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Jekyll and Hyde is a work of fact as the Aztecs flipped into Hyde mode against Boise State. This comes on the heels of a stellar performance last week against Utah State.
Aztecs outrebounded and outshot drop into third place in the Mountain West Conference
Heading into the last road game of the year, the Aztecs (19-10, 13-6 MWC) found themselves in a quandary, losing three of their last four games. After their effort in Boise, they now are 1-4 in their last five games, heading home for their regular season finale on Friday against UNLV. Their only win in this stretch was a 17 point thrashing of conference leaders Utah State. Since then they endured a five point loss at New Mexico and last night’s nine point loss against the Broncos (19-11, 11-8 MWC). The sad part is the game wasn’t even as close as the final score. Fortunately the Aztecs are assured of being within the top four finishers in the conference and a first round bye in the conference tournament next week.
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Last night the Aztecs encountered trouble early on. The Broncos jumped out early with leads of 8-2, 11-5 and 22-7. A near sell out of 12,171 were delighted to see their home team beat the Aztecs at home for the 9th time in 14 meetings. The Aztecs rallied to get to within 5 at 22-17, but the wheels fell off after that. The Aztecs would never lead and would trail at one point by 21 points. The Broncos were up 34-27 at halftime and were led by Georgetown transfer center Drew Fielder who tallied 33 points, 9 rebounds and was 16-18 at the free throw line. Javan Buchanan added 17 more points to help lead the Broncos. The Broncos outrebounded the Aztecs 37-15, including a 12-2 offensive rebounding advantage. The Aztecs relied upon Reese Dixon-Waters again who scored 23 points on 8-14 shooting and was 4-8 from three point land. The only other Aztec player in double figures was Tae Simmons, who came off the bench and added 12 points before fouling out. The Aztecs managed 49% shooting, but also…
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