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FINAL
Mar 15, 2019

Game Recap

Merrill lifts Utah St. over Fresno St. 85-60 in MWC tourney. m Merrill had 22 points as Utah State easily beat Fresno State 85-60 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night. Diogo Brito added 20 points for the Aggies. Brito also had seven rebounds for the Aggies.

Box Score

12T
FRES273360
USU503585
Fresno State Bulldogs logoFRESNO STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
32Nate Grimes288-90-05-760131321
20Sam Bittner291-21-20-03110123
55Noah Blackwell344-82-50-034000010
4Braxton Huggins255-151-60-040002011
21Deshon Taylor312-130-62-23500436
11Christian Gray30-10-00-01000000
35Lazaro Rojas70-00-00-00010000
13Aguir Agau182-41-32-23211117
0New Williams251-50-40-04001112
TOTAL-23-5740.4%5-2619.2%9-1181.8%271245101060
Utah State Aggies logoUTAH STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
10Quinn Taylor242-41-20-07310125
23Neemias Queta263-70-04-6134011410
22Brock Miller334-82-60-002100010
15Abel Porter164-73-50-022001411
5Sam Merrill368-153-93-355203022
21Ben Fakira30-00-00-00000010
2Dwayne Brown Jr.30-20-20-00000000
12Justin Bean253-70-11-25310137
30Alek Johnson30-00-00-00000000
1Tauriawn Knight30-10-00-00000000
24Diogo Brito288-154-60-074011220
TOTAL-32-6648.5%13-3141.9%8-1172.7%39235281685

Play-by-Play

1st halffresusu
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (19:45) Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter.
    03
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (19:22) Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (19:22) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (19:12) Sam Merrill made Jumper.
    05
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (18:43) Noah Blackwell made Jumper.
    25
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:25) Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (18:25) Sam Bittner Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (18:10) Noah Blackwell missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:10) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (18:01) Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (18:01) Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (17:54) Braxton Huggins missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:54) Quinn Taylor Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (17:47) Brock Miller made Layup.
    27
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (17:33) Deshon Taylor Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:17) Neemias Queta missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:17) Quinn Taylor Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (17:13) Quinn Taylor made Layup.
    29
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (17:08) Foul on Abel Porter.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (17:02) Deshon Taylor made Jumper.
    49
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (16:37) Foul on Quinn Taylor.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (16:37) Quinn Taylor Turnover.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (16:26) Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (16:26) Utah State Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:55) Neemias Queta missed Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (15:55) Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (15:48) Braxton Huggins made Layup.
    69
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (15:26) Foul on Nate Grimes.
  • (15:26) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +1 (15:26) Neemias Queta made Free Throw.
    610
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:26) Neemias Queta missed Free Throw.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (15:26) Deshon Taylor Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (15:16) Braxton Huggins missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (15:16) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (15:06) Sam Merrill made Layup.
    612
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (14:49) Deshon Taylor Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:47) Sam Merrill Steal.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (14:47) Foul on Deshon Taylor.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +1 (14:47) Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
    613
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +1 (14:47) Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
    614
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (14:26) Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:26) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (14:15) Foul on Deshon Taylor.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:02) Dwayne Brown Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (14:02) Abel Porter Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (13:45) Dwayne Brown Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (13:45) Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (13:40) Neemias Queta missed Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (13:40) Aguir Agau Block.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (13:38) New Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (13:38) Fresno State Timeout
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (13:31) New Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (13:31) Utah State Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (13:13) Abel Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    617
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +3 (12:58) Noah Blackwell made Three Point Jumper.
    917
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (12:44) Deshon Taylor missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:44) Diogo Brito Block.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (12:44) Fresno State Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:40) Foul on Abel Porter.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (12:39) Abel Porter Turnover.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (12:25) Noah Blackwell made Jumper.
    1117
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (11:59) Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (11:59) Justin Bean Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (11:54) Diogo Brito made Jumper.
    1119
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (11:29) Foul on Diogo Brito.
  • (11:29) Official TV Timeout
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +3 (11:21) Aguir Agau made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deshon Taylor.
    1419
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (11:04) Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
    1422
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:40) Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:40) Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (10:33) Justin Bean made Layup. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    1424
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:33) Foul on Nate Grimes.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:32) Justin Bean missed Free Throw.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:32) Aguir Agau Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:16) Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:16) Christian Gray Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:07) Foul on Justin Bean.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (10:03) Braxton Huggins missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (10:03) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (9:45) Justin Bean made Layup. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
    1426
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (9:31) Foul on Neemias Queta.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +3 (9:18) Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
    1726
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (8:58) Neemias Queta made Layup. Assisted by Justin Bean.
    1728
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (8:43) Noah Blackwell missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:43) Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:22) Neemias Queta missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:22) Justin Bean Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:18) Justin Bean missed Layup.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (8:18) Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (8:14) Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brock Miller.
    1731
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (7:56) Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (7:56) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • (7:50) Official TV Timeout
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (7:36) Justin Bean Turnover.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (7:36) Sam Bittner Steal.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (7:10) Noah Blackwell missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (7:10) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (6:55) Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
    1734
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (6:24) Noah Blackwell missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:24) Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:17) Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:17) Diogo Brito Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (6:15) Diogo Brito missed Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (6:14) New Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (5:56) Nate Grimes made Dunk. Assisted by Deshon Taylor.
    1934
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:34) Diogo Brito missed Layup.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (5:34) Nate Grimes Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (5:25) New Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (5:25) Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (5:12) Brock Miller made Jumper.
    1936
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (4:52) Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (4:52) Neemias Queta Block.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (4:51) Foul on Justin Bean.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +1 (4:51) Aguir Agau made Free Throw.
    2036
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (4:51) Fresno State Offensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +1 (4:50) Aguir Agau made Free Throw.
    2136
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (4:28) Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter.
    2139
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (4:02) New Williams made Layup.
    2339
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:37) Sam Merrill Turnover.
  • (3:37) Official TV Timeout
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (3:21) Aguir Agau made Jumper.
    2539
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:09) Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (3:09) Sam Bittner Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (3:01) Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (3:01) Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (2:52) Neemias Queta made Dunk. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    2541
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    +2 (2:35) Braxton Huggins made Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
    2741
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +2 (2:25) Sam Merrill made Layup. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
    2743
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (2:25) Foul on Sam Bittner.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +1 (2:25) Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
    2744
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (2:13) Aguir Agau missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (2:13) Utah State Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (2:01) Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (2:01) Deshon Taylor Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (1:52) Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (1:52) Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (1:29) Quinn Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (1:29) Noah Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (1:03) Braxton Huggins Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (1:03) Brock Miller Steal.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:48) Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    (0:48) Quinn Taylor Offensive Rebound.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (0:43) Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinn Taylor.
    2747
  • Fresno State Bulldogs logo
    (0:29) Deshon Taylor Turnover.
  • Utah State Aggies logo
    +3 (0:02) Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinn Taylor.
    2750
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

60Points85
23-57(40.4%)Field Goal(%)32-66(48.5%)
5-26(19.2%)3-Point(%)13-31(41.9%)
9-11(81.8%)Free Throw(%)8-11(72.7%)
29(6)Rebounds(Offensive)43(13)
12Assists23
4Steals5
5Blocks2
10Turnovers9
10(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)
0Largest Lead35

Game Details

Friday, March 15, 2019 · 10:30 PM
Thomas & Mack Center · Las Vegas, NV
attendance: 8,764 (48.7%)
tv: CBSSN
spread: USU -4
over/under: 145