FS Men's Basketball falls in OT to No. 22 Utah State

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- After a 32-point nonaccomplishment astatine location to No. 19 San Diego State connected Saturday, Fresno State men's hoops recovered retired they'd beryllium shorthanded against No. 22 Utah State Tuesday nighttime astatine the Save Mart Center.

With some Enoch Boakye and Eduardo Andre retired with injuries, the Bulldogs fought until the extremity without a halfway successful the lineup earlier falling 77-73 to the Aggies successful overtime.

The Bulldog defence forced a shot-clock usurpation with 1:20 near successful regularisation and missed 2 shots, but each clip got the violative rebound earlier Senior Leo Colimerio was fouled and deed 2 escaped throws that gave Fresno State a 63-59 pb with 52 seconds left.

With 2 seconds near successful regulation, Utah State's Darius Brown II deed an improbable slope changeable three-pointer to necktie the crippled 65-65 and nonstop the Mountain West foes into OT.

Tied 73-73 successful OT, Brown II erstwhile again answered the telephone by hitting different three-pointer with 34 seconds remaining to propulsion up 76-73.

Bulldog constituent defender Isaiah Hill scored 21 points earlier fouling retired successful the opening infinitesimal of OT, and Xavier Dusell added 16 points. Leo Colimerio and Isaiah Pope each scored 15.

After the game, Fresno State Head Coach Justin Hutson was asked wherefore the Bulldogs did not foul Darius Brown II earlier his last-second game-tying changeable successful regulation.

"We called them implicit to the broadside and said connected the 2nd dribble, spell foul him, marque definite you don't foul him successful the enactment of shooting," Hutson said. "Didn't get it done."

Hutson was besides asked astir the deficiency of extent with truthful galore injuries plaguing the team.

"We had 5-6 guys retired determination for the bulk of the crippled against the 22-ranked squad successful the country, and we're asking wherefore we gave up a slope changeable astatine the buzzer erstwhile we told them to foul," Hutson said. "There were a batch of affirmative things that happened during that, truthful we look astatine that and say, hey look, it's basketball, worldly happens."

Hutson reiterated that contempt the heartbreaking loss, his connection to the squad remains the same.

"We volition absorption connected a batch of the bully things we did," Hutson said. "We don't privation to bushed a dormant horse. We privation to absorption connected the positives present successful March."

Bulldog Senior Leo Colimerio besides spoke to the media aft the game.

"We yet came together, fought hard together," Colimerio said. "I consciousness similar we should've been doing that for a agelong time. We showed we tin play with anybody."

Fresno State (11-17, 4-11 MW) heads backmost connected the roadworthy to play Nevada connected Friday.

The Wolf Pack are receiving votes to beryllium ranked.

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