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Men’s basketball off and running
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The new fast-pace approach of coach Greg Graham was off and running on Saturday night as the Boise State Men’s basketball team hosted Northwest Nazarene University on Saturday evening in the Pavilion.
The Bronco’s were victorious in their first exhibition game of the season winning 81-55.
“For our first game, things went well. Everyone is still new to the system and we plan on getting better every time,” Bronco guard Joe Skiffer said.
Things did go smoothly for the Broncos. Graham’s scheme seems to work well with the Broncos offense and defense. Graham gave everyone an opportunity to play and it seemed no one on the team was afraid to shoot the ball.
Senior C.J. Williams led the team with 23 points. During the second half, Williams showed NNU what he was capable of.
Williams stole the ball, dunked, and then assisted by Solomon Wyatt, had a fast break lay up all within 23 seconds of clock time.
Other Boise State players who scored in double digits included Aaron Haynes with 18, Kostas Avgerinos at 17 and Cory Ortiz with 11. Ortiz led the team in 3-pointers while Hayes had seven rebounds. Bryan Defares had a team high of eight assists and six steals. Jason Ellis also had team-high nine rebounds.
Cam Wattling led NNU with 26 points and Kevin Richard had 12 points and two assists.
With the first exhibition game over, the Broncos are excited to begin their regular season and know what they need to do.
“This season is going to be fun. It’s going to be tough, but the way we play it’s going to be fun,” said Skiffer.
The Broncos will play one more exhibition game Nov.13 against the Australian Institute of Sport before they open their regular season Monday Nov. 18 at home on ESPN2 against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
Tanya Dobson, The Arbiter