National Basketball Association
Boise St. 89, Louisiana State 70
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, December 14, 2012
Where: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
Officials:
# David Hall, # Kelly Self, # Scott Thornley
Attendance:
11210
By SportsDirect Inc.
Boise State 89, LSU 70: Anthony Drmic hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 34 points as the host Broncos handed the Tigers their first loss while also collecting their second high-profile win in less than three weeks.
Fellow sophomore Derrick Marks finished with 23 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals while Ryan Watkins grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds – including 10 on the offensive end – for Boise State (7-2), which also handed No. 13 Creighton its only defeat of the season.
LSU (6-1) watched Boise State score the first six points of the game, but Johnny O’Bryant III hit a pair of jumpers to key a 19-5 run to give the Tigers their biggest lead of the game at 19-11. But two 3-pointers from Drmic helped the Broncos to eventually tie the game at 27.
Eight unanswered straight points from Kenny Buckner and Drmic sparked a 16-3 run over the final 5:39 before the break and Boise State increased the margin to as many as 20 points in the second half.
Freshman Corban Collins scored a career-high 19 points while O’Bryant added 15 for the Tigers.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Drmic shot 12-of-18 from the field and Marks nailed all 12 of his free-throw attempts. … Watkins not only recorded his career first double-digit rebound effort, but nearly doubled his previous career high of nine. … O’Bryant saw his three-game double-double streak come to an end as he finished with just five rebounds Friday.
Top Game Performances
Louisiana State |
|
Boise St. |
Corban Collins 19 |
Scoring |
Anthony Drmic 34 |
Charles Carmouche 5 |
Assists |
Derrick Marks 6 |
Shavon Coleman 7 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Watkins 17 |
Johnny O'Bryant III 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Derrick Marks 12 |
Charles Carmouche 3 |
Steals |
Jeff Elorriaga 4 |
Andrew Del Piero 2 |
Blocks |
Thomas Bropleh 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Louisiana State
|
70 |
44.1 |
10-29 |
8-11 |
16 |
25 |
5 |
8 |
20 |
Boise St.
|
89 |
46.0 |
8-19 |
23-31 |
13 |
42 |
2 |
13 |
17 |