Fresno St blitzes San Jose St setting multiple records

Mar 10, 2019, 02:52 am

FRESNO, Calif. -- Senior Deshon Taylor scored a career-high 37 points, Braxton Huggins scored a career-high 34 and Fresno State set a Mountain West Conference record with 23 3-pointers for a 121-81 win over San Jose State on Saturday.

The Bulldogs (22-8, 13-5) set a program record with 321-made 3s in a season and set the Save Mart Center record for most points in a game. Fresno State shot 23 of 38 (60.5 percent) from beyond the 3-point arc and Huggins set a school record with 10-made 3s in 16 attempts. Taylor, also a senior, finished 13 of 14 from the foul line and Noah Blackwell scored 25.

On senior night, Fresno State finished 40-of-62 (64.5) shooting overall. The Bulldogs led 59-40 at halftime and after the break missed just six of 28 shots (78.6) to score 62 points. The Bulldogs have won three straight and eight of their last 11 games.

Michael Steadman scored 21 points for the Spartans (4-26, 1-17), Seneca Knight 15 and Noah Baumann 11.