Saturday, January 2
Boise, Idaho
1:00 PM
Boise State
5-0,2-0Mountain West
70
vs
53
San Jose State
2-2,1-2Mountain West
1
2
3
4
F
San Jose St.
14
15
18
6
53
Boise St.
23
13
20
14
70
Broncos Sweep Spartans
1/2/2021 4:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BOISE, Idaho – Jade Loville scored 22 points and Rachel Bowers and Mallory McGwire each notched a double-double to lead Boise State past San Jose State 70-53 in Mountain West women's basketball, Saturday.
With the victory, the Broncos (5-0, 2-0 MW) swept the Spartans (2-2, 1-2) in the season series after posting a 77-75 victory, Thursday.
Boise State won its 13th-consecutive outing, the fifth-longest active streak nationally. The victory also marked the 300th at Boise State for Broncos' head coach Gordy Presnell.
Bowers scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for her first-career double-double. McGwire tallied 15 points and 16 rebounds for her 10th double-double as a Bronco.
"It was great to have Mallory (McGwire) back," Presnell said. "Our post play was really good and Jade gave us a good start."
The Broncos raced out to a 19-4 lead in the first quarter behind 10 points from Loville and led 23-14 after 10 minutes.
Boise State pushed the lead back to 14 at 29-15 with under seven minutes left in the first half, but the Spartans outscored the Broncos 14-7 to cut their deficit to 36-29 at halftime.
The Broncos opened the second half with a 9-3 spurt to increase their lead to 45-32. Bowers scored on the first possession of the quarter, Mary Kary Naro knocked down a 3-pointer and McGwire scored a pair of buckets in the paint.
The Boise State advantage reached 15 before San Jose State pulled within 56-47 at the end of the third quarter.
The Broncos' defense took over in the fourth quarter limiting the Spartans to one field goal and six points.
With the victory, the Broncos (5-0, 2-0 MW) swept the Spartans (2-2, 1-2) in the season series after posting a 77-75 victory, Thursday.
Boise State won its 13th-consecutive outing, the fifth-longest active streak nationally. The victory also marked the 300th at Boise State for Broncos' head coach Gordy Presnell.
Bowers scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for her first-career double-double. McGwire tallied 15 points and 16 rebounds for her 10th double-double as a Bronco.
"It was great to have Mallory (McGwire) back," Presnell said. "Our post play was really good and Jade gave us a good start."
The Broncos raced out to a 19-4 lead in the first quarter behind 10 points from Loville and led 23-14 after 10 minutes.
Boise State pushed the lead back to 14 at 29-15 with under seven minutes left in the first half, but the Spartans outscored the Broncos 14-7 to cut their deficit to 36-29 at halftime.
The Broncos opened the second half with a 9-3 spurt to increase their lead to 45-32. Bowers scored on the first possession of the quarter, Mary Kary Naro knocked down a 3-pointer and McGwire scored a pair of buckets in the paint.
The Boise State advantage reached 15 before San Jose State pulled within 56-47 at the end of the third quarter.
The Broncos' defense took over in the fourth quarter limiting the Spartans to one field goal and six points.
Team Stats
SJSU
Boise
FG%
.297
.426
3FG%
.160
.143
FT%
.550
.889
RB
36
48
TO
14
14
STL
6
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
10
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
Forward
/ Women's Basketball
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
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