SAN DIEGO – San Diego State basketball rung in the new year with a Mountain West thriller beating the visiting Boise State Broncos by a final score of 110-107. It took three overtime periods, but the Aztecs have now won five straight on Steve Fisher Court and remain undefeated in conference play.
The first half of play was outstanding basketball from Brian Dutcher’s squad. The first eight and a half minutes were tightly contested with the Aztecs maintaining a 15-14 lead. With 11:22 left on the clock Magoon Gwath would knock down his second three point shot and jumpstart a 36-14 San Diego State run through the rest of the half. Six different players would score five or more points with Miles Byrd and Gwath leading the first half charge with nine points apiece. Everything on the Aztec’s offense was clicking thanks to a 66% field goal percentage. Alongside the offensive output, the teams defense forced nine first half turnovers while holding the Broncos to just 10 made field goals, 33% shoot from the floor and 21% shooting from behind the arc.
Boise State responded in the second half with hot shooting from three to the tune of eight three pointers on a blistering 57% shooting clip. San Diego was able to hold on and force overtime thanks to clutch three-point shooting from the duo BJ Davis and Reese Dixon-Waters. Both players hit three pointers with under three minutes to go to keep the game within three points. A late and-1 conversion from Bosie’s Drew Fielder would send the game to overtime.
Once overtime hit, the Bronco’s would score four points quickly before a Jeremiah Oden dunk cut the deficit to just two. From that point on BJ Davis took the extra frame of play over. The Aztec’s guard not only scored nine points, but he submitted his best impression of Aztec’s cornerback Chris Johnson picking off a deep inbounds pass and hitting a three-point shot with 0.4 seconds on the clock to extend the game to a second overtime.
Freshman Elzie Harrington showed that he also was ready for the moment. Not only did he hit a shot from distance late in the first overtime period, but he also knocked down a tough pull up jump shot followed by stealing an inbounds pass and converting a layup at the rim. Despite the freshman’s best efforts, the Broncos weathered the storm and forced a triple overtime behind a Fielder three-point shot.
The third and final overtime was another back and forth five minutes of basketball. Boise jumped out to a five-point lead before Oden and Harrington responded with five points of their own. This time it was Miles Heide’s turn to play the hero as the Aztec’s big man scored back-to-back buckets thanks to some fancy footwork in the post. Boise’s Javan Buchan would knockdown a pair of free throws to tie up the contest once again but Dixon-Waters and Harrington responded with three straight free throw makes to put San Diego State ahead for good.
It was a well-rounded effort for the Aztecs with five players scoring in double figures. BJ Davis continued his high level of play leading his team with career highs in both points (22) and rebounds (10). The junior guard has now reached double figures in scoring eight times this season. Harrington chipped in a career high with 20 points. The Aztec’s bench was once again outstanding pumping in 46 points while the offense as a whole was efficient shooting 53% from the floor and 46% from three.
UP NEXT
The Aztecs move to 3-0 in Mountain West play and have officially started 2026 with a win inside Viejas. San Diego State will have to quickly put this triple overtime thriller to rest as they prepare to head to Reno for a road matchup against Nevada on January 6. Tip off is set for 8:00 p.m. PST and will be televised on FS1.