CH 2K8 "The Rebirth of a Legend" Coach BJ Derozan

[Deuce2223]

TACO BELL ARENA IS PACKED FOR MATCHUP WITH BULLDOGS

BRONCOS AND ZAGS BATTLE TO THE WIRE!!!

VS

Any time you see a scoreboard where both teams are in triple digits you think NBA, but tonight you would be wrong, as the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Boise State Broncos both hit the century mark in a high scoring affair at Taco Bell Arena in Boise Idaho.

Gonzaga would jump out to the early 12-4 lead, but BSU would battle back behind the play of SO Sam Hicks to tie the game 22-22. Poor rebounding however would allow the Bulldogs to retake the lead as Gonzaga pulled down 6 Offensive rebounds in the 1st half (Including 4 by S. Dower-6 pts 6 reb). SR SG Marquis Carter had a career high 19 pts in the 1st half on 7/12 FG 5/8 3pt as Gonzaga led 64-58.

(Boise State was led by Sam Hicks with 15 pts and 4 asst. FR M. Mbaye had 8 pts and an amazing 4 blocks in the 1st half as well)

Gonzaga would open the 2nd half with a 10-0 run as the Bronco faithfull grew quite, but SG Drew Wiley would change that in a matter of minutes. Wiley would connect on 4/4 from 3pt and backup SG/SF Prosper Fullove could come off the bench scoring 8 of his career high 10 pts to help spark a BSU run (16-2) to be down by just 2pts with less then 2 minutes to play. Then with 32 seconds to play D. Goodson would miss 1/2 FT and D. Wiley would connect on his 5th 3pt of the night to tie the game at (100-100). Again Gonzaga would look to hold the ball for a final shot but T. Nichols was called for the reach sending Goodson to the line. Goodson would connect on his 1st FT, but miss the 2nd. Mbaye would get the rebound finding Nichols on the outlet. Nichols would hold the ball at half court before hitting Sam Hicks streaking down the lane for the thunderous dunk as BSU took the lead with 16.4 seconds to play. (102-101). On the inbound play Hicks was called for the fould sending M. Arop to the line. Arop would hit his 1st attempt to tie the game but miss his 2nd however R. Harris was there for the rebound and would get the basket to make it 104-102 with 15.8 seconds to play. On the inbound play it was again Nichols to Hicks as Hicks slid past the defense for a wide open dunk (104-104) with 9.9 seconds to play. Coach Dezaron called the timeout.

"Don't foul unless you need to. Let's get this game to OT.. They are tired and shorthanded (R. Sacre had already fouled out)."

Gonzaga would take the inbound and instead of waiting for the last second shot. Marquis Carter would hit a long jump with 4.8 seconds to play to give Gonzaga the lead. With 1 last shot, Coach "D" put the ball into the hands of SG Drew Wiley. Wiley was on fire having connected on 7/12 3pt for the night and the gamer winning shot would be his for the making, but the ball would rim in and out at the buzzer as Gonzaga walked away with the win.

FINAL SCORE BSU-104 GONZAGA-106

(POG- SR SG M. Carter-27 pts (Career High) 5 asst 10-18 FG 6-11 3pt)

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Nov 7, 2012 - GU at BSU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	SCORE
GONZAGA ()	64	42	106
BOISE STATE ()	58	46	104

GONZAGA
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Goodson	21	4-4		4-6		12	2			12
M. Carter	21	10-18	6-11	1-2	3	5	3			27
M. Arop	25	3-9	1-4		2	1			1	7
E. Harris	19	6-10		1-2	4	2	3		1	13
R. Sacre	13	5-6			2	1	1	3		10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Mooninghoff	13	4-7	3-5		1	1			2	11
S. Dower	15	5-8			8	1				10
K. Olynk	16	3-3			3	3		1		6
D. Stockton	11	1-2	1-2	2-2		2				5
D. Sutton	4	2-3	1-2						1	4
K. Hyland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
M. Keita	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		43-70	12-24	8-12	23	28	9	4	5	106

BOISE STATE
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Nichols	24	2-6	1-5		1	6			5	5
D. Wiley	22	8-14	7-13		1	2			2	23
A. Leggee	21	4-7	0-1	4-5	3	1	1		1	12
S. Hicks	25	10-12		4-4	8	7	2		1	24
M. Mbaye	22	6-7		5-7	5	4	1	4		17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
P. Fullove	8	4-7	1-3	1-2	1				1	10
D. Fields	14	1-2	1-1			3			2	3
A. Diarra	10	3-3		1-3	2	2		1		7
I. Otlejen	7	0-1			1	1				0
B. Sparks	7	1-2	1-2		1	1				3
TEAM TOTALS		39-61	11-25	15-21	23	27	3	5	12	104

Coach Dezaron take on the game

"I felt like we shot the ball well, but our Defense was horrid. To let them shoot 50% from 3pt is unacceptable and 12 turnovers isn't going to cut it either. I also hate getting out rebounded and even worse hate giving up 2nd chance points (10 Offensive Rebounds=18 2nd Chance Points). I felt like we did a great job of defending Sacre and getting him into foul trouble early but also felt like we maybe focused to much on stopping E. Harris and because of hit Carter killed us. On a postive note, Sam Hicks played an amazing game posting almost a triple triple and D. Wiley showed he can shoot the ball . I was also very impressed with 3 of our Freshman. Leggee showed he can make plays getting to the rim and drawing foulds. Mbaye showed he can be a force on both sides of the ball scoring 17 pts and blocking 4 shots!!! and Prosper Fullove gave us a huge spark off the bench "

[Deuce2223]

FREE TACO'S FOR EVERYONE


(1-0) VS (0-0)

After witnessing the Broncos score over 100 pts in the season opener against Gonzaga. Arena Sponsor Taco Bell announced that anytime the Broncos score 90 pts or more that there would be free Tacos to all fans after the game.


BSU would dominate their former Big Sky and instate rival Idaho State in the 1st half outscoring the Bengals 45-28. The Broncos were led by starters SO S. Hicks-11 pts and JR SG D. Wiley 9 pts 2/5 3pt. FR PG Deron Fields led the bench with 8 pts.

(ISU was led by FR R. McDaniel with 12 pts)

In the 2nd half the Broncos would continue to score at a high rate and with 5 minutes to play the chant "We want Tacos" was being heard throughout the crowd. ISU would battle back though behind the play of McDaniel who scored a season high 22 pts (8-16 FG and 3-7 3pt) as they stayed the pace of the Broncos, but in the end the 17 point 1st half deficit was just to much to overcome. JR SG D. Wiley led the Broncos with 21 pts hitting 5/12 from 3pt, but it was the play of 7'1 FR A. Diarra that had sportswriters looking up info on his African beast. With fellow Freshman bigman M. Mbaye on the bench with 4 fouls, Diarra scored a season high 10 pts and pulled down a season high 17 rebounds picking up what hopes to be the 1st of many double double nights.

FINAL SCORE BSU-91 IDAHO ST-73

KEY PLAYERS
PG T. Nichols-5 pts 7 asst
SG D. Wiley-21 pts 7/15 FG 5/11 3pt
SF A. Legge-14 pts 5 reb 3 asst
PF S. Hicks-17 pts 5 reb 3 asst 2 stls 8/14 FG
BENCH
C A. Diarra-10 pts 17 rebs 5/7 FG
PG D. Fields-8 pts (all in the 1st half)
SG/SF P. Fullove-10 pts 4/7 FG

FR SF R. McDaniel-22 pts 3 reb 3 asst 8/15 FG 3/7 3pt
JR C R. Wilkerson-18 pts 4 reb 2 blks

COACH "D" TAKE ON THE GAME

"I was very impressed with A. Diarra play in extended minutes. He flat out dominated the smaller lineup of ISU on the boards. Wiley continues to amaze me with his 3pt shooting. He seems to start cold but finish strong one again hitting 3/3 on his last 3 shots and S. Hicks continues to be the go to guy when we need points in the post. Legge continues to show the ability to get to the rim but finished just 3/8 FT , and I can't say enough about Prosper Fullove off the bench. The kid has become a fan favorite. He does a great job of creating easy basket opportunites"


UP NEXT BSU FINISHES THEIR 3 GAME HOME STAND AGAINST (0-1) UTAH


Settings note- I switched from 18 minute halves in the Gonzaga game to 16 minute halves for the ISU game. I am going to try and go with 15 minutes halves for my game against Utah and see if I can get the stats I am looking for.

[Deuce2223]

Also want those following opinion. Do you prefer to see the entire box score? I like the look of it, but man it takes me forever to get everything typed in, or are you okay with the Key players look like I did for the ISU game?


By the way after my game with San Diego State next week I plan on doing a Recruiting Preview for those guys who are in this years recruiting class.

[footballfan4life]

Key players would be fine

[TheKT]

Yeah the key players would be fine to do. But you should def keep the recap thing. These are a lot more fun to follow than the ones that are just box scores.

[MarvellousOne]

You are already giving us enough substance with the recaps and storylines so I say continue with the key players instead of a full box score.

[Gloves 82]

Key players

[Deuce2223]

Thanks for the input guys. I appreciate it. I enjoy the writeups/recaps as well as trying to give those following as much info as possible regarding Top-25 stuff as well as Recruiting and a reason to follow with created recruits, I do realize that the tables are nice and make for a easy presentation, but for me it just seems to take along time.

I do plan on using them for key games though, like the matchup with Duke, WSU and probalby Washington.


I got the Utah game played. Hope to get the recap up tomorrow.