{"id":188446,"date":"2026-02-22T06:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188446\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:03:13","slug":"broncos-back-in-win-column-with-victory-over-spartans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188446\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos Back in Win Column With Victory Over Spartans"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOISE, Idaho \u2014\u00a0Sweeping the season series, Boise State defeated San Jose State, 84-69, on Saturday afternoon at ExtraMile Arena.
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\nDrew Fielder<\/a> led Boise State (16-11 overall, 8-8 Mountain West) with a team-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting. He added five rebounds, two assists, one steal and two blocks in the contest.
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\nAndrew Meadow<\/a> tied his career high with three assists and had 16 points. Dylan Andrews<\/a> totaled 12 points and four assists, while Javan Buchanan<\/a> pitched in with 11 points, seven boards, two assists and one steal.
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\nAdrian Myers paced all players with a game-high 23 points to go with eight rebounds. Colby Garland notched 22 points and five assists for San Jose State (7-20 overall, 2-14 MW), with Sadraque NgaNga posting 10 points and eight boards.
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\nSan Jose State tallied the first basket of the game, but Boise State promptly responded with 17 unanswered points. The Broncos made six of its first eight shot attempts and led 17-2 in the first six minutes.
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\nBoise State’s early 15-point lead served as the largest of the period for either team, but the Spartans battled back and significantly cut the deficit. Outscoring the Broncos 21-10 in a stretch that spanned nine game minutes, San Jose State pulled to within four with five and a half minutes remaining in the half.
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\nThe Spartans closed the gap to one possession, but didn’t tie or retake the lead. Holding a lead for nearly 18 of the 20 minutes, Boise State closed the frame by scoring five of the final seven points.
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\nIn the initial 20-minute session, the Broncos were led by Fielder, Andrews and Meadow, who combined to score 23 of the team’s 36 points. Collectively, Boise State shot 46 percent from the floor and were ahead by five at the intermission.
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\nAt the outset of the second half, San Jose State scored eight of the first 13 points and once again made it a two-point game. In similar fashion to the first half, the Broncos countered with a 13-4 run and pushed their lead back to double figures.
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\nSurpassing its largest first-half lead, Boise State forged ahead by 16 with 8:55 on the clock. RJ Keene II<\/a> tallied his second 3-pointer of the afternoon, giving the Broncos a 65-49 advantage.
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\nBoise State ultimately led by as many as 21 points and were ahead for essentially the entire game. The Broncos shot over 50 percent for the sixth time this season and registered their eighth win by 10 or more points.
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\nTop Broncos:<\/p>\n


\n\tDrew Fielder<\/a> posted 20 points, five rebounds, two assists, one steal and two blocks.
\n\tAndrew Meadow<\/a> registered 16 points and a career-high-tying three assists.
\n\tDylan Andrews<\/a> totaled 12 points and four assists. <\/p>\n


\nNotables:<\/p>\n


\n\tBoise State remains undefeated at home against San Jose State, improving to 24-0 in its building.
\n\tThe Broncos have won 17 of the last 18 head-to-head matchups with the Spartans and are now 44-4 all time.
\n\tBoise State has outscored San Jose State by 46 points in the two games this season.
\n\tDating back to Jan. 13, the Broncos have scored 80+ points eight times, the most by all Mountain West teams in that span.
\n\tBoise State is 11-0 this season when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points in the game.
\n\tDrew Fielder<\/a> collected his eighth 20-point game of the season and ninth of his career.
\n\tFielder also tied his season high with two blocks, with both coming in the first half. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s Next:

\nBoise State wraps consecutive home games on Tuesday night against Wyoming. Airing live on the Mountain West Network and KBOI 670 AM, the team’s official radio partner, tip off between the Broncos and Cowboys at ExtraMile Arena is set for 7 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOISE, Idaho \u2014\u00a0Sweeping the season series, Boise State defeated San Jose State, 84-69, on Saturday afternoon at ExtraMile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-188446","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\/188446","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=188446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}