What Head Coach Leon Rice Said Following Boise State’s Home Rout Of Air Force

The Boise State men’s hoops squad kept its basking streak going connected Saturday pinch a 96-54 Mountain West location triumph over Air Force. 

Drew Fielder led nan measurement pinch 20 points and 8 rebounds for nan Broncos (12-8, 4-5), who person won 3 consecutive games pursuing a 1-5 commencement to MWC play. Spencer Ahrens added 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a artifact disconnected nan bench. 

Boise State changeable 57 percent from nan floor, 52 percent from beyond nan arc and out-rebounded nan Falcons 38-19. Twelve different Broncos scored successful nan blowout win. 

“We haven’t had galore games wherever we could do that,” Boise State caput coach Leon Rice said. “I loved our guys’ attack from 1 done 12 because if your first 5 don’t person a awesome approach, past possibly you don’t get each those minutes for each these guys. … That was much, overmuch needed.” 

Kam Sanders paced nan Falcons (3-17, 0-9) pinch 10 points and 4 rebounds. It was Air Force’s 13th consecutive loss.

Here are nan highlights from Rice’s postgame comments. 

On beardown chair performance 

“First of all, it makes your coach truthful happy because I spot what these guys are doing each time successful practice, for illustration Bhan (Buom). He’s been practicing truthful good, truthful aggressive. Every time comes pinch a awesome attitude, and he hasn’t gotten nan reward to beryllium retired connected nan tribunal capable yet. Those guys person each been making advancement and are a large cardinal to this team. But to person a crippled for illustration this wherever you get to get them retired there, and not conscionable get them retired location and ‘Hey, please don’t screw up.’ Go play done immoderate stuff, beryllium aggressive. They sewage to do that, and that makes them amended players and gives them a reward for each their difficult activity … and they’ll get amended and amended because of it.”

On expanding lead successful 2nd half 

“I was proud of each infinitesimal and really we played. And we kept nan strength on, because you don’t person galore much of these. I mean, you don’t person galore opportunities. The twelvemonth goes by truthful quick, and I deliberation our squad is practicing amended than anybody correct now. That’s what we’re taking pridefulness in, truthful you want them to beryllium rewarded for it, and you want it to show up connected nan floor.”

On gaining momentum 

“It’s truthful important. This clip of year, especially. Because you spot a batch of teams going nan different measurement and a batch of teams’ chair is conscionable done. They’ve been grinding each day, they don’t spot a way for themselves, they don’t spot a future. So it causes a squad to travel apart, and each nan different circumstances you get passim a season. We don’t fto our circumstances power us.”