Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State advance to semifinals
The Colorado State men’s basketball team continued its late-season surge Thursday night at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The second-seeded Rams held off No. 7 Nevada, 67-59, in a Mountain West Tournament quarterfinal.
It was the eighth straight victory for Colorado State , which has played its way onto the Senior guard Nique Clifford recorded his 14th double-double of the season with 25 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Clifford scored a career-high 36 points in his previous game as Colorado State took downNext up for Colorado State is a semifinal matchup with No. 3 Utah State , a 70-58 quarterfinal winner over No. 6 UNLV . Star guards Ian Martinez and Mason Falslev did plenty of damage for the Aggies. UNLV’s Jaden Henley scored a game-high 19 points while also finishing with five rebounds, five steals and three assists. In Thursday’s first quarterfinal, MWC Player of the Year Donovan Dent led the way with 25 points and five assists in top-seeded New Mexico’s 63-52 victory over No. 8 San Jose State. Nelly Junior Joseph added 14 points and 18 rebounds for the Lobos while Robert Vaihola put up a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards. The Broncos matched a single-game program record with 40 3-point attempts, finishing 11 of 40 from beyond the arc. Alvaro Cardenas made four 3-pointers and paced the Boise State offense with 16 points and four assists. Other than 20 points from Nick Boyd, San Diego State largely sputtered on offense. The Aztecs were outscored 40-19 over the final 21-plus minutes of action and didn’t make a field goal after a Boyd layup with 9:11 remaining. San Diego State, which sits on the NCAA Tournament bubble alongside Boise State and Colorado State, had won 17 consecutive MWC Tournament quarterfinal games.New Mexico 63, San Jose State 52Bob Lundeberg is a reporter for Boise State Broncos On SI. An Oregon State graduate, Bob has lived in Idaho since 2019 and is an avid hiker and golfer.
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