{"id":114605,"date":"2025-12-31T05:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/114605\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T05:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:39:14","slug":"collins-puts-up-18-as-utah-state-takes-down-fresno-state-72-63-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/114605\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins puts up 18 as Utah State takes down Fresno State 72-63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">FRESNO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Michael Collins Jr.&#8217;s 18 points helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/utah-state-aggies-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah State<\/a> defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/fresno-state-bulldogs-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno State<\/a> 72-63 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Collins went 9 of 16 from the field (0 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Aggies (11-1, 2-0 Mountain West Conference). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/mason-falsley-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Falslev<\/a> scored 16 points and added eight rebounds and four steals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/kolby-king-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kolby King<\/a> shot 4 of 6 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 6 from the line to finish with 13 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/jake-heidbreder-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Heidbreder<\/a> led the way for the Bulldogs (6-7, 0-2) with 21 points and three steals. Fresno State also got 15 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/wilson-jacques-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilson Jacques<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/bastien-rieber-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bastien Rieber<\/a> had 12 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Utah State took the lead for good with 14:49 to go in the first half. The score was 35-26 at halftime, with Collins racking up 10 points. Utah State turned a six-point second-half lead into a 13-point advantage with a 7-0 run to make it a 46-33 lead with 15:53 left in the half. Falslev scored nine second-half points in the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. 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