Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Boise St. stuns champ

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SAN DIEGO — Nick Duncan hit two three-pointers in the final minute and Boise State overcame a nine-point deficit in the final 1:40 to stun Mountain West Conference champion San Diego State 66-63.

The Aztecs (21-8, 14-2) seemed in control when Trey Kell made the first of two free throws with 1:40 left for a 6354 lead. He missed the second and SDSU didn’t score again.

Mikey Thompson made two free throw before Duncan, a 6-8, 260-pound Australian, made a three-pointer to pull the Broncos (19-10, 10-6) to 63-59 with 46.2 seconds left. Paris Austin made two three throws and Duncan made another three-pointer with 22.2 seconds left.

Winston Shepard, Jeremey Hemsley and Kell each missed two free throws for SDSU. Kell turned the ball over with 2.4 seconds left and Anthony Drmic made two free throws.

In other games involving Mountain West teams, Derrick Jones Jr. scored 23 points and had a key block with 16 seconds left to help UNLV beat Wyoming 79-74. … Chris Smith scored 20 points, Quinn Taylor added 16 with 10 rebounds and Utah State cruised to an 88-70 victory over San Jose State.

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