Boise State Beats California-Davis Big, 67-47

Filed under Game Recap on November 21st, 2010

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As Boise State keeps winning, our confidence keeps growing. On November 21st at a neutral site, the Broncos got a big win over the Aggies, 67-47.

The experts picked the Broncos in this game, and they were proved right. Last year, California-Davis beat Boise State 82-74.

Boise State beat California-Davis in possession management and shooting.

The Broncos out-shot the Aggies and also defended them well, with 45% to their 36%. The Broncos only gave the ball away 14 times compared to 23 for the Aggies.

La`Shard Anderson was the high scorer for the Broncos with 18 points on 42% shooting in 37 minutes. Ryan Watkins led everyone with 9 rebounds.

It never hurts to grab an early season win. The Broncos are on their way to meeting some decent preseason expectations. This brings the Broncos up to 3-0.

The next team we face is Eastern Washington at home on November 24th.

• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 2:53 left to go.
• Boise State beat the spread by 16.5 points. That makes the 2nd time this season the Broncos have beat the spread.
• Boise State started 3-0 during the 2003 and 1998 seasons (since 1996).
• This was the 2nd blowout win this season (a win by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, Boise State has been on the winning end of 18 blowout games.
• The win over California-Davis extended the Boise State winning streak to 3 games.

• Joe Harden has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• Joe Harden has led the team in scoring 3 times and in rebounding 3 times in 5 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Joe Harden and Todd Lowenthal) accounted for 50.0% of the rebounds.
• Joe Harden accounted for 31.9% of the team's points.
• Mark Payne has 3 straight double-digit point games.

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Tags: La`Shard Anderson, Ryan Watkins