By JOE VOZZELLI
Sports Editor
Ethan Montalvo saved Danny Kaspar.
After Kaspar received what could have been an outcome-altering technical foul only 18 seconds earlier, Montalvo canned the biggest shot to date for Texas State this season.
In need of a victory to keep hope alive for a conference tournament bid, Montalvo, who had a hand in his face, poured a straightaway 3-pointer through the net that boosted the Bobcats to an eventual 69-68 victory over Appalachian State on Thursday night inside Strahan Coliseum.
"Ethan Montalvo saved me from losing the game for the team," Kaspar said of his senior guard whose clutch three with 52 seconds left in regulation put Texas State ahead for good.