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Bronco Hoops close out to regular season
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After winning two games in a row, Boise State (11-15, 5-11) men’s basketball team will try to finish the regular season on a roll. Tonight the Broncos take on Louisiana Tech (18-8, 12-4) at the Pavilion and look to avenge one of the worst loses in school history. Back on Dec. 30 the Broncos traveled to Ruston, La. only to be sent home with the worst offensive performances in school history. La Tech held the Broncos to record low 36 points.
La Tech comes to Boise as the third place team in the Western Athletic Conference. Averaging 72.1 points a game the Bulldogs are led by last week’s WAC player of the week, Gerrod Henderson. Henderson is fifth in WAC in scoring at 16.5 points a game. La Tech has won six of its last seven games and will try to make a season sweep of BSU.
The home stand for the Broncos doesn’t get any easier as Southern Methodist (14-12, 9-7) pays a visit on Saturday. The Mustangs beat the Broncos in Dallas back on Dec. 28 by a score of 80-67. SMU is ranked third in the WAC averaging 73.4 points a game. The Mustangs are led by two of the league leaders in scoring; Damon Hancock ranks second in the league with 21.7 points a game while Quinton Ross is fourth at 17.4. Patrick Simpson who is fourth in the WAC in rebounds with 7.1 a game will also help out the Mustangs.
With the final two games of the regular season at the Pavilion, the Broncos should have an advantage. Boise State has been led all year long by Abe Jackson who not only leads the league in three pointers with 83, but also is third in the WAC in scoring with 19 points a game. Boise State is also led by Booker Nabers and Bryan Defares each adding ten points a night. The Broncos need an all around team effort to continue success tonight against La Tech and again on Saturday against SMU.
Boise State needs all the help they can get heading into the WAC tournament next week in Tulsa. Winning a couple more games and entering the WAC tournament with a winning streak could help the Broncos tremendously.
By Darrin Shindle
The Boise State women’s basketball team will look to keep their winning streak alive on the road this weekend when it travels to San Jose State and Hawaii to end their regular season.
The Broncos have a shot to move up into sixth place in the WAC with two wins and two Nevada losses over the weekend.
Just two weeks ago the Broncos were looking at having to play in the first round of the tournament to see who gets to play Louisiana Tech in the second round, but with their first three-game winning streak of the season the Broncos are looking at a possible bye. In order to have a shot at the bye the Broncos will have to avenge two losses earlier in the season to San Jose State and Hawaii.
Tonight the Broncos will face San Jose State (15-10, 10-6), who comes into the game with the Broncos on their own winning streak at four games. The last time the two teams met at the Pavilion the Broncos lost a hear-breaker in overtime 85-74. Crista Peterson led the Broncos with 24 points while Atari Parker led the Spartans with 26.
The Spartans are second in the WAC in scoring offense at 67.6 points per game. They are led by Cricket Williams who is the leading scorer in the WAC at 18.1 points per game and Elea A’Giza at 13.2 points per game.
On Saturday the Broncos head to Hawaii to take on the third place team in the WAC. Natasja Allen and Janka Gabrielova, who are averaging 11.2 and 10.6 points per game respectively, lead Hawaii (19-6, 12-4). The Rainbow Wahine are currently third in the WAC in scoring offense at 65.4 points per game and second in scoring defense at 57.8 points per game.
In the last meeting between the two teams Hawaii beat the Broncos 61-48. Peterson again led the Broncos in scoring with 24 points but it wasn’t enough.
The Broncos are led by Peterson who is averaging 13.6 points per game but is just coming back from a knee injury and her minutes are limited. Mandy Welch is second on the team with 10.1 points per game while Abby Vaughan is third at 7.8.
After the game at Hawaii the Broncos will be flying straight to Tulsa for the WAC tournament that starts on March 5th and goes to March 9th.
Phil Dailey
