Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, March 5
Fort Collins, CO
6:30 PM
Colorado State
24-4,14-4Mountain West
71
vs
68
Boise State
24-7,15-3Mountain West
1
2
F
Boise St.
36
32
68
Colorado St.
41
30
71
Senior Kendle Moore had 19 points, including going 7-of-9 from the field
CSU Earns Thrilling 71-68 Senior Night Win Over Boise State
3/5/2022 10:18:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Rams earn the season sweep of the league champion Broncos and will enter the Mountain West championship as the No. 2 seed.
FORT COLLINS, Colo.  – In a battle between the league's top two teams in front of the fifth consecutive home sellout for the Rams, Colorado State made the plays in the closing minute to pull out a 71-68 win over league champion Boise State Saturday night in Moby Arena. With a sweep of the season series, the Rams secured the No. 2 seed in next week's Air Force Reserve Mountain West Championship and improved to 24-4 overall and 14-4 in the league, while the Broncos fell to 24-7 and 15-3 in conference play.
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Early on, this was a game of double-digit runs, with CSU putting on a 12-0 spurt and Boise State a 10-0 run in the first half. From there, the teams both shot the ball well as each finished above 50 percent for the half, but a three by junior guard Isaiah Stevens right before the halftime horn put CSU up 41-36 at the break.
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The Rams built their biggest lead of the game early in the second half at 47-36 with 18:31 remaining, but the Broncos rallied and tied it at 58 before eventually taking the lead twice in the final three minutes, the last at 68-67 with 1:28 to play. A blocked CSU shot came up short but redshirt-sophomore James Moors grabbed the ball out of the air, fought through two BSU defenders and put the Rams back up 69-68 with a minute to go. The Broncos missed a three, but got the ball back on a CSU turnover with 32 seconds to play. CSU came up with a stop as junior David Roddy knocked the ball into the hands of Moors and after an offensive rebound on a missed one-and-one, senior guard Kendle Moore knocked down two to give the Rams the victory after a failed final attempt for the Broncos fell short.
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Colorado State finished the game at 54.9 percent (28-of-51) from the floor and 35.7 percent (5-of-14) from the arc. Boise State hit 52.9 percent (27-of-51) of its attempts overall and 30.0 percent (6-of-20) on threes. Both teams were better than 80 percent at the free throw line and CSU held a slight advantage on the glass 24-22.
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The Rams were led by Roddy with a game-high 23 points, four rebounds and two assists. Moore tallied 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting and five boards, while Stevens finished with 12 points and seven assists. Boise State also had three in double-figures, led by Abu Kigab with 15 points.
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STAT OF THE GAME
• The Rams had a slight advantage on turnovers, as Boise State committed 11 to CSU's nine, but the home team made it count for a 15-4 difference in points off those turnovers.
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NOTES
• Boise State leads the overall series 15-14, including 12-8 in conference action, but CSU leads 10-5 in Moby Arena.
• CSU finished the year with 14 Mountain West wins, tying last year's school record for conference wins in a season.
• The Rams also improved to 14-1 on the year in Moby Arena and are 36-6 at home over the last three seasons, tying for the fourth most in a single season and the second-highest win percentage in a season with 2012. The highest win percentage and home wins was in 2013, when CSU went 16-1.
• CSU is now 17-1 when leading at the break this season.
• The Rams finish the regular season with 24 wins, tying the third most wins in a season overall in program history with the 2016-17 team.
• In regards to tonight's sellout, it was the 29th Sellout in Moby Arena history, fifth Sellout this season (single-season school record), 12th sellout that Niko Medved has been involved in total as an assistant and head coach and seventh highest attendance percentage based on capacity in CSU history (#1 in the Mountain West era).
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NEXT UP
• The Rams will head to Las Vegas for the 2022 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Championship next week. CSU's first game will be on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. MT against the winner of No. 7 Utah State and No. 10 Air Force.
• The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon handling the broadcast.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices).
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Early on, this was a game of double-digit runs, with CSU putting on a 12-0 spurt and Boise State a 10-0 run in the first half. From there, the teams both shot the ball well as each finished above 50 percent for the half, but a three by junior guard Isaiah Stevens right before the halftime horn put CSU up 41-36 at the break.
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The Rams built their biggest lead of the game early in the second half at 47-36 with 18:31 remaining, but the Broncos rallied and tied it at 58 before eventually taking the lead twice in the final three minutes, the last at 68-67 with 1:28 to play. A blocked CSU shot came up short but redshirt-sophomore James Moors grabbed the ball out of the air, fought through two BSU defenders and put the Rams back up 69-68 with a minute to go. The Broncos missed a three, but got the ball back on a CSU turnover with 32 seconds to play. CSU came up with a stop as junior David Roddy knocked the ball into the hands of Moors and after an offensive rebound on a missed one-and-one, senior guard Kendle Moore knocked down two to give the Rams the victory after a failed final attempt for the Broncos fell short.
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Colorado State finished the game at 54.9 percent (28-of-51) from the floor and 35.7 percent (5-of-14) from the arc. Boise State hit 52.9 percent (27-of-51) of its attempts overall and 30.0 percent (6-of-20) on threes. Both teams were better than 80 percent at the free throw line and CSU held a slight advantage on the glass 24-22.
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The Rams were led by Roddy with a game-high 23 points, four rebounds and two assists. Moore tallied 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting and five boards, while Stevens finished with 12 points and seven assists. Boise State also had three in double-figures, led by Abu Kigab with 15 points.
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STAT OF THE GAME
• The Rams had a slight advantage on turnovers, as Boise State committed 11 to CSU's nine, but the home team made it count for a 15-4 difference in points off those turnovers.
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NOTES
• Boise State leads the overall series 15-14, including 12-8 in conference action, but CSU leads 10-5 in Moby Arena.
• CSU finished the year with 14 Mountain West wins, tying last year's school record for conference wins in a season.
• The Rams also improved to 14-1 on the year in Moby Arena and are 36-6 at home over the last three seasons, tying for the fourth most in a single season and the second-highest win percentage in a season with 2012. The highest win percentage and home wins was in 2013, when CSU went 16-1.
• CSU is now 17-1 when leading at the break this season.
• The Rams finish the regular season with 24 wins, tying the third most wins in a season overall in program history with the 2016-17 team.
• In regards to tonight's sellout, it was the 29th Sellout in Moby Arena history, fifth Sellout this season (single-season school record), 12th sellout that Niko Medved has been involved in total as an assistant and head coach and seventh highest attendance percentage based on capacity in CSU history (#1 in the Mountain West era).
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NEXT UP
• The Rams will head to Las Vegas for the 2022 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Championship next week. CSU's first game will be on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. MT against the winner of No. 7 Utah State and No. 10 Air Force.
• The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon handling the broadcast.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices).
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Team Stats
Boise
CSU
FG%
.529
.549
3FG%
.300
.357
FT%
.889
.833
RB
22
24
TO
11
9
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
10
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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