Bench Powers Boise State to 91-50 Win

Tuesday, December 13

Boise, Idaho

7 p.m. MT

Boise State

9-2,0-0Mountain West

New Orleans

2-7,0-0Southland

New Orleans

Boise St.

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12/13/2022 9:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Broncos score 43 bench points in largest win of the season

BOISE, Idaho – Five players scored double figures as Boise State men's basketball cruised to a 91-50 victory over New Orleans, Tuesday night at ExtraMile Arena.

After missing their first three shots from the field, the Broncos (9-2) made 6-of-their-next-7 to build a 19-11 lead entering the second media timeout of the opening half. Seven players scored for Boise State as it finished the first half shooting 50% or better from both the field and beyond the arc and entered halftime carrying a 42-28 lead over the Privateers (2-7).

After New Orleans scored the first bucket of the second half, Boise State held the opponent scoreless for over 10 minutes, opening a 24-0 run to build a 66-30 lead with under 10 to play. The Broncos held the Privateers to just 27.6% shooting in the second half to lift themselves to the largest victory of the season.

Top Broncos

After entering the night with seven points scored this season Kobe Young led all scorers with 16 points in 18 minutes of play.
Max Rice scored 12 points and led Boise State with eight rebounds.
Naje Smith did it all for Boise State, notching 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
Mohamed Sylla logged 10 points and five rebounds in just 13 minutes.
Chibuzo Agbo logged 10 points, the first time in his career with back-to-back double-digit outings.

Quotables

"Great effort by our guys to set the tone in the second half," said head coach Leon Rice. "That enabled us to get everybody great minutes tonight and that's valuable. I've said it over and over that the key to this team is the development of all of those guys, not just the six that come off the bench but the development of the guys that start too."
"It felt good," said Kobe Young. "I bought in to what we own and all the guys were telling me at practice to just keep going and keep fighting out there. Then when I got my shot in the game it really helped me build the confidence to just keep going."
"It was awesome to just do what I do to stretch the floor a bit and run the floor," said Burke Smith. "I've been waiting a long time for an opportunity so when you get a chance like that you just have to make the most of it."

Notables

The 41-point margin is the largest of the season for Boise State.
Boise State extends its win streak to eight games, the seventh eight-game win streak under head coach Leon Rice.
During its eight-game win streak Boise State has held its opponents to 55.6 points per game on 35.1% shooting from the field and 26.6% from behind the three-point line.
Boise State shot 53.6% from the field and 54.5% from three in the first half, the fifth time this season the Broncos have shot at least 50% from the field and behind the arc in the same half.
11 of the 12 Broncos who played scored in Tuesday's game, with five scoring double digits. The 43-bench points are the most this season.
Boise State's 46 rebounds are the most in a game since San Jose State (Dec. 31, 2020) while the +24 rebound margin is the highest since it was +25 against Life Pacific (Nov. 5, 2019).
The Broncos held an opponent to under 60 points for the seventh time this season.

Up Next

The Broncos play host to Oakland, Sunday afternoon, at ExtraMile Arena. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. MT with broadcast coverage available on Mountain West Network.
--BroncoSports.com–