Everything was falling in place for another nail-biter, last possession thriller, but a huge second half allowed the San Diego State men’s basketball team to pull away from San Jose State University on the road, 78-56.
The win guaranteed SDSU (20-7, 13-1 Mountain West) at least a share of the MW regular season title and notched the 12th time the Aztecs have tallied 20 wins under head coach Steve Fisher.
While matchups can be a ‘tale of two halves’, this game was a tale of halves within the halves.
The Aztecs opened the match on a 25-11 run and used a 35-16 run to secure a 22-point win, but the Spartans were within two or one possessions in the middle 20 minutes of the match.