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Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, December 19
Moraga, Calif.
6 p.m. MT
Colorado State
2-1
33
at
53
Saint Mary's (Calif.)
8-1
1
2
F
Colorado State
17
16
33
Saint Mary's (CA)
33
20
53
Photo by: Emma Montie
Rams Fall At Saint Mary's, 53-33
12/19/2020 7:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MORAGA, Calif.  – Colorado State went scoreless for almost six minutes to start the game and was unable to overcome that slow start against a much-more seasoned Saint Mary's squad, falling 53-33 Saturday night. The Rams slipped to 2-1 on their young season, while the Gaels improved to 8-1 on the year.
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Saint Mary's scored the first 14 points of the game over 5:32 until redshirt-freshman James Moors hit a pair of layups to start the CSU scoring. However the Rams made just three of their first 19 shots, went 8-of-31 (25.8 percent) in the opening 20 minutes and entered the intermission trailing the Gaels, 33-17.
Saint Mary's scored the first six points of the second half and eventually pushed the lead to as many as 24 in the final stanza.
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Colorado State finished at 25.0 percent (12-of-48) from the floor overall and 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from the three-point arc. Saint Mary's was just 36.7 percent (22-of-6) from the field and 22.6 percent (7-of-31) beyond the three-point line. The Gaels won the battle of the boards, 41-30.
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CSU's top scorer was sophomore Dischon Thomas with eight points, while the Gaels were led by Tommy Kuhse with 14.
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STAT OF THE GAME
• Saint Mary's forced 16 CSU turnovers and converted them into a 19-3 advantage, including 11-0 in the first half.
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NOTES
• The two teams have now split the four meetings all-time, including 1-1 in Moraga.
• The Rams and Gaels will meeting in the 2021-22 season at Moby Arena in Fort Collins to conclude this home-and-home series.
• This was CSU leader Niko Medved's first time facing the Gaels in his seven-plus years as a head coach.
• The 33 points are the second fewest in the shot clock era for CSU, the lowest being 25 at Wyoming on Feb. 6, 1997.
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NEXT UP
• The Rams have added another non-conference game and are staying in California to take on Santa Clara. The contest will be played at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. MT.
• The game will be streamed on the West Coast Conference Network.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth 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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Saint Mary's scored the first 14 points of the game over 5:32 until redshirt-freshman James Moors hit a pair of layups to start the CSU scoring. However the Rams made just three of their first 19 shots, went 8-of-31 (25.8 percent) in the opening 20 minutes and entered the intermission trailing the Gaels, 33-17.
Saint Mary's scored the first six points of the second half and eventually pushed the lead to as many as 24 in the final stanza.
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Colorado State finished at 25.0 percent (12-of-48) from the floor overall and 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from the three-point arc. Saint Mary's was just 36.7 percent (22-of-6) from the field and 22.6 percent (7-of-31) beyond the three-point line. The Gaels won the battle of the boards, 41-30.
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CSU's top scorer was sophomore Dischon Thomas with eight points, while the Gaels were led by Tommy Kuhse with 14.
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STAT OF THE GAME
• Saint Mary's forced 16 CSU turnovers and converted them into a 19-3 advantage, including 11-0 in the first half.
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NOTES
• The two teams have now split the four meetings all-time, including 1-1 in Moraga.
• The Rams and Gaels will meeting in the 2021-22 season at Moby Arena in Fort Collins to conclude this home-and-home series.
• This was CSU leader Niko Medved's first time facing the Gaels in his seven-plus years as a head coach.
• The 33 points are the second fewest in the shot clock era for CSU, the lowest being 25 at Wyoming on Feb. 6, 1997.
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NEXT UP
• The Rams have added another non-conference game and are staying in California to take on Santa Clara. The contest will be played at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. MT.
• The game will be streamed on the West Coast Conference Network.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth 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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Team Stats
CSU
SMC
FG%
.250
.367
3FG%
.133
.226
FT%
.583
1.000
RB
30
41
TO
16
14
STL
6
13
Game Leaders
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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