Broncos Wrap Up Nonconference Schedule with a Victory

Saturday, December 13

Boise, Idaho

1 p.m.

Boise State

9-2,0-0Mountain West

Southern Utah

7-3,0-0WAC

Southern Utah

Boise St.

Broncos Wrap Up Nonconference Schedule with a Victory

12/13/2025 3:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOISE, Idaho – Tatum Thompson scored a game-high 23 points and Boise State defeated Southern Utah 81-66, Saturday afternoon at ExtraMile Arena.

Natalie Pasco added 21 points, including five 3-pointers, and Dani Bayes chipped in 17 for the Broncos (9-2), who never trailed in the game.

Thompson scored five points during a 7-0 run to help Boise State open a 12-4 advantage with 5:50 remaining in the first quarter. The Thunderbirds (7-3) used a 9-2 run to close within 17-15, but the Broncos led 20-17 after the period.

A fastbreak layup by Thompson with 4:43 left before intermission gave Boise State its biggest lead of the first half at 33-23 before Southern Utah went on an 11-3 run to cut its deficit to 36-34.

A driving layup by Mya Hansen just before the first-half clock expired put the Broncos on top 39-34 at the break.

Boise State scored the first-eight points of the second half to make it an 11-0 run and increase its lead to a baker's dozen. The Broncos led by as many as 16 in the quarter and were up 56-45 at the end of 30 minutes.

The Thunderbirds got as close as seven points in the final stanza, but the Broncos scored on each of their four possessions in the final 2:27 to pull away.

Top Broncos

Tatum Thompson scored a game-high 23 points.
Natalie Pasco registered 21 points.
Dani Bayes tallied 17 points.

Quotables
"We've been a pretty good third quarter team the whole season. Our leadership and our older kids really came through. We got better today." – Boise State Women's Basketball Head Coach Gordy Presnell

Notables

Boise State won its 22nd-straight nonconference home game…Broncos closed their nonconference slate undefeated at home for a third-straight season, a first in school history.
The Broncos committed eight turnovers, their fewest in a game this season.
Boise State never trailed in the game.
Dani Bayes made a pair of 3-pointers to move into fifth place all-time at Boise State with 170.
Natalie Pasco was 5-for-7 from 3-point range and is 31-for-60 (51.7%) for the season, second nationally among student-athletes with at least 30 makes from beyond the arc.
Libby Hutton recorded a career-high four blocks.