Utah State Aggies @ Fresno State Bulldogs

82–81Final · Feb 5, 2019

USU 82 FRES 81 Final

	1	2	T
USU18-5	43	39	82
FRES16-6	37	44	81

· Line: USU -2 (O/U 142)

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Brock Miller made Jumper.
2–0
Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brock Miller.
5–0
Braxton Huggins made Jumper.
5–2
Sam Merrill made Jumper. Assisted by Brock Miller.
7–2
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
7–3
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
7–4
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
7–5
New Williams made Layup.
7–7
Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinn Taylor.
10–7
Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
13–7
Quinn Taylor made Free Throw.
14–7
Quinn Taylor made Free Throw.
15–7
Neemias Queta made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
18–7
Sam Merrill made Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
20–7
Braxton Huggins made Jumper.
20–9
Noah Blackwell made Jumper.
20–11
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
21–11
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
22–11
Noah Blackwell made Jumper.
22–13
Deshon Taylor made Jumper.
22–15
Neemias Queta made Layup.
24–15
Dwayne Brown Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
27–15
Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Huggins.
27–18
Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Bittner.
27–21
Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Grimes.
27–24
Neemias Queta made Jumper.
29–24
Nate Grimes made Jumper.
29–26
Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper.
32–26
Sam Bittner made Layup.
32–28
Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
35–28
Neemias Queta made Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter.
37–28
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
37–29
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
37–30
Abel Porter made Layup.
39–30
Nate Grimes made Free Throw.
39–31
Nate Grimes made Free Throw.
39–32
Diogo Brito made Layup.
41–32
Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deshon Taylor.
41–35
Justin Bean made Dunk. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
43–35
Nate Grimes made Layup. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
43–37
Neemias Queta made Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter.
45–37
Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper.
45–40
Quinn Taylor made Dunk. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
47–40
Sam Bittner made Layup.
47–42
Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Bittner.
47–45
Neemias Queta made Layup.
49–45
Neemias Queta made Free Throw.
50–45
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
50–46
Braxton Huggins made Free Throw.
50–47
Aguir Agau made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
50–50
Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
53–50
Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito.
56–50
Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
56–53
Diogo Brito made Layup.
58–53
New Williams made Jumper.
58–55
Sam Merrill made Layup.
60–55
New Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell.
60–58
Neemias Queta made Jumper.
62–58
Braxton Huggins made Layup.
62–60
Noah Blackwell made Jumper.
62–62
Deshon Taylor made Layup.
62–64
Quinn Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Neemias Queta.
64–64
Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lazaro Rojas.
64–67
Abel Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
67–67
Abel Porter made Free Throw.
68–67
Neemias Queta made Dunk. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
70–67
Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper.
73–67
Deshon Taylor made Layup.
73–69
Deshon Taylor made Free Throw.
73–70
Deshon Taylor made Free Throw.
73–71
Sam Merrill made Layup.
75–71
Braxton Huggins made Jumper.
75–73
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
76–73
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
77–73
Braxton Huggins made Jumper.
77–75
Quinn Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill.
80–75
Noah Blackwell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deshon Taylor.
80–78
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
81–78
Sam Merrill made Free Throw.
82–78
Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper.
82–81

Play-by-play

P1 Sam Merrill Turnover.
P1 New Williams Steal.
P1 Sam Bittner missed Jumper.
P1 Neemias Queta Block.
P1 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brock Miller made Jumper. 2–0
P1 Deshon Taylor Turnover.
P1 Brock Miller Steal.
P1 Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brock Miller. 5–0
P1 Braxton Huggins made Jumper. 5–2
P1 Foul on Braxton Huggins.
P1 Sam Merrill made Jumper. Assisted by Brock Miller. 7–2
P1 Foul on Abel Porter.
P1 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 7–3
P1 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 7–4
P1 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 7–5
P1 Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
P1 Sam Bittner Block.
P1 Quinn Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Quinn Taylor Turnover.
P1 New Williams Steal.
P1 New Williams made Layup. 7–7
P1 Foul on Brock Miller.
P1 New Williams missed Free Throw.
P1 Quinn Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinn Taylor. 10–7
P1 Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 13–7
P1 New Williams missed Layup.
P1 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sam Bittner.
P1 Quinn Taylor made Free Throw. 14–7
P1 Quinn Taylor made Free Throw. 15–7
P1 Foul on Lazaro Rojas.
P1 Lazaro Rojas Turnover.
P1 Neemias Queta made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill. 18–7
P1 Foul on Abel Porter.
P1 Braxton Huggins missed Layup.
P1 Tauriawn Knight Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tauriawn Knight Turnover.
P1 Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
P1 Sam Merrill made Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 20–7
P1 Braxton Huggins made Jumper. 20–9
P1 Neemias Queta missed Layup.
P1 Lazaro Rojas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah Blackwell made Jumper. 20–11
P1 Foul on Noah Blackwell.
P1 Foul on Deshon Taylor.
P1 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 21–11
P1 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 22–11
P1 Foul on Sam Merrill.
P1 Noah Blackwell made Jumper. 22–13
P1 Dwayne Brown Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Noah Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Deshon Taylor made Jumper. 22–15
P1 Dwayne Brown Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
P1 Neemias Queta made Layup. 24–15
P1 Foul on Aguir Agau.
P1 Aguir Agau Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quinn Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nate Grimes Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sam Bittner Turnover.
P1 Dwayne Brown Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito. 27–15
P1 Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Huggins. 27–18
P1 Tauriawn Knight missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P1 New Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sam Bittner Offensive Rebound.
P1 Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Bittner. 27–21
P1 Quinn Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sam Bittner Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tauriawn Knight.
P1 Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nate Grimes. 27–24
P1 Sam Merrill missed Layup.
P1 Nate Grimes Block.
P1 Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
P1 Neemias Queta made Jumper. 29–24
P1 Nate Grimes made Jumper. 29–26
P1 Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. 32–26
P1 Sam Bittner made Layup. 32–28
P1 Diogo Brito made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 35–28
P1 Nate Grimes missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Diogo Brito Defensive Rebound.
P1 Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nate Grimes Defensive Rebound.
P1 Braxton Huggins Turnover.
P1 Sam Merrill Steal.
P1 Quinn Taylor Turnover.
P1 Sam Bittner Steal.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Sam Bittner missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Deshon Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Abel Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Christian Gray.
P1 Neemias Queta missed Free Throw.
P1 Christian Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 New Williams missed Jumper.
P1 Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Neemias Queta made Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter. 37–28
P1 Braxton Huggins missed Jumper.
P1 Braxton Huggins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Neemias Queta.
P1 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 37–29
P1 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 37–30
P1 Abel Porter made Layup. 39–30
P1 Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Abel Porter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nate Grimes Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Neemias Queta.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Nate Grimes made Free Throw. 39–31
P1 Nate Grimes made Free Throw. 39–32
P1 Diogo Brito made Layup. 41–32
P1 Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deshon Taylor. 41–35
P1 Sam Merrill Turnover.
P1 Sam Bittner Steal.
P1 Sam Bittner missed Jumper.
P1 Justin Bean Defensive Rebound.
P1 Justin Bean made Dunk. Assisted by Sam Merrill. 43–35
P1 Sam Bittner missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nate Grimes Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nate Grimes made Layup. Assisted by Noah Blackwell. 43–37
P1 Quinn Taylor missed Jumper.
P1 New Williams Defensive Rebound.
P1 Deshon Taylor Turnover.
P1 Quinn Taylor Steal.
P2 Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Abel Porter missed Layup.
P2 Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
P2 Neemias Queta made Jumper. Assisted by Abel Porter. 45–37
P2 Braxton Huggins made Three Point Jumper. 45–40
P2 Foul on New Williams.
P2 Quinn Taylor made Dunk. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 47–40
P2 Sam Bittner made Layup. 47–42
P2 Quinn Taylor Turnover.
P2 New Williams Steal.
P2 Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Bittner. 47–45
P2 Neemias Queta made Layup. 49–45
P2 Lazaro Rojas missed Layup.
P2 Quinn Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Braxton Huggins.
P2 Neemias Queta missed Free Throw.
P2 Utah State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Neemias Queta made Free Throw. 50–45
P2 Foul on Neemias Queta.
P2 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 50–46
P2 Braxton Huggins made Free Throw. 50–47
P2 Brock Miller missed Jumper.
P2 Noah Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
P2 Aguir Agau made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell. 50–50
P2 Utah State Timeout
P2 Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nate Grimes Defensive Rebound.
P2 Braxton Huggins Turnover.
P2 Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 53–50
P2 Deshon Taylor missed Layup.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sam Merrill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Diogo Brito. 56–50
P2 Aguir Agau missed Layup.
P2 Neemias Queta Block.
P2 Aguir Agau Offensive Rebound.
P2 Aguir Agau missed Layup.
P2 Quinn Taylor Block.
P2 Fresno State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell. 56–53
P2 Foul on Deshon Taylor.
P2 Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
P2 Sam Merrill Offensive Rebound.
P2 Diogo Brito made Layup. 58–53
P2 New Williams made Jumper. 58–55
P2 Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
P2 New Williams Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Blackwell missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sam Merrill made Layup. 60–55
P2 New Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Blackwell. 60–58
P2 Neemias Queta made Jumper. 62–58
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Braxton Huggins made Layup. 62–60
P2 Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
P2 Sam Bittner Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Blackwell made Jumper. 62–62
P2 Quinn Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
P2 Deshon Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P2 Deshon Taylor made Layup. 62–64
P2 Abel Porter Turnover.
P2 New Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Diogo Brito Turnover.
P2 Lazaro Rojas Steal.
P2 Lazaro Rojas Turnover.
P2 Quinn Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Neemias Queta. 64–64
P2 Sam Bittner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lazaro Rojas. 64–67
P2 Diogo Brito missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Quinn Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P2 Abel Porter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill. 67–67
P2 Noah Blackwell missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on New Williams.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on New Williams.
P2 Abel Porter missed Free Throw.
P2 Utah State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Abel Porter made Free Throw. 68–67
P2 Nate Grimes missed Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Neemias Queta made Dunk. Assisted by Sam Merrill. 70–67
P2 Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 New Williams Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nate Grimes Turnover.
P2 Sam Merrill Steal.
P2 Brock Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Offensive Rebound.
P2 Sam Merrill Turnover.
P2 Nate Grimes Steal.
P2 Foul on Sam Merrill.
P2 Nate Grimes missed Free Throw.
P2 Fresno State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Nate Grimes missed Free Throw.
P2 Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Braxton Huggins.
P2 Utah State Timeout
P2 Brock Miller made Three Point Jumper. 73–67
P2 Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sam Merrill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Abel Porter Turnover.
P2 Deshon Taylor Steal.
P2 Deshon Taylor Turnover.
P2 Sam Merrill missed Jumper.
P2 Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Deshon Taylor made Layup. 73–69
P2 Abel Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Braxton Huggins missed Layup.
P2 Neemias Queta Block.
P2 Fresno State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Deshon Taylor missed Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Block.
P2 Deshon Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Sam Merrill.
P2 Deshon Taylor made Free Throw. 73–70
P2 Deshon Taylor made Free Throw. 73–71
P2 Sam Merrill made Layup. 75–71
P2 Fresno State Timeout
P2 Braxton Huggins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Neemias Queta Defensive Rebound.
P2 Sam Merrill missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Braxton Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Braxton Huggins made Jumper. 75–73
P2 Utah State Timeout
P2 Foul on Deshon Taylor.
P2 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 76–73
P2 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 77–73
P2 Braxton Huggins made Jumper. 77–75
P2 Fresno State Timeout
P2 Quinn Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Merrill. 80–75
P2 Utah State Timeout
P2 Foul on Sam Merrill.
P2 Foul on Abel Porter.
P2 Deshon Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Deshon Taylor Offensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Blackwell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Deshon Taylor. 80–78
P2 Foul on Braxton Huggins.
P2 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 81–78
P2 Sam Merrill made Free Throw. 82–78
P2 Deshon Taylor made Three Point Jumper. 82–81

Box score

USU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Quinn TaylorF	36	9	3-6	1-3	2-2	5	1	3	1	1	3	2	0
Neemias QuetaC	32	18	8-9	1-1	1-3	15	6	0	0	4	5	10	3
Brock MillerG	34	17	6-9	5-7	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Abel PorterG	22	6	2-4	1-2	1-2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	3
Sam MerrillG	38	20	6-15	2-5	6-6	5	5	3	2	0	1	4	4
Dwayne Brown Jr.F	4	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin BeanF	8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tauriawn KnightG	6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Diogo BritoG	20	7	3-7	1-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ben FakiraF
Roche GrootfaamF
Klay StallC
Alek JohnsonG
John Knight IIIG
Crew AingeG

FRES

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Nate GrimesF	27	6	2-4	0-1	2-4	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	0
Sam BittnerF	36	13	5-9	3-5	0-0	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1
New WilliamsG	27	7	3-7	1-3	0-1	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	3
Braxton HugginsG	28	26	8-16	3-8	7-7	6	1	2	0	0	1	5	4
Deshon TaylorG	34	17	6-13	3-6	2-2	4	2	3	1	0	4	0	3
Christian GrayF	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Lazaro RojasF	13	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1
Aguir AgauG	4	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Noah BlackwellG	30	9	4-6	1-3	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1
Chris SeeleyF
Assane DioufC
Amrit DhaliwalG
Myles WarrenG
Johnny McWilliamsG

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