USU falters late and loses at San Jose State – Cache Valley Daily
SAN JOSE – With four minutes left in the game, Utah State held a 58-57 lead over San Jose State. The Aggies weren’t playing perfect, but just good enough to grind out a win. But over those final four minutes, the Spartans would score points on all but one trip down the court. USU meanwhile scored just six points the rest of the way and made only one field goal (making zero shots in the final 3:04 of the game). All that added up to a 69-64 loss to San Jose State and now Utah State is on its first losing streak of the season. Plus, what little hopes were left for a potential at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament may have all but vanished. “I don’t even know what to say, honestly,” Aggies senior wing Sean Bairstow said. “I just don’t think we played to what we know we can do. We didn’t finish the plays that we usually do. Just didn’t make the plays at the end of the game that we needed to.” “We didn’t get enough rebounds, key rebounds that we needed at the right times,” USU head coach Ryan Odom said. “And then we didn’t
