Shaver Jr. scores 15, Boise St. beats Washington St. 71-61
BOISE, Idaho -- — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds, Max Rice also scored 15 points to help Boise State beat Washington State 71-61 Saturday night at Idaho Central Arena.
Boise State (1-1) also beat Washington State 58-52 last season at the Spokane (Washington) Arena and is now 4-4 all-time against the Cougars.
TJ Bamba and Justin Powell hit back-to-back 3-pointers before Bamba made a layup to give Washington State an 8-0 lead about 3 minutes into the game. Rice scored the next five points and Tyson Degenhart hit a 3-pointer that capped an 11-0 run with 11:17 left in the first half and Boise State never again trailed.
Bamba led Washington State (1-1) with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting, 4 of 7 from 3-point range. Mouhamed Gueye added 12 points and Powell finished with 10.
The Cougars shot just 34.9% (22 of 63) from the field, including 6 of 26 (23.1%) from behind the arc.
Bamba hit his final 3 to make it 48-all with 8:48 to play but Shaver answered with a layup, Lukas Milner added a layup and an alley-oop dunk from Naje Smith — both following Washington State turnovers — before Milner found Smith for a layup that made it 56-48 with 5:36 left.
Degenhart added 14 points — including a conventional three-point play in the closing minutes that snapped a 6-0 run by the Cougars — for Boise State. Smith had 12 points and three blocks and Milner finished with 10 points.
UP NEXT
Washington State plays at Prairie View A&M on Tuesday
Boise State travels to Conway, South Carolina, for the Myrtle Beach Invitational and plays Charlotte in Thursday's first round.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Michael Irving
- Kevin Brill
- David Hall
2023-24 Pac-12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 15-5 | - | 27-9 |
Washington State | 14-6 | 1 | 25-10 |
Colorado | 13-7 | 2 | 26-11 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 3 | 24-12 |
UCLA | 10-10 | 5 | 16-17 |
Utah | 9-11 | 6 | 22-15 |
Washington | 9-11 | 6 | 17-15 |
California | 9-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
USC | 8-12 | 7 | 15-18 |
Arizona State | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Stanford | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Oregon State | 5-15 | 10 | 13-19 |
2023-24 Mountain West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Utah State | 14-4 | - | 28-7 |
Nevada | 13-5 | 1 | 26-8 |
Boise State | 13-5 | 1 | 22-11 |
UNLV | 12-6 | 2 | 21-13 |
San Diego State | 11-7 | 3 | 26-11 |
New Mexico | 10-8 | 4 | 26-10 |
Colorado State | 10-8 | 4 | 25-11 |
Wyoming | 8-10 | 6 | 15-17 |
Fresno State | 4-14 | 10 | 12-21 |
Air Force | 2-16 | 12 | 9-22 |
San José State | 2-16 | 12 | 9-23 |