Rams Pull Away For 88-61 Victory Over San Jose State in Phoenix

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Colorado State utilized a second half surge and pulled away from San Jose State for an 88-61 victory Saturday afternoon in Phoenix. With the win, the Rams improved to 10-2 and 7-1 in Mountain West play, while the Spartans fell to 2-10 and 0-8 in the league.

The two teams battled early on and the game was within six most of the opening minutes as the Rams led after the opening minute. Then, CSU stepped up its defense and held SJSU without a FB for more than 6 minutes – CSU went on a 10-3 run to extend the lead to 36-24 with just under two to go in the first 20 minutes. The Rams continued to push until the end of the half, building a 42-28 lead at the intermission.

In the second 20, SJSU continued to try to fight back, but CSU had an answer every time to keep the Spartans from making a run to close the gap to single digits. San Jose State got it down to 51-40 with 16:14 to play, but the Rams went on a quick 7-0 run over 41 seconds to extend the lead to 18 and never look back. CSU led by as many as 33 in the final minutes to earn the victory.

Colorado State finished the game at 51.5 percent (35-of-68) from the floor and 35.3 percent (12-of-34) on threes. San Jose State was held to 38.1 percent (24-of-63) from the field and just 27.3 percent (6-of-22) behind the line. The teams combined for just 18 turnovers in the contest.

Sophomore guard Isaiah Stevens and junior guard Adam Thistlewood tied for game-high honors with 16 points each, while junior guard Kendle Moore tallied 15. Freshman center James Moors was the other Ram in double figures with a season-high 14 points along with six board. Sophomore forward David Roddy led all players with 13 rebounds and added nine points. San Jose State had two players with 15 – Richard Washington and Sebastian Mendoza.

STAT OF THE GAME
• Colorado State dominated the glass, 47-30 (13 CSU offensive rebounds).

NOTES
• This is a unique series in that one team has won all the meetings so far, as CSU has won all 22 meetings. All but one have occurred since 1997, with 16 of them in conference play.
• CSU leader Niko Medved has a 5-0 record against San Jose State as a head coach.
• The Rams' 7-1 conference record is the program's best start in league play at all levels of program history.
• This was CSU's eighth game this year with 10 or more three-pointers made.
• Thistlewood tied his previous season high of 16, the last occurred vs. CSU Pueblo (12/12/20)
• Roddy had his fifth 10+ rebound game of the year (CSU is 5-0 when he does that this season)

NEXT UP
• The Rams will remain on the road and head to Logan, Utah to take on league-leader Utah State on Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 19 and 21 in a pair of nationally-televised games. Tuesday's game will tip at 7 p.m. and be broadcast on CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan and Bob Wenzel on the call. Thursday night will be a 9 p.m. MT tip on FS1.
• 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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