Boise State Wide Receiver Thomas Sperbeck Wins Yahoo National Award for Catch of the Year

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Boise State Downs Nevada on the Road, 74-67

RENO, Nevada--Mikey Thompson led four Broncos in double figures as Boise State held off Nevada 74-67 tonight for their school record-tying 10th consecutive victory. Coach Leon Rice's Broncos are tied for the fifth-longest winning streak in the nation.

Boise State went into halftime ahead 35-24, by the Wolf Pack cut the lead to 35-32 on a dunk by Cameron Oliver. The lead varied from four to 10 points over the next 10 minutes, but Paris Austin's driving layup gave Boise State a 58-46 lead with 6:57 remaining. Austin made one of two free throws to extend the lead to 59-46, a 13-point advantage that Mikey Thompson maintained when he too made one of his two free throws to put Boise State ahead 60-47 with less than five minutes left.

Marqueze Coleman, who was held to just four points in the first half, began taking charge. Coleman's three-pointer cut the margin to 63-52, and then after his layup and jumper on consecutive possessions, all of a sudden it was 63-56.  Nick Duncan's jumper missed, and Coleman was at it again, driving past the befuddled Broncos for another layup.

With 1:12 left, D.J. Fenner also snuck past the Bronco defense for a layup and Nevada trailed 63-60. Rather than continue to take the air out of the ball, a strategy that clearly was not working, Duncan found himself free seven seconds later and let it fly from beyond the arc--nothing but net.

The Nevada fans, who had been whooping it up during the late-game rally, were deflated. Coleman missed on Nevada's next trip down the court, and Thompson's two free throws iced the game.  Anothony Drmic sank four free throws and Duncan two to finish the Bronco scoring.

Boise State advanced to 5-0 in Mountain West Conference play and 13-4 overall, while Nevada dropped to 2-3 and 10-5.

Thompson finished with 18 points, four assists and three rebounds, while James Webb III had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Drmic finished with 13, while Duncan had 11 points and five rebounds and Chandler Hutchison had eight points and 11 rebounds for the Broncos.

Coleman led the Wolf Pack with 17 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, while Fenner had 15 points and Eric Cooper 13.

Boise State returns home Saturday for a clash with one of the favorites to win the Mountain West--San Diego State. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Taco Bell Arena. Bronco fans are reminded to allow extra time in getting to the game due to the close of the Broadway Avenue Bridge.

Allie Ostrander Finishes 2nd in the Nation to Lead Bronco Women to 11th Place Finish, Men 16th

Allie Ostrander finished 2nd individually and Brenna Peloquin took 9th as the Boise State women's cross country team finished 11th at the NCAA National Championships.  The Bronco men finished 16th.

Boise State Women #8 in the Nation This Week

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Allie Ostrander Wins NCAA West Regional, Boise State Women 2nd and Men 5th

SEATTLE, Washington--Boise State freshman Allie Ostrander continued to trounce the competition as she won the individual 6-kilometer at the NCAA West Regional Cross Country Championships this afternoon.

Ostrander led three Broncos in the Top 10 across the finish line, and Coach Corey Ihmels' Broncos finished one point behind powerhouse Oregon for the team title. With the second place finish today, Boise State automatically qualifies for the NCAA National Championships next Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.


Oregon won with 79 team points to 80 for Boise State, Washington had 105, and Stanford 121. Those four nationally-ranked teams were followed by San Francisco (182), Gonzaga (224), California (234)Arizona State (243), Portland (286) and UCLA (334).


Just as she did at the Mountain West Championships two weeks ago, Ostrander made her move around the 4-k mark and left the field. Ostrander won by over 21 seconds with a time of 20:10.9. Waverly Neer of Oregon was second (20:32.2) while Maddie Meyers of Washington was third (20:37.2). Boise State freshman Brenna Peloquin finished 6/10th's of a second behind Meyers, with Bronco Minttu Hukka fifth in 20:42.2.


Anna Holdiman of Boise State was 34th with a time of 21:22, Charlotte Corless was (21:22.7) while Alexis Fuller finished 63rd in 21:40.4.

Bronco Men 5th at NCAA Regional, Will Play Waiting Game

SEATTLE, Washington--The Boise State men's cross country team finished fifth this afternoon at the NCAA West Regionals.

Boise State finished with 137 points, calculated by adding up the finishes of the top six Broncos. Washington won the title with 63 points to 83 for Stanford. Oregon finished 3rd with 99 points to 125 for Washington State.
Coach Corey Ihmels' team will now have to wait to see if they earn an at-large berth in next week's NCAA National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Only the top two teams at each of the country's nine regionals are guaranteed a spot, and there will be 13 at-large teams selected. Boise State was hurt today losing to unranked Washington State.


Michael Vennard finished 17th to lead the Bronco men with a time of 31:29.8. Chandler Austin was 26th (31:46.6), followed by Louis McAfee at #28 (31:48.1), Elijah Armstrong 30th in 31:49.9, Rhys Park 36th with a time of 31:55.7 and Addison DeHaven (31:55.7). Oregon All-American Edward Cheserek won the individual title with a time of 30:43.2.


The selection of the at-large teams will take place tomorrow.

TEAM SCORING SUMMARY

Final Standings		Score	Scoring Order	Total	Avg.	Finish Order	Spread
1	Washington	63	5-10-12-14-22 (59) (73)	2:36:52	31:23	5-10-12-14-22-59-73	0:29.6
2	Stanford	83	6-7-8-20-42 (72) (102)	2:37:18	31:28	6-7-8-20-42-72-104	0:42.8
3	Oregon	99	1-4-24-31-39 (43) (47)	2:37:21	31:29	1-4-24-31-39-43-47	1:13.7
4	Washington St.	125	2-3-32-37-51 (93) (105)	2:37:56	31:36	2-3-32-37-51-95-107	1:12.0
5	Boise State	137	17-26-28-30-36 (45) (174)	2:38:50	31:46	17-26-28-30-36-45-178	0:26.0
6	California	146	19-25-29-35-38 (78) (96)	2:38:58	31:48	19-25-29-35-38-78-98	0:22.9
7	UCLA	163	9-16-40-44-54 (75) (76)	2:38:54	31:47	9-16-40-44-54-75-76	0:51.6
8	UC Santa Barbara	184	11-13-49-53-58 (82) (84)	2:39:15	31:51	11-13-49-53-58-83-85	0:54.6
9	Portland	200	21-33-46-48-52 (57) (91)	2:39:44	31:57	21-33-46-48-52-57-92	0:32.3
10	Gonzaga	253	18-23-55-70-87 (94) (129)	2:40:41	32:09	18-23-55-70-88-96-132	1:20.8
11	San Francisco	273	15-41-61-64-92 (121) (142)	2:41:03	32:13	15-41-61-64-93-123-145	1:31.3
12	Cal Poly	344	56-66-68-71-83 (115) (152)	2:42:20	32:28	56-66-68-71-84-117-156	0:33.4
13	UC Davis	389	27-34-95-114-119 (134) (173)	2:44:10	32:50	27-34-97-116-121-137-177	1:58.0
14	San Jose St.	409	67-74-85-86-97 (118) (124)	2:43:43	32:45	67-74-86-87-99-120-126	0:42.3
15	Arizona State	422	60-77-81-100-104 (131) (166)	2:44:04	32:49	60-77-82-102-106-134-170	0:53.0
16	St. Marys (Cal.)	489	50-79-99-128-133 (161) (175)	2:45:51	33:11	50-79-101-131-136-165-179	1:53.1
17	Loyola Marymount	535	80-110-111-112-122 (136) (200)	2:47:06	33:26	80-112-113-114-124-139-204	1:05.5
18	Eastern Washington	551	89-98-109-116-139 (190) (194)	2:47:17	33:28	90-100-111-118-142-194-198	1:13.1
19	Santa Clara	562	63-88-126-141-144 (146) (155)	2:47:31	33:31	63-89-129-144-148-150-159	1:51.7
20	Cal St. Fullerton	574	65-101-113-137-158 (162) (183)	2:48:00	33:36	65-103-115-140-162-166-187	2:20.2
21	UC Riverside	635	62-69-147-178-179 (196)	2:50:13	34:03	62-69-151-182-183-200	3:13.1
22	Seattle U.	647	108-117-120-143-159 (171) (197)	2:49:50	33:58	110-119-122-146-163-175-201	1:17.4
23	Long Beach St.	692	90-135-145-157-165 (177) (182)	2:50:44	34:09	91-138-149-161-169-181-186	1:57.4
24	Fresno State	712	103-106-156-167-180 (184)	2:51:42	34:21	105-108-160-171-184-188	2:22.2
25	UC Irvine	725	127-130-138-160-170 (191)	2:51:49	34:22	130-133-141-164-174-195	1:07.7
26	Portland State	774	123-148-163-168-172 (185) (188)	2:53:10	34:38	125-152-167-172-176-189-192	1:23.7
27	Pepperdine	779	107-140-153-181-198	2:55:07	35:02	109-143-157-185-202	4:02.7
28	Sacramento St.	805	132-154-164-169-186	2:54:17	34:52	135-158-168-173-190	1:55.3
29	San Diego	831	125-149-176-189-192 (195) (199)	2:55:54	35:11	128-153-180-193-196-199-203	2:15.3
30	Cal St. Northridge	882	150-151-187-193-201	3:00:37	36:08	154-155-191-197-205	5:02.1