Coach Leon Rice chose safe over sorry on Sunday night and learned a lot about the grit of his team in the process.
The decision to pull senior standout Chandler Hutchison after he hit his head hard on the court in the first half may have cost his Boise State men’s basketball team a Puerto Rico Tip-off championship, but not before the rest of the Broncos gave Iowa State a scare in the final minutes.
Boise State trailed by as many as 24 points before cutting the deficit to four on two occasions with less than 2 minutes to play in an eventual 75-64 loss to the Cyclones (3-2) at HTC Arena in Conway, S.