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San Diego State 71, Colorado State 61
[January 02, 2014] FORT COLLINS, Colo. — No. 19 San Diego State 71, Colorado State 61: Xavier Thames had 23 points and five steals as the visiting Aztecs defeated the Rams in the Mountain West opener for both squads.
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Winston Shepard added 17 points and Josh Davis grabbed 15
rebounds as San Diego State (11-1) stretched its winning streak
to 10 games. The 11-1 start ties for the second-best
season-opening streak in school history. Daniel Bejarano had 22 points and eight rebounds and J.J. Avila
added 15 points for Colorado State (9-5). Jon Octeus contributed
10 points for the Rams, who committed 14 turnovers. Colorado State trailed by six midway through the second half,
but Thames scored eight straight San Diego State points to get
the advantage up to 60-49 with about 7 1/2 minutes to play. The
closest the Rams got the rest of the way was seven. The Aztecs shot 50 percent from the field and forced nine
turnovers en route to a 36-27 halftime lead. The lead reached
50-39 on Skylar Spencer's putback with just over 13 1/2 minutes
remaining. GAME NOTEBOOK: Davis has reached double digits on the boards in each of his last six outings and has done so seven times overall. … Rams G Dwight Smith left with an apparent knee injury with 3:20 remaining. … Spencer had four of San Diego State's six blocked shots and Davis had three of the Aztecs' 10 steals. [© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.] Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
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