Idaho State 73, Northern Colorado 70
Find the Journal's game recap here.
Star of the game: Tomas Sanchez. Yeah, the obvious answer but when you hit a game-winning shot, it's the easy pick. Sanchez wasn't perfect Thursday night against the Bears (the senior point guard had six turnovers) but he scored 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting. Man did the Bengals need the points, too. Andre Hatchett was great (more on him below) but ISU needed Sanchez because Chris Hansen — 12 points, 4 for 14 from the field, 0 for 6 from 3 — didn't have the shooting touch against UNC. Hansen was good defensively picking up a game-high five steals. Normally, though, for the Bengals to win they have to have Hansen producing.
But not Thursday. Sanchez was just good enough to help ISU grab a big home win (and when I write good, I mean great. Northern Colorado is really tough to beat).
Co-star of the game: Andre Hatchett. Hatchett has developed into the guy who does a little of everything for head coach Bill Evans and the Bengals. He scores (19 points vs UNC), rebounds (six Thursday) and dishes assists.
And since ISU doesn't have a backup point guard, Hatchett has taken on some of that role, too (more on that evolution in Saturday's issue of the Journal).
No comments:
Post a Comment