No. 10 San Diego State needs shutting gone to rally previous UNLV
San Diego State coach Steve Fisher described senior Xavier Thames as one of his most difficult gamers.
After the 6-foot-3 guard racked up 19 indicate lead the 10th-ranked Aztecs to a 73-64 gain UNLV on Wednesday evening, Fisher was vocalizing his star gamer's commends.
"X is a victor; X is a brutal rival," Fisher stated. "He could play, and he can make plays for others, and he did that again tonight. He would like to gain seriously.".
San Diego State (26-3, 15-2 Hill West) closed the game on a 13-2 run over the final 3:04 to close its 26th triumph of the season, matching the second-highest single-season total amount in college past. The Aztecs additionally won a school-record 15th conference game of the season, cracking the previous mark of 14, started 2010-11.
San Diego State, which now has succeeded eight of its previous 11 against the Rebels, completed 27-for-63 from the industry, including 6-of-14 from 3-point range. After falling back 62-61 with 3:23 left in the game, Thames completed a three-point play to stir up the Aztecs' final scoring spree.
"We needed to swing into action and acquire quits," Thames shared. "Our infraction was respectable all game, minus the turnovers, so we just had to get quits.".
After Jelan Kendrick's 3-pointer gave the Rebels a 50-45 lead with 11:38 left in the game, the Aztecs' full-court press stymied UNLV the rest of the means, as it handled simply 2 even more basket.
The Aztecs, which are 12-2 away from home, now are 11-4 inside the Thomas and Mack Facility since the 2010 Mountain West event. This year's event starts March 12 at the T&M.
Thames was among four Aztecs scoring in dual figures, as Matt Shrigley added to 14 and Winston Shepard and Dwayne Polee II each had 13.
Khem Birch had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead UNLV (19-11, 10-7). Kevin Olekaibe included 10 for the Runnin' Rebels.
"I understood they would play hard, I understood they would certainly contend," Fisher claimed. "They made it hard on us, they made four from six 3-pointers in the first half, and Birch did just what he performed in our location. He would not permit us involve the rim without him denying a chance.
"This was from wire to wire a truly difficult game by two good groups. We got our little surge at the end of the game. This was a one-possession game, and we made some free throws, they missed out on some tries.".
Fisher has actually been the trainer for 19 of San Diego State's 23 all-time success versus UNLV. The Aztecs were 4-17 against UNLV prior to Fisher taking control as instructor of the Aztecs.
San Diego State took a 12-5 lead in the game, however UNLV used a 10-0 run over a four-minute period midway with the first one-half to take a 15-12 lead. The Rebels prolonged their cause six, 20-14, with 8:41 left, but the Aztecs battled back with a 15-5 run to take a 29-25 lead with 4:39 left till halftime. From there, UNLV closed out the one-half on a 9-4 run to take a 34-33 lead into the closet room.
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However after shooting 13-of-25 from the field in the first half, consisting of 4-of-7 from 3-point array, the Rebels fired a grim 7-of-27 from the flooring and were an abysmal 2-for-12 from beyond the arc in the second half.
"We went in with a bunch of assurance we could succeed and just really did not fairly make sufficient plays down the stretch," UNLV teacher Dave Rice said.
The game saw the Mountain West matches connect the score 10 times and exchange leads on 14 occasions. And while UNLV outscored the Aztecs 17-6 with second-chance chances, San Diego State outrebounded the Rebels 40-34.
UNLV, which went into the game placed nine in the nation in recoiling with 40.3 per game, plainly missed the services of Roscoe Smith down the stretch. The junior ahead experienced a concussion in the Rebels' previous game, at Air Force, and was dismissed for the Rebels' last 2 games of the period.
"I missed out on (Roscoe Smith) a lot," Birch said. "Chris is an excellent gamer, do not acquire me incorrect, yet the experience of Roscoe-- averaging 11 rebounds and 11 points-- we really missed him tonite, we can have utilized him.
"I had to do a lot greater than I'm pred owned to without Roscoe on the floor.".
