Idaho State 78, Weber State 75, overtime
The Journal’s game recap.
The Standard-Examiner’s game recap.
Best game I’ve seen this season. Well played from both sides, great effort and each squad had their guy show up in a major way. ...
Star of the game: Chris Hansen. Two games against Weber State and Hansen is averaging 27 points while hitting 53 percent of his shot attempts from the floor (17-32) and 64 percent from 3 (9-14). Hansen’s scoring average is up to 17.3 points per game.
Hansen wasn’t the sole reason ISU beat Weber. The Wildcats are far too good to be beaten by one guy. Ayibakuro Preh was terrific down low defensively, Tomas Sanchez — without ever stepping off the floor — didn’t have a turnover with six assists and guys like Justin Smith, Evann Hall and Ajak Magot all provided valuable minutes off the bench. But Hansen was the single biggest reason ISU outlasted WSU in the extra five minutes. He came up large in the biggest moments. I’m telling you, that 3-pointer over Kyle Tresnak that turned as the game winner is the toughest shot you’re ever going to see go down.
Tresnak played Hansen perfectly. Once Hansen released the attempt, Tresnak turned, watched the shot go down and then just and shook his head in disbelief as he ran to the other end.
Star of the game No. 2: Davion Berry. Barring a complete collapse by Weber State in the final six games, Berry is going to be the league’s player of the year. He deserves it. He’s the senior leader on the best team.
Jeremy Senglin (18 points) had a great first half against the Bengals, but it was clear that Berry was going to take over for WSU in the second half. His 3-point shot (0-6 for the game) wasn’t going down, so Berry attacked the basket and showed off his ability to finish at the rim with floaters over ISU’s bigs. In a hostile atmosphere and against a team that made 53 percent of its field goals, he was nearly good enough to pull off the road win.
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