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Boise State travels to play Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State this week in search of wins that will allow them to remain in second place in the WAC standings. | |||
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The best road team in the Western Athletic Conference will
embark this week on a journey that will greatly affect their title hopes. It is not difficult to see why the Broncos
are converting road opportunities into wins—they average 86.2 points per game
away from home and make 53.4 percent of their shots. Coach Graham’s Broncos lead the WAC in six categories: scoring (83.1 points per game), scoring
margin (8.9), field goal percentage, steals (7.38), assists and three point
field goals (8.43). With four more wins, The Broncos can also achieve all-time status in the record
book for three-point attempts, three-point percentage, rebounds, rebounding
average and by limiting opponents’ rebounds down the stretch. The strong inside game has enabled the Broncos to get to the
line 466 times this season, an average of 22.2 free throws per contest. They would have to average 24.6 the rest of
the way to earn fifth place all-time. Three
of the WAC’s top 11 scorers play for the Broncos. Reggie Larry (18.9 points per game) is third,
Matt Nelson (16.0) is seventh and Tyler Tiedeman (14.1) is 11th.
Larry
ranks among the WAC’s elite players in eight statistical categories, including
leading the league in rebounding (9.4), scoring, three-point percentage
(45.8%--fifth), field-goal percentage (55.9%--sixth), steals (1.52—sixth) and
blocked shots (.76—eighth). Reggie ranks
31st nationally in rebounding.
He has a chance to make all-time career lists for scoring average,
rebounding average (his current average would rank third all-time) and field
goals and season lists for scoring average, rebounding average, field goals and
three-point percentage (see statistics following this article). With
a minimum of ten games remaining, the trio of Larry, Nelson and Tiedeman has a
chance to break the school scoring record for three players on the same
team. Through 21 games, the terrific
trio has 1,027 points (48.9 points per game).
Their total is just 325 points away from the all-time Bronco record of
1,352 scored by John Coker, Shambric Williams and Steve Shephard in 1993-94 and
Roberto Bergersen, Mike Tolman and Gerry Washington in 1997-98. Larry, Nelson and Tiedeman have to average
32.5 points between them the rest of the way to break the school mark. Senior
guard Matt Bauscher leads the WAC in assist-to-turnover ration and is ranked in
three other categories. Bauscher is 17th
nationally with an outstanding ratio of 2.83.
Matt is ranked third in the league in three-point shooting (47.6%),
ninth in field-goal percentage (52.4%) and 10th in assists (3.1 per
game). Bauscher has a shot at making the
all-time Bronco top ten for career three-point percentage, three-pointers in a
season and season three-point percentage.
Bauscher’s running mate in the backcourt, sophomore Anthony Thomas, is second in the conference in steals (1.9 per game), fifth in assists
(4.0) and fifth in assists-to-turnovers (1.56).
Thomas has a great chance to rank in the top ten all-time for both
assists and steals in a season. “AT” has
84, 38 short of Bronco great Steve Connor’s 1228 in 1975-76 Thomas also has 40 steals on the season, 14
short of both Arnell Jones in 1987-88 and Roberto Bergersen in 1998-99. Four Broncos have combined for 23 20-point games this
season, two more than any other team in the WAC. Larry has nine, second only to Graham’s group has a very impressive achievement off the
court: Nelson, Bauscher and Tiedeman have
already graduated and earned their college degrees one semester early. They are all now working on second degrees at
Coach Graham needs just one more win to give him 100 for his
career and become only the third Bronco coach in history to reach that
plateau. Bobby Dye (1983-1995) is #1
with 213 wins while Rod Jenson (1995-2002) is second with 109. Graham’s career record of 99-78 (55.9%) is
also third behind Dye (61.6%) and Murray Satterfield (56.7% from 1968-1973). Graham’s prolific offenses set up success— The Louisiana Tech game will be broadcast live on Records within reach for 2007-08 Broncos: Wins
On The Road 1. 10 (2003-04) 2. 9 (1998-99) 9 (1987-88) 9 (1988-89) 5. 8 (2007-08) 6. 7 (1990-91) 7. 6 (2000-01) 6 (1994-95) 6 (1986-87) 6 (1975-76) 11. 5 (1999-2000) 5 (1996-97) 5 (1995-96) 14. 4 (2002-03) 4 (1984-85) 4 (1974-75) 4 (1973-74) Consecutive Road Wins: 1. 7 (1998-99) 2. 6 (2007-08) 6 (1987-88) 6 (1988-89) Best 21-Game Record: 1987-88
18-3 24-6 NCAA 1988-89
17-4 23-7 NIT 1969-70
17-4 20-8 NCAA D2 2007-08 16-5 1998-99
16-5 21-8 None 1986-87
16-5 22-8 NIT 1994-95
15-6 17-10 None 1992-93
15-6 21-8 NCAA 80-Points+ Under Graham: 2002-03
(1-0) 2003-04
(9-0) 2004-05
(6-1) 2005-06
(5-0) 2006-07
(9-2) 2007-08 (9-1) 90-Points+ Under Graham: 2003-04
Boise State 98, UTEP 94 2005-06
2006-07
2006-07
Boise State 99, 2006-07
2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 Boise State 95, 2007-08 Boise State 95, 2007-08 Boise State 95, 2007-08 Number Of 90-Point Games In A Season: 1. 10 (1969-70) 2.
7 (2007-08) 3. 7 (1974-75) 3. 7 (1971-72) 3. 7 (1968-69) 6. 6 (1975-76) 6. 6 (1970-71) 8. 4 (1992-93) 8. 4 (1981-82) 8. 4 (1977-78) 8. 4 (1972-73) Number
Of 80-Point Games In A Season: 1. 18 (1969-70) 1. 18 (1968-69) 3. 14 (1975-76) 4. 13 (1974-75) 5. 12 (1971-72) 6. 11 (2006-07) 7.
10 (2007-08) 7. 10 (2000-01) 7. 10 (1992-93) 7. 10 (1971-72) Career Blocked Shots 1. 160 Tanoka
Beard 1989-93 2. 156 John Coker
1991-95 3. 126 Trever
Tillman 1997-02 4. 108 Bruce
Bolden 1981-85 5. 103 Jason Ellis
2001-05 6 . 86 Dave
Richardson 1977-80 7 . 69 Jeff Kelley
1983-87 8. 62 Larry McKinney 1979-81 9. 60 Richard Morgan 1998-02 9. 60 Billy Fikes 1990-92 9. 60
Reggie Larry 2006-current 12. 57 Coby Karl 2003-07 Top Rebounding Duos In The Nation*: 1. 2. Notre Dame--18.1 (Luke Harangody--10.0, Rob Kurz--8.1) 3. St. Mary's--17.4
(Diamon Simpson--9.4, Omar Samhan--8.0) 4. 5. 5. 7. 8.
Tennessee-Martin--16.0 (Gerald Robinson--8.1, Lester Hudson--7.7) *--those teams
which have two players ranked in the top 100 nationally Top Rebounding Duos Among All Players: 1. 2. 3. 4. 4.
Notre Dame--18.1 (Luke Harangody--10.0, Rob Kurz--8.1) 6.
Rider--17.9 (Jason Thompson--11.5, Ryan Thompson--6.4) 7. 7.
St. Mary's--17.4 (Diamon Simpson--9.4, Omar Samhan--8.0) 9. 10. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 17. Tennessee-Martin--16.0
(Gerald Robinson--8.1, Lester Hudson--7.7) 19.
Grambling--15.9 (Anthony Williams--8.9, Jamal Breaux--7.0) 20. NAME
(Years) G FGs FTs AVG. PTS 1. Tanoka Beard, 1989-93 110 676 592 17.7 1944 2. Steve Connor, 1974-78 107 771 385 18.0 1927 3. Coby Karl, 2003-07 127 500 432 13.4 1698 4. Abe Jackson, 1998-02 106 544 319 15.7 1660 5. Chris Childs, 1985-89 118 540 359 13.6 1602 6. Roberto Bergersen, 1996-99 86 535 252 17.3
1485 7. Vince Hinchen, 1981-84 78 489 265 15.9 1243 8. Gerry Washington, 1995-99 113 352 322 10.7
1210 9. Pat Hoke, 1972-76 86 445 275 13.5 1165 10.
Trent Johnson, 1974-78 107 463 229 10.8 1155 11.
John Coker, 1991-95 84 439 154 13.4 1126 12.
Danny Jones, 1974-78 98 406 278 11.1 1090 13. 15.
Ron Austin, 1969-71 52 386 295 20.5 1067 16.
Greg Bunn, 1970-73 77 343 346 13.4 1032 17.
Booker Nabors, 2000-04 119 374 166 8.6 1025 18.
Jason Ellis, 2001-05 120 387 230 8.4 1004 ---
Reggie Larry, 2006-present 52 317 165
16.0 833 All-Time
Single-Season Scoring Duos 1. Bergersen/Tolman 1997-98 1,021 2. Coker/Williams 1993-94 1,014 3. Austin/Wallace 1970-71 1,002 4. Bergersen/Washington 1998-99 998 5. Hoke/Connor 1975-76 987 6. Blackburn/Karl 2004-05 955 7. Jones/Childs
1986-87 936 8. Beard/Sanor
1990-91 928 9. Jones/Childs
1987-88 922 10.
Hoke/Connor 1974-75 917 11.
Jackson/Nabors 2001-02 899 12. Karl/Larry 2006-07 895 12. Connor/Jones
1977-78 895 13.
Bailey/McKinney 1980-81 891 14.
Jackson/Woods 2000-01 888 15. Karl/Nelson 2006-07 875 16.
Foster/Childs 1988-89 874 17.
Haynes/Blackburn 2003-04 860 19. Beard/Haliburton
1991-92 857 20. Nelson/Larry 2006-07 854 21.
Otey/Hart 1968-69 842 22.
Haynes/Defares 2002-03 838 23.
Beard/Morris 1992-93 836 24.
Dickey/Wilson 1973-74 831 25.
Karl/Lane 2005-06 829 --- Larry/Nelson 2007-08 731 All-Time
Single-Season Scoring Trios 1. Coker/Williams/Shephard
1993-94 1,352 1. Bergersen/Tolman/Washington
1997-98 1,352 3. Hoke/Connor/Jones
1975-76 1,334 4. Karl/Nelson/Larry 2006-07 1,312 5. Austin/Wallace/Bunn
1970-71 1,306 6. Jones/Childs/Foster
1987-88 1,286 7. Jones/Childs/Kelly
1986-87 1,267 8. Hoke/Connor/Smith
1974-75 1,257 9. Bergersen/Washington/Woods
1998-99 1,249 10.
Blackburn/Karl/Lane-Harris 2004-05 1,248 11.
Beard/Sanor/Fikes 1990-91 1,243 11. Connor/Jones/Johnson
1977-78 1,243 13.
Haynes/Blackburn/Defares 2003-04 1,202 14.
Jackson/Woods/Nabors 2000-01 1,184 15.
Jackson/Nabors/Defares 2001-02 1,181 16.
Otey/Hart/Burke 1968-69 1,175 17.
Beard/Halliburton/Fikes 1991-92 1,165 ---
Larry/Nelson/Tiedeman 2007-08 1,027 Scoring Average, Season 1. 24.5 Ron Austin 1970-71 2. 22.2 Roberto Bergersen 1998-99 3. 21.0 Tanoka Beard 1992-93 4. 19.6 Steve Connor 1977-78 5. 19.4 Roberto Bergersen 1997-98 6. 19.2 Pat Hoke 1974-75 7. 18.6 Abe Jackson 2001-02 8. 18.1 Tanoka Beard 1991-92 9. 17.7 Tanoka Beard 1990-91 10. 17.6 Vince Hinchen 1983-84 10. 17.6 Steve Connor 1974-75 12. 17.4 Abe Jackson 2000-01 12. 17.4 John Coker 1993-94 14. 17.3 Eric Bailey 1980-81 14. 17.3 Steve Connor 1976-77 16. 17.2 Coby Karl 2005-06 16. 17.2 Vince Hinchen 1982-83 16. 17.2 19. 17.1 Pat Hoke 1975-76 20. 17.0 Larry McKinney 1980-81 --- 18.9 Reggie Larry 2007-08 --- 16.0 Matt Nelson 2007-08 Rebound Average, Season 1. 17.3 Bill Otey 1968-69 2. 13.0 Bill Otey 1969-70 3. 11.0 Steve Wallace 1971-72 4. 9.8
Steve Wallace 1970-71 5. 9.1 George Wilson 1973-74 6 . 9.0 Jason Ellis 2003-04 7 . 8.96 Jason Ellis 2004-05 8 . 8.9
Matt Nelson 2006-07 9. 8.8
Greg Bunn 1971-72 10. 8.75 Pat Hoke
1974-75 11. 8.73 Ron
Austin 1970-71 --- 9.4
Reggie Larry 2007-08 --- 7.8
Matt Nelson 2007-08 Field Goals Made, Season 1. 231
John Coker 1993-94 2. 224
Roberto Bergersen 1998-99 3. 221
Ron Austin 1970-71 4. 217
Roberto Bergersen 1997-98 5. 211
Steve Connor 1977-78 6. 199
Tanoka Beard 1992-93 7. 197
Jermaine Blackburn 2004-05 8. 192
Bill Otey 1968-69 9. 188
Eric Bailey 1980-81 10. 187 Arnell
Jones 1987-88 10. 187 Steve
Connor 1975-76 --- 147
Reggie Larry 2007-08 --- 132
Matt Nelson 2007-08 3-Point Field Goals Made, Season 1. 92 Abe Jackson 2001-02 2. 83 Abe Jackson 2000-01 3. 80 Coby Karl 2006-07 4. 77 Mike Tolman 1997-98 5. 72 Abe Jackson 1999-00 6. 71 Roberto Bergersen 1998-99 7. 70
Coby Karl 2005-06 8. 69 Franco Harris 2004-05 9. 67
Coby Karl 2004-05 10. 63 Gerry 11. 11. 60 Roberto Bergersen 1997-98 11. 60 Joe Wyatt 1996-97 --- 54 Tyler Tiedeman 2007-08 --- 39
Matt Bauscher 2007-08 3-Point
Field Goals Attempted, Season 1. 281 Abe Jackson 2001-02 2. 216 Coby Karl 2006-07 3. 206 Abe Jackson 2000-01 4. 200 Abe Jackson 1999-00 5. 181
Coby Karl 2004-05 6. 179 Roberto Bergersen 1998-99 7. 178 Franco Harris 2004-05 8. 177
Coby Karl 2005-06 9. 174 Mike Tolman 1997-98 10. 11. 12. --- 109 Tyler
Tiedeman 2007-08 Field Goal Percentage, Season (Minimum 5 attempts per game) 1. 71.4%
(120-168) Billy Fikes 1991-92 2. . 69.0% (129-187)
Billy Fikes 1990-91 3. . 66.1% (187-283)
Arnell Jones 1987-88 4. . 65.5%
(114-174) Bruce Bolden 1984-85 5. . 63.4%(109-172)
Phil Rodman 1995-96 6. . 60.6%
(140-231) Danny Jones 1977-78 7. . 60.2%
(127-211) Dave Richardson 1979-80 8. . 60.1%
(101-168) Bruce Bolden 1982-83 9. . 59.8%
(144-241) Jeff Kelley 1986-87 10. .59.3% (131-221) Danny Jones 1975-76 --- 66.0
(132-200) Matt Nelson 2007-08 3-Point Field Goal Percentage, Season (Minimum 2
attempts per game) 1. .52.2% (36-69)
Brian King 1987-88 2. 49.5% (45-91) Lance Vaughn 1990-91 3. 45.0% (54-120) Chris Childs 1987-88 4. 44.61% (29-65) Kenny Wilson 2005-06 4. 44.61% (29-65) Brian King 1988-89 6. 44.56% (41-92) Shambric Williams 1993-94 7. 44.3% (77-174) Mike Tolman 1997-98 8. 44.0% (40-91) Booker Nabors 2003-04 9. 43.7% (52-119) Chris Childs 1988-89 10. 43.2% (54-125) Gerry --- 49.5% (54-109) Tyler Tiedeman 2007-08 --- 47.6 % (39-82) Matt Bauscher 2007-08 --- 45.8 % (27-59) Reggie Larry 2007-08 Assists, Season 1. 145 Doug Usitalo
1987-88 2. 145 Steve
Connor 1976-77 3. 135 Frank
Jackson 1984-85 4. 130 Doug
Usitalo 1986-87 5. 129 Coby Karl 2004-05 6. 128 Rodger
Bates 1980-81 7. 127 Terry
Miller 1975-76 8. 125 Coby Karl
2006-07 9. 122 Chris
Childs 1988-89 10. 122 Steve Connor 1975-76 11. 118 Steve Connor 1977-78 --- 84 Anthony Thomas 2007-08 Steals, Season 1. 105 Doug Usitalo 1986-87 2. 80 Doug
Usitalo 1987-88 3. 72 Rawn Hayes 1982-83 4. 68 Chris Childs 1986-87 5. 58 Chris Childs 1987-88 6. 57 Bernard Walker 1993-94 7. 56 Darnell Woods 1992-93 7. 56 Chris Childs 1985-86 9. 55 Gerry 10. 54 Roberto
Bergersen 1998-99 10. 54 Arnell
Jones 1987-88 --- 40
Anthony Thomas 2007-08 Career Scoring Average 1. 20.5 Ron Austin
1969-71 2. 18.0 Steve
Connor 1974-78 3. 17.7 Tanoka
Beard 1989-93 4. 17.3 Roberto
Bergersen 1996-99 5. 16.14 6. 16.11 Arnell
Jones 1986-88 7. 15.9 Vince
Hinchen 1981-84 8. 15.7 Abe
Jackson 1998-02 9. 15.2 Larry
McKinney 1979-81 10. 15.1 Dave Williams 1979-80 --- 16.0 Reggie Larry 2006-current Career Rebounding Average 1. 15.1 Bill Otey
1968-70 2. 10.4 Steve
Wallace 1970-72 3. 7.9 Jason Ellis
2001-05 4. 7.7 Arnell
Jones 1986-88 5. 7.0 Pat Hoke
1972-76 5. 7.0 Bruce
Bolden 1981-85 7. 6.6 Trent
Johnson 1974-78 8. 6.1 Tanoka
Beard 1989-93 9. 6.0 Dave Richardson 1977-80 10. 5.7 Danny Jones 1974-78 --- 8.6 Reggie Larry 2006-current Career Field Goals Made 1. 771 Steve Connor 1974-78 2. 676 Tanoka Beard 1989-93 3. 544 Abe Jackson 2001-02 4. 540 Chris Childs 1985-89 5 . 535 Roberto
Bergersen 1996-99 6. 500 Coby Carl 2003-07 7 . 489 Vince
Hinchen 1981-84 8 . 445 Pat Hoke
1972-76 9 . 439 John Coker
1991-95 10. 406 Danny Jones 1975-78 11. 389 Jason Ellis 2001-05 --- 317 Reggie Larry 2007-08 Career Three-Point Percentage 1. 45.3% (120-265)
Brian King 1987-90 2. 42.3% (47-111)
Wilson Foster 1987-89 3. 42.2% (163-386)
Chris Childs 1985-89 3. 42.2% (43-102) Shambric Williams 1992-94 5. 40.9% (45-110)
Craig Spjute 1984-86 6. 40.049%
(163-407) Roberto Bergersen 1996-99 7. 40.046% (171-427) Mike Tolman 1992-93/95-98 8. 38.7% (77-199) Jermaine Haliburton 1991-93 9. .38.3%
(184-480) Gerry 10. .38.3%(112-293) Franco Harris 2003-05 --- 41.6% (99-238) Tyler Tiedeman 2005-current ---
40.4% (99-245) Matt Bauscher 2005-current Games Won 1. 24 1987-88 2. 23 2003-04 2. 23 1988-89 4. 22 1986-87 5. 21 1998-99 5. 21 1992-93 -- 16 2007-08 Points Scored 1. 2,431 2003-04 2. 2,393 2004-05 3. 2,360 2006-07 4. 2,293 1975-76 5. 2,249 1968-69 6. 2,237 2000-01 -- 1,745
2007-08 Scoring Average 1. 83.3 1968-69 2. 82.0 1974-75 3. 79.6 1970-71 4. 79.1 1975-76 5. 78.5 1971-72 -- 83.1 2007-08 Field Goals Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. -- Field Goals Attempted 1. 2,146 1968-69 2. 1,987 2004-05 3. 1,919 1972-73 4. 1,904 2003-04 5. 1,828 2006-07 6. 1,809 1975-76 -- 1,220
2007-08 Field Goal Percentage 1. 52.4% 1987-88 2. 51.2% 1978-79 3. 50.5% 1990-91 4. 49.7% 1986-87 5. 49.6% 1988-89 -- 51.6%
2007-08 Free Throws Attempted 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. -- Free Throw Percentage 1. 73.8% 2003-04 2. 72.8% 1975-76 3. 71.9% 1997-98 3. 71.9% 1981-82 3. 71.9% 1988-89 ---66.1%
2007-08 3-Point Field Goals Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. ---177 2007-08 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ---448 2007-08 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 1. 44.7% 1987-88 2. 44.1% 1988-89 3. 39.4% 1997-98 4. 39.1% 1986-87 5. 38.0% 1989-90 ---39.5%
2007-08 Rebounds 1. 1,545 1968-69 2. 1,193 2004-05 3. 1,190 2006-07 4. 1,136 2003-04 5. 1,120 1974-75 6. 1,099 1993-94 -- Rebounding Average 1. 57.2 1968-69 2. 43.1 1974-75 | ||||