Man, that one hurt.
Man, that one hurts. Nevada’s late magic that pulled off an OT win over GCU came out against Boise State tonight. After an underwhelming first half, Nevada turned it on in the second half and some heroics from Tayshawn Comer gave the Pack another OT chance to pull out a win.
Unfortunately, the magic faded by then, and Nevada dropped to 0-5 in Quad 1 games in a 91-87 loss to Boise State.
Scoring Summary
1st Half
Nevada 28 – Boise State 39
2nd Half
Nevada 51 – Boise State 40
Overtime
Nevada 8 – Boise State 12
Final: Nevada 87, Boise State 91
Offense
Nevada missed a few shots to open up the game, but scored on an inside basket by Elijah Price and got a foul for three points. Price did it again inside the paint, scoring Nevada’s first five points of the game.
Price was fouled again and made one of his two free throw attempts, making it six points for him early on. The first player outside of him to score for the Pack was Corey Camper Jr., who hit a floater after a 2-10 start for Nevada from the field.
Tyler Rolison brought Nevada into the double-digit category just under the 10-minute mark with a floater of his own to cut it to a nine-point deficit.
Camper put a brief pause to the scoring skid with a three-point shot and a foul, making it a four-point play and cut it to 30-14. Boise State responded with two, but so did Nevada as Tayshawn Comer scored in the paint to cut it to a 16-point deficit.
Price pushed himself into double-digits on a jumper, and Camper followed it with one of his own to move Nevada into the 20’s. Price finished the first half with 10 points and Camper finished with 14.
Nevada was able to get the deficit under double digits after Comer made a floater to open up the second half. The Wolf Pack tried to get the deep ball going but started 0-2 from beyond the arc to open the half.
Another three by Camper gave him 20-plus points as he ended the night with another career-high night with 35 points on 14-22 shooting. Price and Camper combined for 52 points.
Momentum built up after some fouls and great shooting for Nevada, turning in a 6-0 run for a 48-57 score with just over 10 minutes left. Comer hit his first three of the night on a step back to make it a 52-57 game on a 10-0 Nevada run. Vaughn Weems got in the action with a three-pointer of his own to cut it down to a two-point game.
Comer hit another step back three to tie the game at 60 under the eight-minute mark, a huge step up from Nevada’s first-half performance. Comer scored two points during the entire first half but finished the night with 24 points, going 3-6 from three.
Down three with just over 30 seconds left, Nevada gave Camper the ball and he threw it up to tie it, but it bounced just off the rim and a huge opportunity for Nevada went by the wayside. With about five seconds to go, Boise State missed two free throws that would’ve put the game away. Comer charged down the court and threw up a floater to tie the game 79-79 and send the game into overtime.
Nevada was only able to score eight in overtime and just couldn’t land that clutch shot they were hitting throughout the second half. Nevada finished shooting 32-65 from the field and 10-24 from deep.
Defense
Boise State opened up strong in the paint with two quick scores and a few rebounds to go along with them. Despite starting 0-4 from three in the first six minutes, Boise State turned in a 14-5 run before the first media timeout. The Broncos also picked up seven rebounds and 12 of their 14 points in the paint.
The Broncos turned in a 20-point lead by the eight-minute mark with a 30-10 score. It became a 14-2 run, which saw Boise State shooting 60 percent from the field. The rebound count was up to 13 at that point for Boise State, and it forced four early turnovers against Nevada.
The three-point shooting kept up for Boise State, which included guard RJ Keene shooting one and getting a technical foul after chirping at the Nevada bench. The Broncos closed out the first half, only shooting 4-14 from deep but 15-29 from the field with 19 rebounds.
The second three of the second half pushed Boise State to 50 points from guard Dylan Andrews, who finished the night with 25 points on 7-12 shooting. Boise State shot 28-54 from the field and 8-25 from three as a team.
Boise State hit a scoring drought of over two minutes in the midst of Nevada’s huge offensive run. The Broncos broke out of it with a score in the paint to push it to 59-54 under nine minutes.
Javan Buchanan hit a huge three-pointer under two minutes to give Boise State a 75-71 lead as he finished the night with 23 points. The two missed free throws by Boise State in the final seconds proved brutal for the Broncos.
What’s Next
Nevada heads back home to welcome Fresno State into Lawlor for the last time as conference opponents. The Wolf Pack narrowly beat the Bulldogs in their first matchup at the beginning of January, 66-65.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. PST on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Category: General Sports
