University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Wednesday, December 23
Jackson, MS
6:00 p.m.
University of Northern Colorado
3-9
69
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93
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Mississippi State University
6-5
1
2
F
Northern Colorado
34
35
69
Mississippi State
49
44
93
Team Stats
UNCO
MS
FG%
.473
.582
3FG%
.421
.348
FT%
.692
.808
RB
25
30
TO
18
12
STL
6
12
Game Leaders
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Rob Trubia
Turnovers Cost @unco_mbb Game at Mississippi State
12/23/2015 8:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Bears coughed it up 18 times, the most turnovers the team has had since the season-opener at Kansas where they gave it away 21 times.
JACKSON, Miss. – In its final non-conference game of the season Northern Colorado (3-9) seemed to have a hangover from the tough loss on Monday at Jacksonville State, allowing Mississippi State (6-5) to shoot a season-best 58.2% from the field en route to a 93-69 loss for the Bears.
Turnovers played a key factor in the loss for UNC, giving the ball away 18 times, the most they've had in a game since opening the season at Kansas where they turned it over 21 times. The Bulldogs took advantage of the Bears' misfortunes, scoring 27 points off of the TOs.
"That's the stat (turnovers) that jumps out at you and you would expect that, maybe, against a SEC level team that pressed you and trapped you and Mississippi State tonight sat back in a 2-3 zone for forty minutes and that's what is really frustrating," head coach B.J. Hill said about the defeat.
Northern Colorado had four players reach double figures on Wednesday evening, led once again by junior guard, Dallas Anglin. Anglin dropped 13 points and added four rebounds on 4-of-11 shooting.
Junior guards and freshman guard, Anthony Johnson, Jordan Wilson and Jordan Davis all finished with 11 points, respectively.
Wilson extends his streak of 10 points or more to 12 games now with his performance against MSU.
The junior is inching closer to the Division I record of 17 straight games with double figures set by former guard, Will Figures back in the 2009-10 season.
The offense continued to flow for Northern Colorado shooting 47.2% (26-of-55) from the field and 42.1% (8-of-19) from beyond the arc.
The Bears opened the game on a 5-0 run with all five points coming from Anglin via a trey and two makes at the charity strip, but Mississippi State answered with a 13-4 run of their own to take the lead, 13-9 by the first media timeout in the first half. The Bulldogs never relinquished that lead for the remainder of the game.
UNC kept it close only trailing by six at the most, for the next five minutes of the game. MSU didn't take a double-digit lead in the first half until 8:41 left (32-22), but it was quickly erased with a jumper from Wilson to cut it back to an eight-point margin.
Six turnovers by the Bears in the last seven minutes of the first act were deadly. Mississippi State took advantage and stretched its lead out to 15 by the buzzer, 49-34.
"We have a lot of human beings in this program right now that are convinced that they are only capable of so much," Hill added. "We're trying to show them through film and through daily work that they are capable of much more than what they're giving – and that's a difficult thing to get kids to do is to get out of their comfort zones and push and give to something greater."
The second half started out promising with Northern Colorado once again opening with five straight points courtesy of a redshirt freshman forward, Ibrahim Sylla jumper and a Davis three-ball, but the hot shooting from MSU and poor defense from UNC continued and it was soon a 20-point game (59-39) by the 17:22 mark of the half.
Another three-ball from the Bears, this time from Johnson sparked some hope, making it a 17 point difference (65-48), but it would get no closer for the rest of the game.
The rebound margin was relatively close with Bulldogs having a slight advantage, 30-25, but the noticeable difference in stats were assists as MSU dished out 21 to UNC's 8.
"When they had to go against our half-court defense they (Mississippi State) probably shot around 30 to 35 percent, but they didn't have to go against a set defense all night because we turned it over and when we turned it over we pouted and we had bad body language and didn't sprint back and talk and didn't have a sense of urgency about us," Hill said.
Northern Colorado opens Big Sky Conference play on New Year's Eve hosting reigning league champs Eastern Washington at 5:00 p.m. The Bears continue its home stand at Bank of Colorado Arena on Jan. 2 with Idaho coming to Greeley for a 2:00 p.m. tip.
Turnovers played a key factor in the loss for UNC, giving the ball away 18 times, the most they've had in a game since opening the season at Kansas where they turned it over 21 times. The Bulldogs took advantage of the Bears' misfortunes, scoring 27 points off of the TOs.
"That's the stat (turnovers) that jumps out at you and you would expect that, maybe, against a SEC level team that pressed you and trapped you and Mississippi State tonight sat back in a 2-3 zone for forty minutes and that's what is really frustrating," head coach B.J. Hill said about the defeat.
Northern Colorado had four players reach double figures on Wednesday evening, led once again by junior guard, Dallas Anglin. Anglin dropped 13 points and added four rebounds on 4-of-11 shooting.
Junior guards and freshman guard, Anthony Johnson, Jordan Wilson and Jordan Davis all finished with 11 points, respectively.
Wilson extends his streak of 10 points or more to 12 games now with his performance against MSU.
The junior is inching closer to the Division I record of 17 straight games with double figures set by former guard, Will Figures back in the 2009-10 season.
The offense continued to flow for Northern Colorado shooting 47.2% (26-of-55) from the field and 42.1% (8-of-19) from beyond the arc.
The Bears opened the game on a 5-0 run with all five points coming from Anglin via a trey and two makes at the charity strip, but Mississippi State answered with a 13-4 run of their own to take the lead, 13-9 by the first media timeout in the first half. The Bulldogs never relinquished that lead for the remainder of the game.
UNC kept it close only trailing by six at the most, for the next five minutes of the game. MSU didn't take a double-digit lead in the first half until 8:41 left (32-22), but it was quickly erased with a jumper from Wilson to cut it back to an eight-point margin.
Six turnovers by the Bears in the last seven minutes of the first act were deadly. Mississippi State took advantage and stretched its lead out to 15 by the buzzer, 49-34.
"We have a lot of human beings in this program right now that are convinced that they are only capable of so much," Hill added. "We're trying to show them through film and through daily work that they are capable of much more than what they're giving – and that's a difficult thing to get kids to do is to get out of their comfort zones and push and give to something greater."
The second half started out promising with Northern Colorado once again opening with five straight points courtesy of a redshirt freshman forward, Ibrahim Sylla jumper and a Davis three-ball, but the hot shooting from MSU and poor defense from UNC continued and it was soon a 20-point game (59-39) by the 17:22 mark of the half.
Another three-ball from the Bears, this time from Johnson sparked some hope, making it a 17 point difference (65-48), but it would get no closer for the rest of the game.
The rebound margin was relatively close with Bulldogs having a slight advantage, 30-25, but the noticeable difference in stats were assists as MSU dished out 21 to UNC's 8.
"When they had to go against our half-court defense they (Mississippi State) probably shot around 30 to 35 percent, but they didn't have to go against a set defense all night because we turned it over and when we turned it over we pouted and we had bad body language and didn't sprint back and talk and didn't have a sense of urgency about us," Hill said.
Northern Colorado opens Big Sky Conference play on New Year's Eve hosting reigning league champs Eastern Washington at 5:00 p.m. The Bears continue its home stand at Bank of Colorado Arena on Jan. 2 with Idaho coming to Greeley for a 2:00 p.m. tip.
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