San Diego State 62, at Utah State 73

LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — In a gritty, defensive-minded clash that typified Mountain West basketball, the Utah State Aggies used a decisive second-half surge to defeat the San Diego State Aztecs 73-62 in a conference tournament semifinal on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. A crowd of 6,451 watched the top-seeded Aggies improve to 28-6 overall, advancing to the championship game on the strength of superior ball security and timely shot-making down the stretch. The fourth-seeded Aztecs, who had won eight of their last nine coming in, finished their season at 22-11. The game’s pivotal sequence arrived early in the second half,… Read more...