Blowout victories, close wins, and tough losses, plus contributions from the entire roster have helped the Broncos gallop to a 9-2 start. Suffice to say, Boise State has earned a little breather this week.
Big wins over the Colorado, University of San Francisco, and Illinois State are among the highlights for this Boise State team, who averages 73.3 points per game. Five times already this season the Broncos have scored over 80 points. Even better, the team is playing well on defense, too.
An opponent did not reach 60 points against Boise State until the seventh game this season and eight times the Broncos have kept opponents under that number.
Boise State did run into a tough stretch at the Gulf Coast Showcase. After an opening round win over Illinois State on a last-second Dani Bayes bucket, the Broncos dropped their next two. West Virginia, then ranked 12th before falling in the title game to fifth ranked Texas, beat an overmatched Boise State team in a 82-47 victory.
In the third-place game, Boise State led much of the game before ultimately falling to Butler (9-2), 70-64.
Still, the Broncos bounced back with two recent wins and are preparing for three games before the calendar turns to 2025, including their first Mountain West game of the season.
Boise State Broncos: Stat leaders
In Boise State's most recent victory, 76-59 over the University of San Diego, the Broncos extended their non-conference home winning streak to 15 games.
ExtraMile Arena has been extra cozy to the Broncos and the success this season has been due in large part thanks to a deep roster.
On defense, Boise State is holding opponents to 58.3 points and forcing 19 turnovers per game. Perimeter defense is excellent (25.4 percent from deep) and overall, opponents shoot 38 percent from the field.
The Broncos are shooting 43.9 percent from the field and 33.7 on three-point attempts. Ten players average three or more points per game.
Natalie Pasco tops the list with 11.3 points per game. Pasco leads the team with 24 made threes, shooting 44.4 percent from beyond the arc.
Tatum Thompson is filling up the score sheet, averaging 10.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Thompson also leads the team with 15 steals.
Abby Muse and Elodie Lalotte form a nice 1-2 combo in the paint. Muse averages 6.5 rebounds and has 28 blocked shots and 22 assists this season. Lalotte, mostly off the bench, is averaging 8.5 points and 4.5 rebounds and shooting 58.3 percent from the field.
Mary Kay Naro leads the team with 33 assists while Bayes and Maya Hansen have combined for 27 made three-pointers (with Hansen at 45.2 percent).
Two freshmen are playing valuable minutes for the Broncos. Teryn Gardner (5.5 ppg) and Libby Hutton (4.9 ppg) are both playing at a high level. Gardner has 13 made threes and scored 10 points on four different occasions.
Each had fantastic efforts in the victory over Colorado, with Gardner nabbing five steals and Hutton collecting seven rebounds.
Upcoming games
The Broncos receive a full ten days off between games. Up next are two games in Seattle for the Husky Classic.
First, on 12/18, Boise State plays Furman, who is currently 8-3 (with one more game prior to the meeting with the Broncos.
On 12/19, Boise State takes on North Dakota State, who are 6-3 with two games scheduled between now and then.
It is then on to Mountain West play for Boise State. The Broncos open on the road against San Diego State (9-1). The Aztecs only loss was by one point to Providence and have three more non-conference games on the schedule prior to this meeting.
Last season, the two teams met up three times. Each team won on their own floor and met again in the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament. The Aztecs won a close won over Boise State, 72-69.
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