Fresno State Bulldogs vs. Utah State Aggies

Mar 15, 2019

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
FRES	27	33	60
USU	50	35	85

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.

Player Stats

FRESNO STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
32Nate Grimes	28	8-9	0-0	5-7	6	0	1	3	1	3	21
20Sam Bittner	29	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2	3
55Noah Blackwell	34	4-8	2-5	0-0	3	4	0	0	0	0	10
4Braxton Huggins	25	5-15	1-6	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	0	11
21Deshon Taylor	31	2-13	0-6	2-2	3	5	0	0	4	3	6
11Christian Gray	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35Lazaro Rojas	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Aguir Agau	18	2-4	1-3	2-2	3	2	1	1	1	1	7
0New Williams	25	1-5	0-4	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	1	2


TOTAL	-	23-5740.4%	5-2619.2%	9-1181.8%	27	12	4	5	10	10	60

UTAH STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Quinn Taylor	24	2-4	1-2	0-0	7	3	1	0	1	2	5
23Neemias Queta	26	3-7	0-0	4-6	13	4	0	1	1	4	10
22Brock Miller	33	4-8	2-6	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	10
15Abel Porter	16	4-7	3-5	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	4	11
5Sam Merrill	36	8-15	3-9	3-3	5	5	2	0	3	0	22
21Ben Fakira	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2Dwayne Brown Jr.	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Justin Bean	25	3-7	0-1	1-2	5	3	1	0	1	3	7
30Alek Johnson	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Tauriawn Knight	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Diogo Brito	28	8-15	4-6	0-0	7	4	0	1	1	2	20
TOTAL	-	32-6648.5%	13-3141.9%	8-1172.7%	39	23	5	2	8	16	85

Play-by-Play

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1st halfFRESUSU

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

2nd half

Team Stats

FRES

USU

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 · 11:30 PM

Thomas & Mack Center · Las Vegas, NV

attendance: 8,764 (48.7%)

tv: CBSSN

spread: USU -4

over/under: 145