Colorado State University Athletics
Sunday, December 16
Fort Collins, Colo.
2 p.m. MT
Colorado State
63
vs
68
South Dakota
J.D. Paige had 18 points and six rebounds.
Photo by: Britt McAllister
CSU loses tight game to South Dakota, 68-63
12/16/2018 6:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State couldn't overcome a second-half run by visiting South Dakota and fell, 68-63, Sunday afternoon. With the loss, the Rams fell to 5-6 on the season, while the Coyotes improved to 6-5.
In a game where neither team led by more than eight points, the first half had South Dakota build an eight-point lead midway through. CSU continued to chip at it and eventually took a one-point lead into the locker room on redshirt-junior J.D. Paige's three-pointer at the buzzer.
The Rams built on that momentum and led by as many as six in the first two minutes of the second half, but the Coyotes answered 18-5 run over seven minutes to go up 53-46 with 8:48 remaining. CSU never let them go and eventually trimmed it to a one-possession game on five occasions in the second half but couldn't get the stop and key bucket to tie or take the lead.
Shooting in the second half was a big factor in the game, as the Rams were just 10-of-31 (32.3 percent) while the Coyotes were 14-of-28 (50.0 percent). The game also was a clean game, with the two teams combining for just 10 turnovers, but USD outscored the Rams, 9-4, in points off those turnovers.
Redshirt-junior Nico Carvacho led CSU with game highs of 20 points and 17 rebounds on the night, with Paige the only other Ram in double figures with 18 points. South Dakota had four players in double figures, led by Stanley Umude's 15 points off the bench.
STAT OF THE GAME
South Dakota bench outscored CSU's, 24-9, with all four contributing in the scoring column.
IN THEIR WORDS
Head Coach Niko Medved
His overall feeling on the game
Obviously, I am incredibly disappointed here today in the outcome, and more so than the outcome, I think kind of how we played, kind of hard at some times. I think we played incredibly selfishly at both ends when it mattered most. Until that piece of it changes, it is going to be very, very difficult for us. So that piece was really disappointing again. Again, I just think we had a lot of guys into themselves a little bit. Yeah we missed some good looks, but I thought we played very selfishly, especially on the offensive end.
NOTES
• USD won the first-ever meeting today between the two schools, and CSU is now 103-76 against teams from the Summit League.
• CSU shot just 38.6 percent (22-of-57) from the floor and 26.9 percent (7-of-26) from the arc, while South Dakota was 24.4 percent (25-of-59) overall from the field and 6-of-25 from the 3-point line.
• Carvacho's double-double is his seventh of the season and 20th of his CSU career.
• Carvacho's 17 rebounds are the second most for the Rams this season and moved him into ninth on the CSU career rebounding list, moving past Brian Greene (665 – 1999-03) and Tim Hall (663 – 1972-75)
• Anthony Masinton-Bonner had his 19-game streak with a three-pointer snapped in today's contest.
UP NEXT
• The Rams take to the skies for their final non-conference road trip, traveling to Long Beach State to take on the 49ers Sat., Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT
• The contest between will be streamed on BigWest.TV.
• The game will air across the Colorado State Sports Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the TuneIn app (free on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once downloaded, search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.
In a game where neither team led by more than eight points, the first half had South Dakota build an eight-point lead midway through. CSU continued to chip at it and eventually took a one-point lead into the locker room on redshirt-junior J.D. Paige's three-pointer at the buzzer.
The Rams built on that momentum and led by as many as six in the first two minutes of the second half, but the Coyotes answered 18-5 run over seven minutes to go up 53-46 with 8:48 remaining. CSU never let them go and eventually trimmed it to a one-possession game on five occasions in the second half but couldn't get the stop and key bucket to tie or take the lead.
Shooting in the second half was a big factor in the game, as the Rams were just 10-of-31 (32.3 percent) while the Coyotes were 14-of-28 (50.0 percent). The game also was a clean game, with the two teams combining for just 10 turnovers, but USD outscored the Rams, 9-4, in points off those turnovers.
Redshirt-junior Nico Carvacho led CSU with game highs of 20 points and 17 rebounds on the night, with Paige the only other Ram in double figures with 18 points. South Dakota had four players in double figures, led by Stanley Umude's 15 points off the bench.
STAT OF THE GAME
South Dakota bench outscored CSU's, 24-9, with all four contributing in the scoring column.
IN THEIR WORDS
Head Coach Niko Medved
His overall feeling on the game
Obviously, I am incredibly disappointed here today in the outcome, and more so than the outcome, I think kind of how we played, kind of hard at some times. I think we played incredibly selfishly at both ends when it mattered most. Until that piece of it changes, it is going to be very, very difficult for us. So that piece was really disappointing again. Again, I just think we had a lot of guys into themselves a little bit. Yeah we missed some good looks, but I thought we played very selfishly, especially on the offensive end.
NOTES
• USD won the first-ever meeting today between the two schools, and CSU is now 103-76 against teams from the Summit League.
• CSU shot just 38.6 percent (22-of-57) from the floor and 26.9 percent (7-of-26) from the arc, while South Dakota was 24.4 percent (25-of-59) overall from the field and 6-of-25 from the 3-point line.
• Carvacho's double-double is his seventh of the season and 20th of his CSU career.
• Carvacho's 17 rebounds are the second most for the Rams this season and moved him into ninth on the CSU career rebounding list, moving past Brian Greene (665 – 1999-03) and Tim Hall (663 – 1972-75)
• Anthony Masinton-Bonner had his 19-game streak with a three-pointer snapped in today's contest.
UP NEXT
• The Rams take to the skies for their final non-conference road trip, traveling to Long Beach State to take on the 49ers Sat., Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT
• The contest between will be streamed on BigWest.TV.
• The game will air across the Colorado State Sports Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the TuneIn app (free on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once downloaded, search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.
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