Colorado State University Athletics
CSU vs. Wyoming Postgame Notes and Quotes
2/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 24, 2007
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TEAM NOTES
- CSU's 16 win season currently ties for the 19th most in school history.
- CSU's 18- point win is the largest in the CSU-WYO series since a 95-72 Wyoming win in 2002 and the largest CSU victory over Wyoming since winning 78-60 in 1975.
- CSU is 12-1 this season when leading at the half.
- CSU's 18-point win marks the team's largest margin of victory this year (MSU Northern).
- The attendance of 8,597 is the most at Moby Arena this year and the largest CSU crowd since drawing 8,619 vs. Wyoming on 1/31/04.
- CSU's bench has now outscored the opponent's bench in the last six games.
- Wyoming's 33.3 percent shooting is the lowest by a Ram opponent this year.
- CSU's 44 rebounds matches a season high.
- Wyoming's six assists is a season low by a Ram opponent.
- Wyoming's 12 steals matches a season high by a CSU foe.
PLAYER NOTES
- Jason Smith's 27 points is one away from his career-high 28.
- Jason Smith set career highs in rebounding (22), free throws (13) and free throw attempts (17-tie).
- Jason Smith's 22 rebounds ties for the most in MWC history (Louis Amundson at Auburn 12/12/04) and is the most by any player in a Mountain West game.
- Jason Smith's 22 rebounds ties Mike Childress for the sixth-most in a single game in school history. Smith is the only player other than Childress to post 22 or more rebounds at CSU.
- The last player to grab 20 or more rebounds for CSU was Pat Durham at New Mexico in the 1986-87 season.
- Jason Smith has scored in double figures in 10 straight games.
- Jason Smith posted his 21st career double-double and his fifth in a row.
- Jason Smith passed Larry Hoffner (638) and Richard Gregory (642) in all-time rebounds at CSU. He is now in eighth all-time with 644.
- Jason Smith now ranks eighth in single-season rebounding passing Bill Green (247), Pat Durham (251) and Bill Gossett (254). He now has 265 this year.
- Jason Smith moves to ninth place in single season free throws at CSU with 141.
- Jason Smith now moves to fifth in career free throws made with 348.
- Jason Smith's 13 free throws is the most by a Ram this year.
- Stuart Creason matches Joe Vogel and Pat Durham on the single season blocks chart with 62 this season.
- Stephan Gilling passed Jameel Mahmud, David Turcotte and Ryan Yoder in career threes. He now ranks eighth all-time with 125.
- Stephan Gilling's 20 points is his second-highest scoring night of his career (21 at Chattanooga).
- Cory Lewis moved into ninth in single season assists with 128.
- Cory Lewis moved into sixth in single season steals at CSU with 53.
- Cory Lewis is the first CSU player to dish out 10 assists since Micheal Morris had 11 vs. San Diego State on Feb. 19, 2005.
- Cory Lewis' 10 assists is a season high by a Ram.
- Cory Lewis' 10 assists is a career high.
- Brandon Ewing's 32 points is the most by one player vs. CSU this year.
Colorado State Coach Dale Layer
"Defensively, the second half was absolutely terrific. We had better help. That was the story of the game: our defensive effort."
"Their two guards are incredible."
"It was great to see our seniors go out on a high note. Two of the three have already graduated."
"I thought Jason (Smith) was absolutely spectacular. It seemed like he was unbelievable on the glass. The thing you don't appreciate is how he got their posts in foul trouble. He just dominated the inside of the game on both ends. The thing I was more impressed with was his poise."
"It thought Cory Lewis may have played his best floor game ever."
"The Border War is special, and so is senior night. You want to send your seniors home happy."
"That's at least as good as we've played all year. I thought our guys played with great energy."
"We've been playing well. This team has continued to improve. Sometimes you don't get rewarded."
"This league is unforgiving."
CSU Guard Stephan Gilling
"We really needed to win these last two games to have good confidence going into the tournament."
"I got better looks tonight."
CSU Guard Cory Lewis
"It was really nice to go out with a win with a good crowd. It was just one of the those games, people started to get in the flow."
"They want to keep the score low and play a slow tempo. We knew that so we tried to make them make tough shots."
"Against a good team to come home and beat a team by 20, you need these types of wins."
"This is the best its' felt in a long time."
"Its fun to play in an offense like that where a everyone gets the ball."
CSU Forward Jason Smith
"I wanted to send the senior out with a win, it really meant a lot to me. Not only was it senior night, but it was the border war."
On career night:
"I just went out these playing as hard as I could."
"We are doing a great job on defense, we are getting better at the little things."
"We knbew that we had to buckle down. We knew they were going to make their runs, so the coaches just told us to slow it down."
"We had a great game today. It was definitely a big win."
Wyoming Coach Steve McClain
On foul trouble with reserves in game:
"It's hard to defend when you don't know how."
On CSU shooting:
"They shot well and we didn't; on those nights, you're going to struggle."
On Wyoming Rebounding:
"We didn't rebound the ball well enough. We had 9 (rebounds), we should have had 16."
On not being able to close scoring gap:
"It (the game) got away from us. We played hard, just couldn't make a shot."
On missing Daaron Brown:
"It's part of this game, we've got 5 other bigs who need to step up."
On playing reserves due to Brown being out:
"They don't have bodies and experience to get it done. It's not an excuse, just part of the game."
On other teams shooting well:
"We've got to guard without fouling."
Brandon Ewing
On Jason Smith:
"His team did a great job. He opened up things for the rest of the team."
"He's very skilled and played a key part in the win for them (the Rams)."
On his (Ewing's) scoring:
"I'm just trying to win the game. I got a little tired and missed some easy shots that we really needed."
On missing Daaron Brown:
"His (Jason Smith's) 27 (points) and 22 (rebounds) explained a lot. We tried to put fresh bodies on him, but we needed to rebound better."
On getting settled in game:
"I had four or five fresh bodies on me. Their coach did a good job."
