Broncos' Hot Start Fuels 83-69 Win over Hampton

Sunday, November 24

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (John Gray Gymnasium)

9 AM

Boise State

4-1,0-0Mountain West

Hampton

2-4,0-0CAA

Hampton

Boise St.

11/24/2024 11:24:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

George Town, Cayman Island — Tyson Degenhart's 25 points powered Boise State to an 83-69 victory over Hampton in the opening round of the Cayman Islands Classic on Sunday at John Gray Gymnasium.

The Broncos (4-1) started strong, opening a 41-21 halftime lead fueled by Degenhart's offensive efficiency and a team defensive effort that held the Pirates (2-4) to 26% shooting in the first half. Boise State led for all but the opening seconds, maintaining a double-digit margin throughout the game.

Hampton cut the deficit to 12 points multiple times in the second half, but Boise State's scoring prevented the Pirates from closing the gap to single digits. The Broncos extended their largest lead to 23 points early in the second half before Hampton's late push.

The Broncos controlled the inside, outrebounding Hampton 40-24, with key contributions from Andrew Meadow, who had a team-high six rebounds to go with his 10 points, and four others who had five boards, including Degenhart (five rebounds).

Boise State also outscored Hampton 44-30 inside the paint.

Alvaro Cardenas orchestrated the offense with eight assists while adding eight points. With the help of the eight points, he reached the 1,000-career point club during the game. The first-year Bronco scored 961 career points in his first three years of his collegiate career at San Jose State and now has 43 points this season with Boise State.

The Broncos had 20 assists on 26 made field goals as eight different players had at least one helper.

Hampton's Noah Farrakhan had a team-high 23 points, but Boise State's defense limited his supporting cast as no other Pirate reached double figures until the closing minutes.

For the game, Boise State shot 54.2% from the field (26-48) while Hampton registered a 41.9% clip (26-62).

With the win, Boise State advances to face the winner of South Dakota State and Duquesne on Monday at 11:30 a.m. MT in the Cayman Islands Classic semifinals.

NOTES
This was Degenhart's third 20-point game in the first five games of the season. He also now has 20 20-point games in his career. He has back-to-back 20-point games for the first time since Feb. 24-March 2, 2024 (3 games).

Degenhart was 9-of-13 shooting from the field in the game as he is now shooting 59.5% (25-42) on the season.

The Broncos were 27-of-35 at the free throw line. Degenhart and O'Mar Stanley both went to the line a team-high nine times, going 7-of-9. Stanley drew a team-high seven fouls while Degenhart drew six.

The Broncos have recorded 30+ free throw attempts in the last two games and 25+ attempts in each of the last four games. They are shooting 79.0% (94-119) at the charity stripe over that stretch.

Stanley was one of three Broncos in double-digits in scoring with 13. He has four double-digit scoring games in the first five games of this season.

Cardenas finished the game with eight points, eight assists, five rebounds and two steals.

Meadow has 10+ points in each of the first five games this season.

Nine of the 10 Broncos who logged action on Sunday scored.

Boise State led for 38:18 of the game and only trailed for 35 seconds.

The Broncos have scored 83 or more points in four of their five games this season.