Broncos Roll Over Spartans 78-51

The Lady Bronco basketball team is in full stride, collecting their sixth straight win in a 78-51 decision over San Jose State tonight.

The Boise State women’s basketball team got another monkey off its back when the Broncos snapped a six-year skid by winning in San Jose against the Spartans 78-51 tonight in front of just 282 spectators.  Jenna Galassi once again led the way for the Lady Broncos with 16 points and six rebounds as Boise State remained one game behind Fresno State in the Western Athletic Conference standings.

Coach Gordy Presnell’s team fired out to a 12-0 lead in taking a 43-30 lead into halftime.  Galassi poured in 12 in the first half while Ja’Lara Walker added eight.  The Broncos once again took control following the break with a 14-2 run and coasted to their sixth straight victory.  Guard Tasha Harris extended her double digit scoring streak to 23 games with 13 points and added six boards and five assists.  Jessica Thompson contributed 13 points, five assists and three steals, while Walker finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots.  Jackie Lee tied Walker for the team lead in rebounds with seven. 

Christine Martin led San Jose State with 19 points with Natalie White adding 12. 

The Broncos shot 48.1% from the floor including 6-of-16 from the three-point line and 81.5% (22-27) from the free-throw line.  Meanwhile, Boise State held the Lady Spartans to just 29.7% shooting (19-64).  Presnell’s gals also controlled the boards 45-27.

Boise State is now 14-6 overall and 6-2 in WAC play as teams hit the halfway point of the conference season.  The Broncos are in a tie for second place with Nevada, which lost 81-49 to Fresno State tonight.  San Jose State slips to 2-18 overall and 1-6 in the WAC. 

Boise State travels to Idaho Saturday night.  Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. in the Cowan Spectrum.

BOISE STATE 78, SAN JOSE STATE 51

BOISE STATE (14-6, 6-2 WAC)
Galassi, Jenna 5-12 6-6 16; Thompson, Jessica 5-11 1-1 13; Harris, Tasha 5-7
2-2 13; Walker, Ja'Lara 3-3 4-5 10; Malone, Jamia 4-6 0-0 9; Moore, Brittany
2-7 2-2 7; Lee, Jackie 1-5 1-2 4; Rima, Melissa 0-1 3-5 3; Moeller, Sierra
0-0 3-4 3. Totals 25-52 22-27 78.

SAN JOSE STATE (2-18, 1-6 WAC)
Martin, Christine 7-12 2-2 19; White, Natalie 5-23 0-0 12; Hicks, Alisha 2-5
3-4 7; Sumler, Sayja 2-7 1-3 5; Imaku, Brittany 1-2 0-0 3; Nichols, Emily
1-1 0-0 3; Powell, Brittany 1-7 0-2 2; Edinburgh, Aumornai 0-2 0-0 0; Davis,
Tamiko 0-0 0-0 0; Barnes, Myosha 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 19-64 6-11 51.

Boise State...................   43   35  -   78
San Jose State................   30   21  -   51

3-point goals--Boise State 6-16 (Thompson, Jessica 2-6; Harris, Tasha 1-1;
Lee, Jackie 1-2; Moore, Brittany 1-4; Malone, Jamia 1-3), San Jose State
7-17 (Martin, Christine 3-5; White, Natalie 2-8; Nichols, Emily 1-1; Imaku,
Brittany 1-1; Sumler, Sayja 0-1; Hicks, Alisha 0-1). Fouled out--Boise
State-None, San Jose State-None. Rebounds--Boise State 45 (Walker, Ja'Lara
7; Lee, Jackie 7), San Jose State 27 (Powell, Brittany 7). Assists--Boise
State 17 (Harris, Tasha 5; Thompson, Jessica 5), San Jose State 12 (Barnes,
Myosha 2; Hicks, Alisha 2; White, Natalie 2; Imaku, Brittany 2). Total
fouls--Boise State 13, San Jose State 22. Technical fouls--Boise State-None,
San Jose State-None. A-282