Nevada comes past Fresno State to advance to the MW quarter -finals – Mountain West Conference

With the kind permission of Braidon Nourse

LAS VEGAS – Win No. 700 for No. 7 Nevada trainers Steve Alford Was a bit overdue. But sweet to make his team ahead to the quarter -finals of Mountain West.

The wolf package from the entire deep card found it on Wednesday.

All nine players who were presented for the Wolf Pack scored in an 86-71 win against State No. 10 in his basketball championship start of Credit Union 1. Eight of them had five or more points, which is tied to the tournament record.

“We are now doing a few things and are changing in the current flight,” said Alford. “It is all different defenses and crimes that you want to learn during the flight.

“It’s not easy late in the season. These boys just continue to fight and that’s all we ask. Of course we know every day that it becomes more difficult. You would like to go into the next day at this time of year and we now have a game under the belts, and now we have to come after a very, very good Colorado State team. “

The wolf package started things early. After the Bulldogs had the first basket, Nevada made a 28:5 run in the first 10 minutes.

The guard was decisive for the advantage Chuck BaileyThe 12 points, with a trio of triple, which served as a springboard to build a big lead.

Bailey, but a little more, Bailey came into a greater role in the wolf package due to injuries. In his last six games, he only scored 10 points. Wednesday afternoon he scored 11 in the first half.

“(He is) someone who had never played in a Mountain West tournament. In their first 20 minutes it is impressive to do what he did, and we needed that, ”said Alford. “I think that helped us bring the double -digit tour that we needed in the first half. It calmed down our boys and we could feel it and he can really protect. I liked his energy all night. He did a really good job for us. “

In contrast to the first game of the day, the Bulldog never came within 10 points of a comeback. This indictment was led by the guard Kobe Sanderswho was on triple-double watch for a while, with 17 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.

Fourteen of these points alone came in the second half.

Many of them came into the color, and so the game was won. Nevada exceeded the state of Fresno 48-26 that day.

“It was a team performance. Everyone was hot at the beginning and I all involved. They made my job easy, ”said Sanders. “When Chuck hits three 3s in a row, we all look good.

“I felt that (the second half) was simple. My team brought me in and everyone went. So it is easy when you see that a bucket goes in, then they all catch. “

The wolf package will meet on Thursday in quarter -finals No. 2 Colorado State in Colorado.

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