Home win streak ends in 69-53 loss

Thursday, February 4

Fresno, Calif.

6 p.m. PT

Fresno State

7-7, 5-7MW

Utah State

14-5, 11-2MW

Utah State

Fresno State

Photo by: CARY EDMONDSON - FRESNO STATE

Home win streak ends in 69-53 loss

2/4/2021 9:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

This was just the second home loss of the season for Fresno State, who is now 7-2 at home this season.

By: Stephen Trembley / Director of New Media

FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno State men's basketball team suffered a 69-53 loss to the Utah State Aggies on Thursday night at the Save Mart Center.

The loss snapped a five-game home winning streak for Fresno State (7-7, 5-7 Mountain West), who will host Utah State (14-5, 11-2 MW) again on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT.

Fresno State senior forward Christian Gray had a team-high nine points on 4-for-6 shooting, while Orlando Robinson added eight points, five rebounds and six assists for the Bulldogs.

Utah State was led by Neemias Queta, who had a game-best 14 points, five rebounds and five blocks.

Quotes:
Justin Hutson, Fresno State head coach
On what was learned from the game….
"A lot of good things happening out there for us. A lot of good signs of individual play and team play, but it is not nearly enough and until the mentality changes, you have to change from the neck up, for us to stay consistent, we have to be consistent from the neck up."

On play in the first half….
"We aren't just trying to stay with the good teams, I appreciate the recognition we can play with the best teams for a certain amount of time, but we are just inconsistent with what we are doing. It is not all of us, but those good teams when they step it up and they make good plays themselves also. They stepped up and made good plays also. We stepped up and made good plays, but we have to get rid of the ones where we shoot ourselves in the foot. If we are going to be able to beat good teams, we have to do things that deserve to beat good teams."

Team Notes:

This was just the second home loss of the season for Fresno State, who is now 7-2 at home this season.
This was also Fresno State's first home loss in over a month when the Bulldogs were edged 78-74 by Wyoming in their MW home opener on Jan. 2.
This was the first time Fresno State did not have a double-figure scorer in a game since a 50-43 home loss to Colorado on Dec. 12, 2012 when Kevin Foster had a team-high eight points for the Bulldogs.

Next up: Fresno State hosts Utah State on Saturday night at 7 p.m. PT on FS1 and 940 AM ESPN Radio, and then will travel play a two-game road series next week at Air Force on Feb. 11 and Feb. 13.

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