Regional college basketball: Wyoming whips BSU; Idaho wins

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — Djibril Thiam scored 19 points as Wyoming ran past Boise State 87-61 Saturday night.

The Cowboys (2-1) used an aggressive full-court press to force 23 turnovers that resulted in 31 points.

Afam Muojeke scored 18 points for Wyoming, followed by Adam Waddell with 16 and Desmar Jackson with 11.

La’Shard Anderson led Boise State (2-2) with 19 points and Robert Arnold had 17.

Wyoming led 40-31 at halftime, but used a 22-5 run early in the second half to pull away.

The Cowboys hit 54 percent of their shots from the field (35 of 65), to just 36 percent for the Broncos (20 of 56).

Idaho 81, North Dakota State 69

FARGO, N.D. — Idaho scored the first seven points of the second half and led by double digits most of the rest of the way to beat North Dakota State 81-69 Saturday.

Steffan Johnson had 19 points, six assists and three steals for the Vandals (2-1). Luiz Toledo added 18 points and eight rebounds, and Mac Hopson had 16 points and eight assists.

Eric Carlson scored 17 points and had eight rebounds and three steals for North Dakota State (1-2). Josh Vaughan had 12 points, five rebounds and four steals, and Michael Tveidt had 11 points and nine rebounds.

Dejuan Flowers had a game-high 10 rebounds for NDSU, but Idaho had a 41-38 edge on the boards.

Idaho was 16 of 28 in both halves for 57.1 percent. North Dakota State shot only 32.9 percent, including 5-for-23 from the 3-point line.

Idaho State 77,Colorado Christian 60

POCATELLO — Led by 25 points, five rebounds and three assists from senior guard Amorrow Morgan, Idaho State defeated Division II Colorado Christian 77-60 on Saturday.

Idaho State (1-3) also got a big game from senior forward Demetrius Monroe, who recorded a double-double with 12 points and a team-leading 12 rebounds. Guard Broderick Gilchrest scored 16 points for the Bengals.

Colorado Christian (0-3) was led by 6-11 forward Justin Neuhaus, who had 23 points, five rebounds and three assists. Neuhaus hit 15 of 16 free-throw attempts.

Also in double figures for the Cougars was guard Jobi Wall, who scored 10 points, and reserve guard Abram Ziemer, who scored 12 points and had a team-leading six rebounds.

Idaho State outrebounded Colorado Christian 39-22 and had 12 offensive rebounds. The Bengals also outshot the Cougars 51 percent to 36 percent.

ISU led by 11 points at halftime, but Colorado Christian twice cut the gap to six, 35-29 with 16:35 left and 47-41 with 10:40 left. Idaho State then pulled away, recording its largest lead of 19 points with less than a minute remaining.

In the first half, Colorado Christian stayed close, trailing by only four at 17-13 with 10 minutes left. Idaho State built a 16-point lead with 1:48 remaining and led at halftime 34-23.

Utah 88, Southern 48

SALT LAKE CITY — Marshall Henderson scored 13 and Jordan Cyphers added 12 as Utah got off to a quick start and cruised to an 88-48 win over Southern University Saturday night.

By halftime, Jordan Cyphers scored three 3-pointers in matching his career-high with 12 points and Utah led 52-17. Most of Utah starters played sparingly in the second half.

Jazz Williams scored 21 points and Earnest Jones had 15 for Southern (0-3), which was outrebounded by the taller Utes 53-27.

Henderson’s two free throws gave Utah a 27-6 lead midway through the first half. The lead grew to 50 points at 81-31 when Shawn Glover made a shot in the lane with 8:49 to play in the game.

Southern missed their first 12 attempts from the field. Jameel Grace finally made a layup with 11:14 left in the first half, the Jaguars’ only 2-point basket of the half.

Northeastern 64, Utah State 61

BOSTON — Matt Janning scored 14 points to lead Northeastern to a 64-61 victory over Utah State on Saturday.

The Huskies (1-1) trailed by 15 points in the first half but were 12 of 25 from the field (48 percent) in the second.

Northeastern led by six before Utah State (1-2) took a 58-57 lead on Brian Green’s 3-pointer with 2:24 left in the game.

Nkem Ojougboh hit one and Baptiste Bataille made two free throws for a 60-58 lead with 36 seconds left.

Chaisson Allen added two free throws with 10 seconds left and Ojougboh added two more with 4 seconds remaining.

The Huskies were 19 of 24 from the free throw line (79.2 percent).

Ojougboh scored 13 points, Bataille added 12 and Chaisson finished with 11 for Northeastern.

Tai Wesley led Utah State with 16 points, Nate Bendall added 15 points and Tyler Newbold finished with 10. Jared Quayle led the Aggies with 10 rebounds.

— The Associated Press

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