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What Leon Rice said after Boise State knocks off Utah State in Mountain West Conference play
The Boise State men’s basketball team pulled away down the stretch Wednesday night for an 82-65 Mountain West Conference victory over Utah State.
The Broncos, who led 37-31 at halftime, out-scored the Aggies 45-34 after the break to earn a regular-season split. Utah State (24-5, 14-4) secured an 81-79 victory in the first meeting between the teams.
“That was a game where you’re going to have to wear those guys down,” Boise State head coach Leon Rice said after the win. “Wear them down with your bodies, and we’ve got a lot of good bodies that can do that.”
It was Boise State’s (20-8, 12-5) second straight home victory against a team at the top of the MWC standings. Last Wednesday, the Broncos scored a massive 86-78 win over New Mexico (22-6, 14-3) at ExtraMile Arena.
Tyson Degenhart, the reigning MWC Player of the Week, led the way with 21 points while Andrew Meadow (17 points, five rebounds) and Alvaro Cardenas (16 points, seven rebounds, six assists) also shined.
Boise State, which has won three straight games entering Saturday’s road matchup with Fresno State (5-23, 1-16), is firmly on the NCAA Tournament bubble.
Mason Falslev paced Utah State with 19 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Here are the highlights from Rice’s postgame radio interview.
“When I watched the tape from when we played them down there, we did great things on offense, but we didn’t do a very good job defensively. I mean, (Utah State) did both. They got to drive and they got to shoot 3s.
“They are really, really good. They put a lot of pressure on the rim, they attack you really well and they get you spread out. And if they’re going by you and getting to the rim unabated, that opens up 3s for them and all the things start clicking. We’ve connected our defense where we’re in the gaps better, we understand it better.”
“He just knows when and where to get those guys the ball. These guys are pretty lucky to play with a point guard like Al, and they know it. And they’re doing a better job of getting open. When they get open, they know they’ll get the ball.”
“Great job by our fans. … To all the kids that came out tonight on a school night at 8:30, I know that’s rough on families, but they saw a great performance by the Broncos and two good college basketball teams.”
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KANOSH, Utah — The United States Geological Survey recorded multiple earthquakes near Kanosh Sunday morning, each of them having an average magnitude of 3.0.
The first earthquake, magnitude 3.0, was detected just after 12:30 a.m., with the epicenter located half a mile south of Kanarraville.
The second quake, magnitude 3.2, was detected around 5:45 a.m., with the epicenter nearly five miles south-southwest of Kanosh. This was followed by two more quakes in the same area, a magnitude 2.5 quake coming in around 6:35 a.m., followed by a third around 7:45 a.m, which measured at magnitude 3.3.
This has since been followed by another quake, measuring at magnitude 3.7, being detected around 8:45 a.m. The geographic location in the USGS report places the epicenter approximately over two miles south of the Dry Wash Trail, about six miles south-southwest of Kanosh.
FOX 13 News previously spoke with researchers at University of Utah, who said that earthquake swarms are relatively common. A study published in 2023 posits that swarms may be triggered by geothermal activity. The findings came after a series of seismic swarms were detected in central Utah, within the vicinity of three geothermal power plants.
The study also says that the swarms fall into a different category than aftershocks that typically follow large quakes, such as the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit the Wasatch Fault back in 2020.
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