Colorado State University Athletics
Freshmen Spark Rams; Defeat BYU 74-67
1/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
A pair of true freshmen - Jason Smith and Sean Morris - combined for 31 points and 12 rebounds to lead Colorado State to a 74-67 Mountain West Conference men's basketball win over visiting BYU Saturday afternoon.
Smith, starting for the second game in a row, scored a career-most 19 points and had four rebounds including four dunks to spark the Rams. Smith is a seven-footer from nearby Kersey, Colo.
Morris, a five-foot, 10-inch guard from Katy, Tex., whose older brother Micheal is a guard for the Rams, came off the bench to score a career-most 12 points and had eight rebounds - the most by a Ram guard in two seasons.
The Rams erased an early 5-0 BYU advantage and led by 10 at intermission, 32-22. BYU outscored the Rams, 21-10, the first nine minutes of the second half and took the lead, 43-42, with 11 minutes to play on a basket by Austin Ainge.
Smith's basket 15 seconds later put the Rams on top to stay.
Smith and Morris were two of three Rams to score in double figures. Center Matt Nelson scored 11 points and had 10 rebounds, his sixth career double-double game in scoring and rebounding.
BYU was led by Ainge's game-best 25 points.
Colorado State is back in action Monday night, playing host to Utah at 6 p.m. in Moby Arena. Tickets are available by calling 1-800-491-RAMS, on-line at CSURAMS.com, or any King Soopers or City Market grocery store location in the state of Colorado.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS BYU vs Colorado State 1-15-05 1:00 p.m. at Fort Collins, Colo. (Moby Arena) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: BYU 6-11, 0-2 MWC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 54 MILES, Chris........ f 3-6 0-0 2-2 5 2 7 4 8 1 0 1 0 19 52 JENSEN, Jared....... c 3-5 0-0 3-4 3 7 10 4 9 0 1 1 1 31 01 HALL, Mike.......... g 4-13 1-7 2-2 0 3 3 5 11 4 0 0 1 30 02 ROSE, Mike.......... g 2-9 2-9 0-0 1 0 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 36 13 AINGE, Austin....... g 8-14 5-9 4-4 2 1 3 4 25 6 2 0 2 36 03 YOUNG, Keena........ 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 10 NASHIF, Terry....... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 BURGESS, Sam........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 23 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 41 MEADS, Garner....... 2-9 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 1 18 43 DAWES, Derek........ 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 4 2 0 4 0 0 12 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 24-69 8-30 11-13 17 18 35 29 67 14 10 2 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-37 18.9% 2nd Half: 17-32 53.1% Game: 34.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-19 21.1% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 26.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 84.6% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Colorado State 9-6, 1-1 MWC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 14 SMITH, Jason........ f 8-12 1-1 2-2 2 2 4 2 19 0 3 2 0 26 30 CREASON, Stuart..... f 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 6 2 0 1 0 20 54 NELSON, Matt........ c 3-6 0-0 5-9 2 8 10 2 11 5 6 3 0 30 04 BALL, Nick.......... g 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 12 21 PATTERSON, Andrew... g 2-5 1-4 3-4 2 1 3 2 8 1 0 1 1 33 01 MORRIS, Sean........ 4-9 1-4 3-6 1 7 8 2 12 4 3 0 1 25 10 RAKIECKI, Jon....... 0-3 0-3 4-4 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 21 11 THOMASSON, Phillip.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 MORRIS, Micheal..... 0-2 0-0 8-12 1 3 4 3 8 3 0 0 2 20 34 VERWERS, Stephen.... 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 TEAM................ 1 2 3 Totals.............. 22-45 4-13 26-38 10 29 39 17 74 15 16 7 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-20 55.0% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 48.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 30.8% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 18-28 64.3% Game: 68.4% 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Bob Staffen, Shawn Lehigh, Chris Rastatter Technical fouls: BYU-None. Colorado State-None. Attendance: 3287 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total BYU........................... 22 45 - 67 Colorado State................ 32 42 - 74
