Mountain west tournament 20238/11/2023 ![]() Heidbreder led Air Force with 24 points and nine boards on 5-of-10 shooting from distance. Jake Heidbreder, Carter Murphy and Rytis Petraitis combined for 18 of Air Force’s 22 field-goal attempts. He finished with a career-high 35 points on 9-of-20 shooting, including 13-of-18 from the free-throw line. Harkless ended up scoring 11 of UNLV’s 21 points in overtime. Harkless completely took over overtime, scoring the first eight points and deflecting the ball from Jake Heidbreder that eventually put UNLV up five with less than three minutes left. UNLV missed nine of its final 10 field goal attempts in regulation, but still tied it at 57 courtesy of Elijah Harkless splitting a pair of free throws with 17.2 seconds left - neither team scored before OT. Air Force eventually took a one-point lead, 55-54, with 3:30 left in regulation and didn’t let it up until less than a minute left. There were seven ties and ties lead changes on the afternoon UNLV, who led for most of regulation couldn’t separate itself by more than seven points until overtime. Similar to its only matchup on the season in late February, the first-round meeting between Air Force and UNLV ended in a low-scoring, low-tempo battle - with UNLV coming on top yet again, in overtime, 78-70. Colorado State lost both meetings, including a six-point overtime loss in Fort Collins, Colo., 82-76 on Jan. It shot 43.6 percent and 7-of-19 from 3-point range with two fewer turnovers, but finished with four fewer rebounds.Ĭolorado State will face top-seeded San Diego State Thursday at 12 p.m. ![]() In addition to Stevens’ 19 points, Colorado State had two other double figure scorers: John Tonje, who led CSU with 20 points on nine attempts, and Patrick Cartier, who had 12 points in 24 minutes. Fresno State shot 40.7 percent from the floor, knocking down eight of its 28 3-point attempts. Eduardo Andre tallied a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double with three blocks. Isaiah Hill led Fresno State with 22 points on 7-of-19 shooting, adding six assists. ![]() The 6-foot guard capped-off a 19-point performance by converting a game-tying three-point play plus the floater to advance Colorado State to the quarterfinal round. But Stevens, arguably the most clutch player in the Mountain West, would not be denied. Wednesday’s opener between the Colorado State Rams and the Fresno State Bulldogs nearly resulted in a remarkable comeback victory for the Bulldogs after CSU led by 12 with 7:34 left.īut, in classic fashion, Rams star guard Isaiah Stevens took over in the final two minutes, scoring the team’s final five points, including a game-winning rainbow floater with less than three seconds left to give Colorado State the 67-65 win.įresno State trailed by 12 - 60-48 - with over seven-and-a-half minutes left, rattling off a 17-2 run, capped by three Isaiah Hill free-throws to take the 65-62 lead with 1:46 left. ![]() (8) Colorado State 67, (9) Fresno State 65 so let’s not waste any more time and dive into it all! Happy Mountain West Tournament day! We had quite the action-packed first round (three games) on Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nev. ![]()
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