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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – You can get away with some things at times. Generally not on successive nights.
 
Colorado State found it out the hard way. After turning the ball over 19 times on Wednesday – and finding a way to beat Boise State by 22 points even – the Rams pressed their luck on Friday night at Moby Arena. This time it was 18 turnovers, but the results were far different. They had a chance to take over the top spot in the Mountain West with a sweep, but 18 more turnovers led to a far different outcome.
 
Boise State took full advantage the first 10 minutes, building up a 23-point lead which was just enough to hold off a late Colorado State run in an 85-77 victory.
 
"I'm obviously really disappointed in the loss, but probably more than that even, I'm disappointed in how we played," CSU head coach Niko Medved said. "I think a lot of things that we really emphasize and we wanted to get done didn't show up."
 
Turnovers were the main culprit, though it is not a party of one at the table. The Rams (12-4, 9-3 Mountain West) were still able to shoot really well the game before despite them, which didn't happen on Friday. And they were also lacking the stops required to get extra chances when previously being careless with the ball.
 
That, too Adam Thistlewood, was another big culprit.
 
"Tonight it was the defensive end. We didn't have the toughness, the energy that we needed to execute," he said after scoring a season-best 24 points, 18 of which came in the first half. "We had a lot of turnovers in the first game, but we were able to get stops. This game, we weren't able to get any stops."
 
The Rams went from dominating the paint to giving way to the Broncos (14-2, 10-1) inside. The rebounding was a dead heat, not a big advantage. And even though the hosts led by 1 at the break, Medved really felt Boise State had played the better half.
 
The first 10 minutes of the second half, they definitely did. They turned Colorado State miscues into 24 points and scored 36 points inside. The Broncos were shooting better than 70 percent in one early stretch, even though they had troubles at the free throw line. It was rather uncustomary play for the Rams, especially in a key game.
 
"That and rebounding," David Roddy said, the former being the turnovers. "They started off early getting four offensive rebounds and putbacks, and that's eight points right there. Again, turnovers, it seems like a common theme right now. We're just way too skilled and way too good to be turning the all over that much."
 
Then things changed. The Rams went on an impressive run, trimming the lead down to six points with 2 minutes remaining. Boise State spread the floor and went deep into the shot clock two possessions in a row, missing two shots as the clock expired.
 
But the first time, Colorado State rushed down the floor, dribbled into traffic in the paint and turned it over. The next time, a missed shot and the Broncos did do their job at the charity stripe at the end.
 
"You've got to give them some credit. They're long and athletic," Medved said. "They're a team that's kinda interesting. They really gamble a lot in the sense that they're going to slap. If I had a nickel for every time we drove it and they reached around and punched the ball … I mean, just over and over and over again.
 
"We clearly didn't learn our lesson. You have to give them credit, because they are long, they are quick. But at the same time, a lot of those we shot ourselves in the foot."
 
Those were bullets they just couldn't dodge for a second consecutive night.
 

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