Bad first half, poor shooting dooms Utah State in road loss at Colorado State – Cache Valley Daily
Utah State players look on from the bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against San Diego State Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) If you only counted the second half of Saturday’s Utah State/Colorado State matchup, it would have been a thrilling back-and-forth contest befitting two of the Mountain West’s top teams. The only problem was that by the second half, Colorado State had built a 17-point lead (20 points in the early moments of the second). So the fact that the second half point differential was 32-29, just in favor of the Rams, is mostly a footnote to the final score of 75-55. As to how Colorado State built that halftime lead, look no further than the battle inside the paint. Although the Aggies possessed the best bigman on the court for either side in Great Osobor (who ended the afternoon with a 15-point, 13-rebound double double), the Rams owned the paint in every respect. They won points in the paint (48-26) and the rebounding battle (45-32) by wide margins. “Credit to Colorado State,” USU head coach Danny Sprinkle said after the game. “They they came in with an edge.