A 62-48 New Mexico win on national TV puts the Aztecs 2½ games behind the Lobos in the Mountain West race.
San Diego State’s Taj DeGourville shoots over Boise State’s O’Mar Stanley during Saturday’s win in Boise, Idaho. The Aztecs struggled mightily in that department earlier this season despite a roster with six players at 6-foot-9 or taller, then seemed to solve the issue during the endless stream of practices over the semester break. And then Saturday at The Pit happened.
There’s still a long way to go, especially with a 20-game conference schedule for the first time this season, but SDSU won’t compete for the title if it can’t play better a mile above sea level or rebound better at any elevation.This edition didn’t look much better, quickly trailing by double digits coming off a pair of impressive wins at lower elevations – 76-68 at Boise State last Saturday and 67-38 at home against Air Force on Wednesday despite trailing by 12 early.
Part of the issue was scheme. If you take one thing away on defense, you expose yourself in other areas and the game becomes whether the offensive team can exploit them. But that meant a guard was now covering a Lobos big. And to do that, they front to deter the easy post entry and invite the far more difficult over-the-top pass.And if the ball does get entered, then you’re forced to send a second defender to help the undersized guard. The ball gets kicked out and rotated for an open 3.Of course, the Aztecs weren’t much better at the other end, either. They didn’t make a perimeter shot until 3:43 left in the first half. They shot five air balls.
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