points.
Colimerio scored in double-figures for the first time in his career.
Colimerio led the team with a career-high nine rebounds (seven offensive rebounds)
Colimerio led the team in minutes with a career-high 36 while making his second career start.
Colimerio tied his career-high with two steals.
Orlando Robinson led the team with 16 points, scoring in double-figures for the 38th time in his career.
Jordan Campbell tied his career-high with 29 minutes.
Campbell scored in double-figures for the fourth time in his career.
Anthony Holland scored in double-figures for the sixth time.
Fresno State is now 10-0 when Holland scores at least eight points in that game.
Destin Whitaker played a career-high 17 minutes.
Whitaker logged his first career steal.
Donavan Yap made his Bulldog debut scoring seven points in 15 minutes.
Robert Vaihola made his Bulldog debut scoring five points in eight minutes.
Steven Vasquez made his Bulldog debut.

Quotes:
Justin Hutson, Fresno State head coach
About creating separation during the game…
"Defense. We started in front of the ball, took away the backdoor cuts, the drive and kicks. Limited them to one shot, and got out and played the game easy, moved the ball on the front end. I don't think we shot the ball extremely well early. We had some good looks, but shooting comes and goes. We got some really good shooters sitting on the bench, but we got some capable shooters also. I think it was our defense and sticking with it. Eventually we were going to get a run."

Leo Colimerio, Fresno State sophomore guard/forward
About his rebounding performance tonight...
"I feel like sometimes I try to read it, from where the shots are coming from. Which way they are going when it hits the rim. I try to read that. I feel like today, and most of the time, it's the right time. Most of the time I just look to see where the ball is going. It felt good, I was just ready to play."

Anthony Holland, Fresno State junior guard
On the team's offseason…
"We had a team coming back for the first time. We actually had some chemistry and we've been working really hard this game. Just being connected on offense and defense. We work everyday. We focus on getting the right shot. Sometimes there's good shots and sometimes there's great shots. So, we always focus on getting the best shot available."

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