{"id":188004,"date":"2026-02-21T23:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188004\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:12:06","slug":"boise-state-rides-big-second-half-to-mountain-west-victory-over-san-jose-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188004\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise State rides big second half to Mountain West victory over San Jose State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/boise-state\/basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boise State<\/a> men\u2019s basketball team ended a two-game losing streak in Mountain West play on Saturday with an 84-69 victory over San Jose State at ExtraMile Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">Drew Fielder led the way for the Broncos (16-11, 8-8) with 20 points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">Colby Garland had another strong game for the Spartans (7-20, 2-14) with 22 points and five assists. Garland has netted 21 or more points in six straight games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Adrian Myers had a big second half and paced San Jose State with 23 points and eight rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Here are three takeaways from Boise State\u2019s victory at ExtraMile Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another second-half surge\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">Much like the first meeting between the teams, Boise State turned a narrow halftime lead into a blowout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">The Broncos dominated the second half in January\u2019s matchup, outscoring the Spartans 53-25 after the break to secure a runaway 89-58 victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">Boise State, which led by three points at the break in San Jose, held a 36-31 halftime edge on Saturday. The Broncos used a 10-0 run to seize control and later went up 62-47 on a Javan Buchanan three-pointer with nine minutes and change remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">The Spartans trailed by double figures the rest of the way as Boise State won the second half 48-38 to get back to .500 in MWC play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leon Rice has his starting five\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">For the fourth consecutive game, Broncos head coach Leon Rice deployed a starting five of guards Dylan Andrews and Pearson Carmichael, forwards Buchanan and Andrew Meadow and Fielder at center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">The new starting unit staked Boise State to a 10-2 lead in the opening minutes. Spencer Ahrens, RJ Keene II and Dominic Parolin all checked in at the first media timeout, and Parolin quickly finished off a close-range basket to put the Broncos up 10. The lead swelled to 17-2 on a Keene II three-pointer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">San Jose State trimmed Boise State\u2019s lead to 36-31 at the break, but the Broncos blew the game open in the second half to secure their eighth MWC victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">With four regular-season games remaining, it appears Rice has finally settled on a starting lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sadraque NgaNga shines in return to ExtraMile Arena<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">San Jose State senior Sadraque NgaNga had a strong performance against his old team, finishing with 10 points and eight rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">NgaNga began his college career with the Broncos during the 2022-23 season, appearing in 17 games off the bench. The 6-foot-10 forward then spent one year at Seton Hall before transferring to San Jose State in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">The Spartans didn\u2019t travel to Boise last season, but NgaNga shined in his final game inside ExtraMile Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boise State men\u2019s basketball team ended a two-game losing streak in Mountain West play on Saturday with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-188004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}