Cowboys Can’t Overcome Turnovers in 84-64 Loss at San Jose State

* College of Wyoming press launch

SAN JOSE STATE, Calif., — The Cowboys couldn’t overcome turnovers in 84-64 loss to San Jose State within the Provident Credit score Union Occasion Heart in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday night. Wyoming recorded 17 miscues within the recreation with the Spartans scoring 31 factors on Cowboy errors.

“Within the first half, we turned it over 12 instances and I believe that led to 23 or 24 factors for San Jose State after which the three offensive rebounds at first which I believe led to a different 9 factors,” UW head coach Jeff Linder stated.  “It’s a possession recreation and it’s laborious to beat the opposite crew if you enable the opposite crew to shoot 55 p.c and also you shoot 40 p.c.  You solely get about 60 possessions in a recreation and if you’re giving up 17 of them on turnovers it’s laborious to beat anyone.”

The Cowboys had been led in scoring by Hunter Maldonado with a season-high 34 factors, because it was his twenty fifth profession recreation with 20 or extra factors and his 99th profession recreation in double-figures. He’s additionally inching nearer to 2,000 profession factors, as he now sits at 1,987. Maldonado hit a career-high with 13 discipline targets. Jeremiah Oden added 12 factors within the recreation for his ninth recreation this season in double-figures and twenty fifth of his profession.

“He did all the pieces he may and that’s Maldo,” Linder stated. “He did all the pieces he wanted to do however we want extra guys to step up.” San Jose State has a successful document and their tempo was good tonight.  We performed into that, however give them credit score for popping out and sort of punching us and we didn’t get well. Now we simply must prepare for UNLV.”

The Pokes shot 42 p.c from the sphere and 32 p.c from deep. San Jose State shot 57 p.c and knocked down 11 threes on the night time. San Jose State held a 29-27 lead on the glass for the night time. The Cowboys had 11 offensive rebounds however recorded solely seven factors on second possibilities.

The Spartans bought out to a 6-2 lead on the Pokes within the early going of the primary half. Nate Barnhart would knock down a three-pointer for a 6-5 recreation. The Spartans answered with a 10-0 run over 1:24 to take a 16-5 lead with 15:44 left within the opening half.

Brendan Wenzel would hit a pair of free throws and Oden added a triple, a jumper, and a free throw for a 16-13 recreation with 12:48 left within the half. Maldonado would cap the 11-0 run with a triple for a tie contest the next journey down the ground.

The Spartans would go on a 9-0 run and take a 25-16 lead with eight minutes left within the stanza. SJSU would later construct the result in 14-points at 34-20 with below 4 minutes left within the half. The Spartans would make four-straight discipline targets and would take a 39-21 lead with below three-minutes left within the half.

Caden Powell would add a jumper adopted by a three-pointer from Xavier DuSell and switch round one hander from Maldonado made it a 39-28 recreation into the half. The Pokes and Spartans mixed for 21 turnovers within the first half, however the Spartans shot 58 p.c from the sphere and held the Pokes to 40 p.c.

Maldonado helped the Pokes lower the result in single digits within the early goings of the primary half with a layup and a three-pointer for a 41-33 recreation. He would later make it a six-point recreation at 43-37 with 16:05 left within the recreation after a pair of free throws and a layup.

Barnhart would make it a five-point recreation at 46-41 off a pleasant decide and roll with 14 minutes left. However the Spartans answered with a 7-0 run to take a 53-41 recreation on the 12:29 mark. The Spartans used the three-ball to construct the result in 17-points at 66-49 with below 9 minutes left.

Maldonado as soon as once more willed the Cowboys and made it a 14-point contest at 70-56 with simply over six minutes left, as he would hit the 30-point mark. However the Spartans went on a 7-0 run and made it a 77-56 recreation and would take the competition, 84-64.

The Spartans had been led by Omari Moore with 29 factors within the contest. He was 10-of-22 from the sphere within the recreation. Sage Tolbert added 14 factors for SJSU.

The Cowboys return to motion on Wednesday internet hosting UNLV in a contest slated for an 8:30 p.m. on FS1.

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