Broncos Outlast Saint Mary's

Friday, December 1

Idaho Falls, Idaho (Hero Court at the Mountain America Center)

8:30 p.m. MT

Boise State

4-3,0-0Mountain West

Saint Mary's

3-5,0-0WCC

Saint Mary's (CA)

Boise St.

Chibuzo Agbo goes up for a shot against Saint Mary's, 2023.

12/2/2023 12:02:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Boise State men's basketball returned to its winning ways with a 63-60 win over Saint Mary's, Friday at the Mountain America Center.

Tyson Degenhart led the Broncos with 17 points and five assists.

O'Mar Stanley scored the first basket of the game 29 seconds in, leading to an 11-0 Boise State run. The Broncos (4-3) forced six turnovers and held the Gaels (3-5) scoreless until the 14:23 mark.

Both teams entered the second half exchanging buckets, until Saint Mary's went on an 8-2 run to cut Boise State's lead to 38-37 with 13:04 remaining.

The Broncos responded with a layup from RJ Keene, back-to-back three-pointers from Andrew Meadow and two free throws from Chibuzo Agbo to increase their lead by nine at the ten-minute mark.

Despite two layups and a pair of free throws by the Gaels in the final 25 seconds, clutch free throws by Degenhart and Max Rice led the Broncos to victory.

Quotable

"Not only did we have 22 points (off the bench), but boy were they timely points," said head coach Leon Rice. "I knew Saint Mary's would come in the second half with a punch and we were able to answer. Andrew (Meadow) had some great threes and they had some matchup problems when we went small and got open looks."

Top Broncos

Tyson Degenhart stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, five assists, four rebounds a block and a steal.
Chibuzo Agbo knocked down 11 points and grabbed a team-high eight boards.
O'Mar Stanley added 10 points, going 3-of-3 from the field, to go along with an assist and steal.

Notables

The game was the first NCAA Division I game played at Hero Arena at the Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Boise State improved to 17-4 against the WCC under head coach Leon Rice.
Boise State leads the all-time series against Saint Mary's 8-6 following tonight's win.
The Broncos have had at least 10 players see the court in all but one game this season —including the last five-straight.
Boise State scored 22 points off the bench — third-straight game scoring 20+ off the bench.
The Broncos have had 3+ blocks in the last five-straight games.
Saint Mary's shot 14.3% from beyond the arc (2-for-13).

What's Next
Boise State will play a home game for the first time in 23 days (Nov. 12) on Tuesday, Dec. 5, against North Texas at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on the Mountain West Network.