Broncos Gallop Past Wildcats, 69-53
Dee Events Center
Ogden, UT
First Half
Boticki puts in a layup and after Hinds and Waleskowski trade short jumpers, Bragg and Boticki trade layups. Dowling sinks a 3pter then after Hinds hits a short turnaround jumper, Merritt makes two free throws. Zuzak knocks down a runner and after Boticki cans 1 of 2 free throws, Esterkamp drains a 3pter. Esterkamp banks in a short jumper on a fast break then Kane drops in a runner to give Weber State the lead, 14-13, halfway through the first half. Dalgarn hits a 3pter and after Potter makes two free throws, Frederick sinks a hook. Potter drills a 3pter then after Newsom and Boticki trade fast break layups, Edwards sinks a short jumper. Boticki puts in a layup and after Bragg cans two free throws, Boticki and Bragg trade layups. Boticki drops in a layup and after Edwards hits a jumper, Dowling nails a jumper at the buzzer to give the Wildcats the lead at the half. Weber State's Boticki leads all scorers with 13 points and Bragg leads the Broncos with 6.
Second Half
Merritt drains a runner and Waleskowski makes 1 of 2 free throws then after House banks in a short turnaround jumper, Frederick banks in a layup and cans 1 of 2 free throws. Pratt puts in a layup and after Edwards hits a 3pter and banks in a layup, House banks in a short turnaround jumper to give Boise State a six point lead, 40-34, midway through the second half. Merritt puts in a layup and after Frederick tips in a rebound, Fullove drops in a layup. Hinds swishes a hook then after Fullove and Hinds trade layups, Dowling and Esterkamp trade 3pters. House drills a hook and Zuzak puts in a layup and after House converts a 3-point play, Newsom makes two free throws. Moliva sinks a short turnaround jumper then after Bragg cans two free throws and banks in a layup, Dowling and Newsom trade jumpers. Merritt drains two free throws and after Zuzak and Dalgarn flip in layups, Waleskowski nails a hook. Zuzak gets 1 of 2 free throws then Waleskowski tosses in a layup as the Broncos run away for the win.
1 2 F Boise State 28 41 69 Weber State 29 24 53 [b]Boise State Broncos Starters min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] P.Bragg 28 3-8 4-4 0 0 3 0 10 P.Edwards 29 4-10 0-0 0 3 1 1 9 D.Newsom 27 2-7 2-2 0 3 1 1 6 T.House 28 4-7 1-1 1 10 0 2 9 D.Frederick 17 3-5 1-2 1 5 0 2 7 [b]Bench min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] C.Kabba 12 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 W.Hinds 14 4-8 0-0 0 4 0 0 8 E.Esterkamp 11 3-3 0-0 0 2 1 0 8 J.Zuzak 13 3-3 1-3 0 0 4 1 7 C.Byerson 8 0-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 D.Dalgarn 7 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 5 E.Minor 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 [b]Totals 28-58 9-12 2 32 12 10 69 [b]PCT[/b]: .483 FG, .750 FT [b]Turnovers[/b]: 15 (P.Bragg 4, P.Edwards 4, C.Byerson 2, D.Newsom, T.House, C.Kabba, J.Zuzak, D.Dalgarn). [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 10 (T.House 2, D.Frederick 2, C.Kabba 2, E.Minor 2, W.Hinds, E.Esterkamp). [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 4-12, .333 (P.Bragg 0-1, P.Edwards 1-3, D.Newsom 0-4, E.Esterkamp 2-2, C.Byerson 0-1, D.Dalgarn 1-1). [b]Weber State Wildcats Starters min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] T.Pratt 33 1-7 0-0 0 1 4 1 2 H.Dowling 34 4-14 0-0 1 4 1 0 10 F.Boticki 33 5-11 3-4 1 7 1 0 13 E.Merritt 28 2-14 4-4 2 11 1 3 8 J.Waleskowski 17 3-6 1-2 1 4 1 3 7 [b]Bench min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] D.Kane 15 1-8 0-0 0 4 1 0 2 B.Fullove 10 2-4 0-0 1 1 0 1 4 E.Moliva 7 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 D.Potter 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 L.Siebrandt 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 E.Hardy 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 T.Bone 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 [b]Totals 20-67 10-12 7 33 9 10 53 [b]PCT[/b]: .299 FG, .833 FT [b]Turnovers[/b]: 13 (T.Pratt 5, H.Dowling 2, E.Merritt 2, F.Boticki, J.Waleskowski, B.Fullove, T.Bone). [b]Blocked Shots[/b]: 5 (F.Boticki 2, E.Merritt, J.Waleskowski, D.Kane). [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 3-11, .273 (T.Pratt 0-4, H.Dowling 2-2, F.Boticki 0-3, E.Merritt 0-1, D.Potter 1-1).
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