BOISE, Idaho - O'Mar Stanley's 17 points helped Boise State defeat San Diego State 67-66 at ExtraMile Arena on Saturday.
Boise State survived a late game comeback by SDSU. The Aztecs went on a 12-4 run over the final two minutes but ran out of time, falling by one. San Diego State's defense held the Broncos to just one made field goal over the final 5:30 of the game.
"Basketball is a game of runs," said Head Men's Basketball Coach Brian Dutcher following the game. "Like I said, we didn't get the stops we needed down the stretch, and they did. We have to get stops. It's a hard thing to do. It's easy to say it's a hard thing to do. We need to get timely stops in close games. I don't want to put down our defense like it wasn't good. It was good. It wasn't good with the game on the line. It wasn't what it needed to be to win on the road."
Stanley added seven rebounds for the Broncos (13-5, 4-1 Mountain West Conference). Roddie Anderson III scored 14 points while going 5 of 15 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range, and 3 for 4 from the line. Chibuzo Agbo was 2 of 6 shooting, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 8 from the line to finish with 11 points.
The Aztecs (15-4, 4-2) were led by Jaedon LeDee, who recorded 13 points and eight rebounds. Reese Waters added 10 points for San Diego State. In addition, Darrion Trammell had nine points and six rebounds.
Boise State went into the half leading San Diego State 34-31 due to ten points from Stanley in the first half. The game featured ten lead changes but San Diego State only led for three minutes. The Aztecs outscored the Broncos 16-3 on fast breaks and 24-10 off the bench but it was not enough.
SDSU outshot Boise State from the field (43.1 percent-39.3 percent) and the free throw line (84.2 percent-70.0 percent) but the Broncos were better from deep (37.5 percent-25.0 percent). San Diego State had two more rebounds (34-32).
Next up for the Aztecs is a home game against Wyoming at Viejas Arena on Tuesday, January 23 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and San Diego Sports 760.