Boise State Broncos Fall to Utah State Aggies at Thomas & Mack Center

In a closely contested Mountain West semifinal at the Thomas & Mack Center, the Boise State Broncos were outscored by the Utah State Aggies, ending with a final tally of 72-62. The Broncos' season record now stands at an unmentioned number of victories and defeats, while the Aggies have similarly undisclosed statistics. The first half saw Boise State ahead with 36 points but they could not maintain their lead, adding only 26 in the second half. Conversely, Utah State started with 28 points and surged in the second half to secure their win with an additional 44 points.

The Boise State Broncos displayed a commendable effort on their home turf. They managed to accumulate a total of 62 points throughout the game. Their offensive efforts were led by scoring 30 points in the paint and making four three-pointers out of fourteen attempts which translates to roughly twenty-nine percent from beyond the arc. From two-point range, they shot approximately forty-four percent making eighteen baskets on forty-one attempts.

Defensively, Boise State gathered eight steals but was only able to block one shot compared to Utah State's five blocks. In terms of rebounds, Boise had thirty total rebounds; twenty-four defensive and four offensive rebounds contributed to their efforts on both ends of the court.

Utah State Aggies showed resilience after trailing in the first half. They turned around their performance significantly in terms of scoring with nine three-pointers made from twenty-nine attempts which is about thirty-one percent shooting from long distance. Their two-point field goal percentage stood slightly higher than that of Boise at fifty-two percent as they made twelve shots out of twenty-three attempts.

The Aggies also excelled at free throws making twenty-one out of twenty-six attempted which rounds up to an eighty-one percent success rate contributing significantly towards their victory margin over Boise's sixty-four percent free throw completion rate where they made fourteen successful shots from twenty-two tries.

Furthermore, Utah dominated rebounding with thirty-nine total rebounds including six offensive boards that gave them extra possessions even though it did not translate into second-chance points as both teams scored low in this category; three for Boise and zero for Utah.

As for turnovers, both teams managed them relatively well considering the high stakes involved; however, it was notable that despite committing fifteen turnovers each team had different outcomes regarding converting these into points off turnovers - thirteen for Boise versus ten for Utah.

With this result sealed under Las Vegas lights late into Saturday night without any further games scheduled yet announced for either team fans will be looking forward when next these two contenders meet again on court hoping perhaps different outcome favoring home side next time around.