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STEVE: SAN DIEGO STATE WITH TWO
PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES
HEADED TOWARDS THE SECOND HALF
LED BY JAMAAL FRANKLIN, JAMES
RAHON HAS A COUPLE OF
THREE-POINT BASKETS.
CHASE TAPLEY AND XAVIER THAMES
ALSO ON THE SCOREBOARD FOR THE
AZTECS.
BLAINE: FRANKLIN GETTING IT
DONE AND REBOUNDING THE
BASKETBALL.
HE IS ONE REUND SHORT OF A
DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN THE FIRST
HALF.
STEVE: FOR UNLV, ANTHONY
MARSHALL HAD THE GAME'S FIRST
THREE-POINT BASKET.
HE LEADS THE RUNNING REBELS
WITH EIGHT, BUT THEY NEED TO
GET STANBACK, BELLFIELD,
HAWKINS, AND GUYS LIKE THAT
GOING REALLY ITHE SECOND
HALF.
BLAINE: AND UNLV NEEDS TO PLAY,
IF THEY WANT TO PLAY UP TO
TEMPO, WERE YOU A LITTLE MORE
PATIENT.
THE EXTRA PASS IS MISSING.
STEVE: SAN DIEGO STATE IN THE
LOCKER ROOM FOR THEM?
ROOM AND THE FOCUS IS ON OCKER
TURNOVERS.
10 IS TOO MANY.
STEVE: WE SEE RAHON OPEN UP
WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
HE PLAYED FANTASTIC D.
I'M CHALLENGING YOU AS A TEAM
TO PLAY AS HARD AND AS SMART HE
DID IN THE FIRST HALF.
E TURNOVERS WERE THE FOCUS.
RAHON NOW WITH A DOZEN POINTS.
MIKE MER WITH A THREE ON THE
OTHER END FOR UNLV.
OSER NOW OUT TO SEVEN.
XAVIER THAMESN THE LANE,
FINDS RAHON.
NOW HE KNOWS IT EARLIER FROM
JAMES RAHON, HE CAN HIT THE
THREE OR GO INSIDE AND HIT THE
FLOATER LIKE HE DID.
BLAINE: THAT'S THE PART OF THE
GAME HE HAS DEVELOPED.
HE WAS KNOWN AS A GREAT JUMP
SHOOTER AND NOW HE CAN SCORE
OFF THE DRIBBLE.
STEVE: LOW POST AGAINST SHELTON
.
MOSER WANTS THE THREE.
BACK-TO-BACK TRIPLE.
A FRESH 35 FOR UNLV.
BLAINE: THAT THE NINTH
OFFENSIVE BOARD IN THIS
BALLGAME.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT
UNLV IS ABLE TO STAY IN THE
BALLGAME IN THE FIRST HALF.
THEY HAVE MORE TURNOVERS THAN
OFFENSIVE BOARDS.
STEVE: HERE IS BELLFIELD,
INSIDE THE PAINT AND INVOLVES A
OUL.
BLAINE: RAHON WHO HAD A VERY
ASSERTIVE FIRST HALF, PLAYED
VERY WELL FOR THE AZTECS, THE
FIRST BUCKET FOR THE AZTECS
RIGHT OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM.
STEVE: STRIKING FOR RAHON, 10
OF HIS 12 POINTS SO FAR IN THE
GAME HAVE COME IMMEDIATELY
AFTER AN UNLV BASKET.
SHELTON. NKLIN,
GOOD PLAY DEFENSIVELY ALWAYS IS
REWARDED ON THE OTHER END AND
EASY TRANSITION BUCKET BECAUSE
OF THE EXCELLENT DEFENSIVE PLAY
BY SHELTON.
STEVE: MARSHALL TO MOSER,
WANTED A DUNK BUT COME UP
SHORT.
BLAINE: THAT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE
IN THE AIR.
HE WENT FROM A HAMMER DUNK TO A
FINGERROLL, NICE CONTROL.
STEVE: WENT FROM EMBARRASSING
TO TWO POINTS AND NOW A
SIX-POINT GAME, JUST OVER TWO
MINUTES GONE BY, SECOND HALF.
THERE IS A FOUL UNDERNEATH,
CHACE STANBACK.
BLAINE: WATCH THIS STEAL ON THE
INBOUND.
WE TALK ABOUT DEFENSE IS
REWARDED.
HERE IS SHELTON.
HE IS GOING TO ANTICIPATE WHERE
THAT BALL, THAT BALL IS GOING.
HE STUDIES FILM, HE LISTENS TO
COACHING.
HE ANTICIPATED THE
OUT-OF-BOUNDS PLAY AND MADE A
BIG PLAY AND GOT HIS TEAM AN
EASY BUCKET ON THE OTHER END.
THIS IS MOSER WITH THAT THINK
ABOUT DUNK FINGERROLL.
STEVE: JAMAAL FRANKLIN LEADING
ALL SCORERS WITH 14 POINTS.
BLOCKED BY MASSAMBA AND
RUNNING, TREMENDOUS OUTLET,
MARSHALL WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR
A THREE-POINT PLAY.
BLAINE: TREMENDOUS OUTLET PASS
IN STRIDE FOR ANTHONY MARSHALL.
THAT WAS A CONFIDENCE OUTLET
THAT SAYS, I'M GOING TO THROW
IT OUT IN FRONT, I TRUST THAT
ANTHONY MARSHALL IS GOING TO BE
THE FASTEST GUY AND WILL BEAT
EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE BALL.
GREAT PASS BY MOSER.
STEVE: AND NOW THE THIRD
PERSONAL FOUL ON TIM SHELTON
FOR SAN DIEGO STATE.
MARSHALL NOW THE FIRST ONE,
REBEL IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH 10
POINTS AND A CHANCE TO ADD TO
THAT WITH ONE FREE-THROW LINE
UPCOMING.
SAN DIEGO STATE OUT OF THE GATE
EARLY ON, LED BY DOUBLE DIGITS
IN THE FIRST HALF AND NOW
MARSHALL A CHANCE TO ONCE AGAIN
CUT IT TO THREE.
TRIED TO GET THE STEAL FROM
CHASE TAPLEY.
UNLV HAS NOT BEEN STRONG FROM
THE STRIPE SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
UNDER 50%.
5-11 NOW.
THAMES AT THE LANE AND IT'S
STRIPPED.
AND THE OFFICIALS ARE DECIDING
WHICH WAY TO GO, UNLV.
STANBACK.
BLAINE: I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE
LOOKED LIKE IT WENT OFF OF
MASSAMBA DOWN LOW.
STEVE: ALL THREE OFFICIALS WILL
LOOK AT THIS ONE.
BLAINE: THAT'S A TOUGH CALL,
NOBODY HAD A GOOD ANGLE.
STEVE: TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO
THE AZTECS, LEADING BY FOUR.
THEY HAVEN'T LED SINCE THE
OPENING MINUTE OF THE FIRST
HALF, 3-2.
MASSAMBA PLAYED IT OUT, BUCKET.
KEPT ALIVE NICELY BY UNLV.
THAT WAS MOSER WITH THE GOOD
HUSTLE.
OSCAR BELLFIELD OFF BALANCE BUT
THE FOLLOW BY MASSAMBA.
BLAINE: AND MOSER WAS HALFWAY
INTO THE STANDS ON A SAVE AND
COMES BACK AND WAS INVOLVED IN
THAT PLANPLAY AT THE END.
WHAT AN EFFORT PLAY BY MOSER AT
THAT TIME.
STEVE: THEY HAVE BEEN VIGOROUS
IN ATTACKING THE OFFENSIVE
GLASS.
THEY WERE TO WITHIN TWO WITH 16
1/2 MINUTES LEFT TO GO.
UNLV ON A 6-0 RUN.
SHELTON OFF THE PASS TO THAMES
AND HE IS FOULED.
BLAINE: WATCH MOSER JUST FOLLOW
HIM ON THIS PLAY.
HE IS GOING TO CHASE THIS BALL
INTO THE CORNER.
HE IS GOING TO REAPPEAR ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND
BE PART OF THIS.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
GREAT EFFORT.
REAT EFFORT.
STEVE: SECOND PENALTY FOUL FOR
MOST MOST AT THE OTHER END,
HOWEVER.
THAT PUTS TIM SHELTON AT THE
FREE-THROW LINE FOR SAN DIEGO
STATE.
I WAS TALKING TO SHELTON
YESTERDAY, FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
WHO HAS BEEN BOTHERED BY KNEE
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
OF HIS CAREER, DOESN'T PLAY
EVERY GAME, BUT REALLY RELISHES
THAT OPPORTUNITY.
HE HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE, THE
MATURITY THAT COMES WITH BEING
A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR, HE KNOWS
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.
BLAINE: HE TALKS TO US ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE LIKES HIS ROLE AS A
DEFENSEMAN.
HE MAKES GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYS.
STEVE: OH, AND MARSHALL IN
ABOUT A FRACTION OF A SECOND
COMING THE OTHER WAY.
A RIM RATTLER FOR ANTHONY
MARSHALL.
BLAINE: WHEN YOU TALK TO
OPPOSING COACHES BEFORE GAMES
WITH UNLV, THEY ALWAYS POINT
OUT THAT 3 IS A RIDICULOUS
ATHLETE.
3 IS A RIDICULOUS ATHLETE.
ANTHONY MARSHALL CAN JUMP OUT
OF THE GYM AND A GREAT FINISHER
IN THE BREAK.
TEVE: AND A CHANCE TO TIE.
IT'S BEEN AWHILE, BUT WITH
16:17 LEFT IN THE SECOND HALF,
SAN DIEGO.-41 IN
AND XAVIER THAMES COMES BACK IN
FOR SAN DIEGO STATE NOW AND
SHELTON HEADS TO THE BENCH.
BLAINE: AS THIS GAME TIES UP,
IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING THAT
STEVE FISHER SAID TO US
YESTERDAY.
THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF CLOSE
BALLGAMES AND THEY HAVE WON
GAMES DOWN THE STRETCH THAT ARE
CLOSE.
STEVE: A COUPLE OF GAMES IN
OVERTIME.
THE FIRST TIE OF THE BAUBLE
GAME.
AVIER THAMES TO RAHON.
MOSER, UNLV, SMOTHERING
DEFENSE, NOT TRYING TO
CAPITALIZE ON THE OTHER END.
MOSER LOST IT OUT OF BOUNDS,
WAS BATTLING WITH THAMES.
AND WITH 15:43 READY TO GO IN
REGULATION, WE HAVE GOT A
BASKETBALL GAME IN SAN DIEGO.
41-41.
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>> THE STAPLE OF IT GREAT
RUNNING REBEL TEAMS IN THE PAST
IS FRESHMAN TOMAN DEFENSE.
WE HAVE A TEAM THAT HAS
COMMITTED HIMSELF TO GET BETTER
EVERY DAY.
THE REWARD FOR GREAT DEFENSE IS
PUSHING THE BALL IN TRANSITION.
CERTAINLY IT'S GOOD IN TERMS OF
STYLE OF MAY.
THAT'S GUYS WANT IT PLAY AND
IT'S GREAT FOR RECRUITING.
BLAINE: DAVE RICE, THAT'S HOW
HIS TEAM HAS STAYED IN THE
BALLGAME.
THEY HAVE SIX STEALS, FORCED 11
TURNOVERS.
THEY HAVE COME OUT IN THE
SECOND HALF ON FIRE, 5-8,
MOSTLY IN TRANSITION BECAUSE OF
GOOD DEFENSE.
STEVE: WITH THESE TWO TEAMS,
IT'S THE COACHES AND THE STYLES
THAT THEY IMPLEMENT, THE REASON
THAT SO MANY GUYS LIKE RICE
TALKED ABOUT WHAT TO BECOME A
PART OF THESE PROGRAMS.
STACEY AUGMON SPEND OVER A
DECADE IN THE NBA, RETURNED
ITWISE AS AN ASSISTANT COACH
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
BELLFIELD, DRAWS THE FOUL.
BLAINE: THEY PLAY D RIGHT NOW.
WE WERE TALKING TO THE PLAYERS
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'LL MOVE
DOWN LOW AND BE ON THE BEST
TEAM AND DUNK ON THEM.
STEVE: IT'S SO FUNNY, DAVE RICE
SAYS WHEN HE GOES OUT TO
RECRUIT, THEY DON'T REMEMBER
THE GUYS LIKE AUGMON AND LARRY
JOHNSON AND THE HIGH FLYING
TEAMS OF THE EARLY 1990'S.
THE KEY IS THAT THEIR PARENTS
DO.
THE PARENTS HELP SELL THE KIDS
ON TODAY'S UNLV PROGRAM.
BLAINE: BELIEVE ME, THE GUYS
WHO ARE IN THIS PROGRAM KNOW
WHO HE IS.
THE MAN CAN STILL PLAY.
THIS IS NOTABLE ALUMNI FROM THE
GREAT STORIED HISTORY OF THIS
UNLV PROGRAM.
IF YOU CAN DUNK AT OVER 40
YEARS OF AGE, THEN YOU GET ALL
OF THE PROPS FROM THE WORLD
FROM ME.
I COULDN'T DO IT ON A MINI
*** RIGHT NOW.
STEVE: I HAVE SEEN YOU TRY,
THOUGH.
BLAINE: ON A MINI ***, YES.
STEVE: A REAL AWKWARD INJURY.
UNLV, THE SECOND LEAD OF THE
DAY.
THAT LEAD STILL LIVES.
CHASE TAPLEY WITH THE AZTECS
BACK IN FRONT AS WE ARE
FINISHED WITH THE FIRST FIVE
MINUTES IN THE SECOND HALF.
UNLV TRYING TO STRIKE QUICKLY
TIED UP ON THE FLOOR.
A COUPLE OF BIG BODIES LAYING
THERE.
BRICE MASSAMBA AND FRANKLIN.
BLAINE: CHASE TAPLEY WHO HAS
BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET IN THIS
BALLGAME COMES UP WITH A BIG
SHOT WHEN HIS TEAM NEEDED IT
THE MOST, ALWAYS READY TO SHOOT
THE BASKETBALL.
I LOVE HOW HE CATCHES THE BALL
IN BALANCE AND IS READY TO
SHOOT THAT.
A GREAT CATCH AND SHOOT IN THE
RIGHT CORNER BY CHASE TAPLEY.
STEVE: THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM
SO DANGEROUS, CATCH AND SHOOT,
CREATE HIS OWN SHOTS AND SCORE
OFF THE DRIBBLE LIKE WE SAW SO
MUCH OF IN THE FIRST HALF.
BLAINE: A LITTLE WORK ON THE
FLOOR BY THE PLAYERS OUT THERE
GETTING A LITTLE MOISTURE OFF.
STEVE: THIS FLOOR, BY THE WAY,
WAS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS USED
IN THE FINAL FOUR BACK IN 1997
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
IT WAS THE YEAR THAT ARIZONA
BEAT DEFENDING CHAMPION
KENTUCKY IN THE TITLE GAME AND
IN THE PROCESS, ARIZONA SET A
MARK BY BEATING THREE NUMBER
ONE SEEDS IN A TOURNAMENT THAT
YEAR.
PART OF THE GREAT ATMOSPHERE IN
THE BUILDING, THE SHOW, THE BIG
STUDENTS SECTION SO DYNAMIC.
THREE ON THE SHOT CLOCK,
BELLFIELD PASSES OFF, MASSAMBA
JUST DID GET IT AWAY.
BLAINE: NOT A GREAT OFFENSIVE
POSSESSION FOR UNLV.
BASELINE, TAPLEY,
FINDS HIS OPEN MIND AND MOSER,
AS HE DOES SO OFTEN, LEADS THE
BREAK.
MARSHALL, ALMOST CLOTHESLINE.
THEY WANT THE INTENTIONAL FOUL
ON THE UNLV BENCH.
JAMES RAHON.
BLAINE: THIS THING WITH
INTENSITY IS REALLY PICKING UP
RIGHT NOW AS THE SCORE HAS
GOTTEN CLOSE NOW.
LOOK AT THAT FOUL.
THAT WAS BORDERLINE -- THAT WAS
BORDERLINE RIGHT THERE WHERE
THEY MADE HIM CALL THAT A
FLAGRANT ONE.
STEVE: THAT'S THE SECOND
PERSONAL ON JAMES RAHON, GOT
HIM AROUND THE HEAD, PART OF
HIS NECK.
SO MARSHALL BACK TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE, LEADING SCORER
FOR UNLV WITH 14 POINTS.
BLAINE: YOU MENTIONED, STEVE,
THE STRUGGLES THAT UNLV HAS
FROM THE LINE.
THERE IS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE
TO STAY IN THAT CATEGORY.
UNLV COMES IN HERE SHOOTING
64.4% AS A TEAM.
SAN DIEGO STATE IS 71%.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY A BETTER
FREE-THROW SHOOTING TEAM.
STEVE: UNLV ONLY 7-14 FROM THE
LINE TODAY.
LOOKING TO TIE THIS GAME ONCE
MORE.
3-43, FULL COURT PRESSURE
XAVIER THAMES, THE DELIVERY AS
HE WORKS HIS WAY ACROSS
MIDCOURT AND A TIME-OUT TAKEN
BY STEVE FISHER AND SAN DIEGO
STATE.
SO A BREAK IN THE ACTION WITH
JUST OVER 14 MINUTES LEFT TO
GO.
WE TIGHTENED THINGS UP IN SAN
DIEGO, 43-43.
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STEVE: TIE BALLGAME AS SAN
DIEGO ALONE THE CLIFFS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PICTURE
PERFECT DAY OUT IN THE PACIFIC
TIME ZONE.
AND CHECK OUT THE TEAMS, MOST
NOTABLY SAN DIEGO AND UNLV,
THEIR WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE
2008-2009, BUT ALSO CHECK OUT
THE NAMES OF THE TEAMS NOT ON
THAT LIST.
BLAINE: YOU DON'T SEE STANFORD
THERE.
THERE IS NO UCLA ON THAT LIST.
WHERE IS ARIZONA ON THAT LIST,
OREGON, WASHINGTON?
SAN DIEGO STATE HAS BEEN THE
DOMINANT PROGRAM ON THE WEST
COAST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
STEVE FISHER HAS DONE A
TREMENDOUS JOB.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT LIST,
WE USED TO REFER TO THESE
PROGRAMS, I'M READY TO DROP
THAT LABEL FOR GONZAGA, MID
MAJOR, THESE ARE TOP 20 TEAMS
IN THE PROGRAM.
STEVE: IT GOES BACK TO WHAT
BOTH COACHES TALKED ABOUT AND
WHY PLAYERS WANT TO COME TO
THESE PROGRAMS, THEIR STYLE,
THE SUCCESS, THE WAY THEY'RE
STILL GROWING.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, THEY HAVE
TOBACCO ROAD, BUT TODAY IS
I-15, THE MAJOR ARTERY FROM
VEGAS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BLAINE: THIS ARENA, VIEJAS
ARENA IS PACKED TO THE RAFTERS
WITH GREAT FANS.
STEVE: THEY COME ALIVE FOR
CHASE TAPLEY WHO HITS THE
THREE.
THAT BREAKS THE TIE.
6-43 AZTECS.
MARSHALL GETS IT BACK, BLOCKED
FROM BEHIND BY GARRETT GREEN.
OVER 12,000, MANY OF THEM
COMING TO THEIR FEET.
JAMAAL FRANKLIN AND A FOUL ON
ASSAMBA.
BLAINE: TAPLEY ALWAYS SEEMS TO
BE THE GUY THAT WANTS TO TAKE
THE BIG SHOT.
BUCKET AND HE SHOOTS IT AND ON
THE DEFENSIVE END, GREEN DOES A
REALLY GOOD JOB.
ALL BALL ON THE BLOCK.
BLE TO COME UP WITH THE BLOCK.
STEVE: JAMAAFRANKN, GARRETT
REALLY GIVES THIS TEAM THE LOW
POST PRESENCE THAT THEYNEEDED.
PLAYED AT L.S.U., A NATIVE OF
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA,
ELIGIBILITY, BUT VERY VERSATILE
AND ALSO GREAT DEFENSIVELY
UNDERNEATH, FRANKLIN IS 2-2
FROM THE LINE.
BLAINE: TOOK VAN OF THAT NCAA
RULE, IF YOU GRADUATE, YOU CAN
TRANSFER WITHOUT PENALTIES, SO
A NICE ADDITION AND SIZE FOR
THE AZTECS ON THE INSIDE.
STEVE: FIVE-POINT GAME.
THE STUDENT SECTION IS UP ON
THEIR FEET WAVING THE WHITE
TOWELS.
LOPEZ HITS A PICK FROM BEHIND.
FRANKLIN IN AMONGST THREE
DEFENDERS DREW THE FOUL.
LOPEZ IS GOING TO BE THE ONE
CHARGED.
BLAINE: STEVE FISHER TALKED TO
US QUITE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE
RUN AND HOW IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS SERIES, IT
WAS THAT HIS TEAM GETS THREE OR
MORE RUNS OF EIGHT POINTS, AND
NOT ALLOW UNLV TOAVE ANY IN
THE BALLGAME, A 5-0 RUN RIGHT
NOW.
STEVE: IT WILL BE MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED FOR STEVE FISHER.
THEY THROW IT OUT OF BOUNDS.
TAPLEY CAN'T RUN IT DOWN ON THE
FAR SIDE.
OUT TO BELLFIELD COMING BACK IN
FOR ANTNY MARSHALL IN THE
UNLV LINEUP.
48-43, SAN DIEGO STATE THEM.
HAD THE BIG RUN EARLY IN THE
FIRST HALF.
UNLV CHARGED BACK AT THE END OF
THE FIRST 20BEEN VERY TIGHT
SO FAR IN THE SECOND HALF TO
MOSER TRYING TO GET IT UP.
GREEN GETS IN THERE AND TAPLEY
COMES AWAY.
BLAINE: TOUGH PASS FROM VERY
SHORT RANGE.
SOMETIMES THE SHORTEST ARE THE
HARDEST TO HANDLE.
STEVE: MOSER RUNNING.
NICE PASS TO JUSTINAWKINS.
LOPEZ ON THE SECOND CHANCE
BANKS IT HOME.
BLAI: YOU LOVE TO SEE YOUR
BIG GUYS RUN THE FLOOR AND BE
ABLE TO FINISH AND PICK UP THE
GARBAGE LIKE YOU JUST SAW
LOPEZ.
STEVE: NOW BELLFIELD HAS
DAYLIGHT, BLOCKED FROM BEHIND
BY FRANKLIN!
WITH AUTHORITY!
BUT ALAS, HE WILL GET THE FOUL.
BLAINE: THAT'S A BIG-TIME SWAT.
AND WHERE THE FOUL IS GOING TO
COME, IT LOOKS LIKE HE GOT IT
CLEAN ON TOP BUT LIKE AT THE
BODY DOWN LOW.
. COMES DOWN ON THE TOP
THAT TIME OF OSCAR BELLFIELD.
STEVE: SOMETIMES IT'S JUST
WORTHT.
BLAINE: A LOCK AND A FOUL AND
YOU STILL BRING MOMENTUM IN THE
BUILDING.
HE DID JUST THAT.
STEVE: YOU HEAR HOW LOUD THIS
CROWD, FIRED UP, AS TIM SHELTON
S BACK IN FOR SAN DIEGO STATE.
BELLFIELD AT THE FREE-THROW
LINE.
NOT A GOOD DAY FROM THE FIELD
TRYING TO PULL HIS TEAM TO
WITHIN ONE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE KNOCKED
OUT BY UNLV.
SO SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE THE
BALL.
AND UNLV ONCE AGAIN GOING TO
BRING THE FULL COURT PRESSURE.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10
SHOTS, SAN DIEGO STATE OVER
50%, UNLV, HOWEVER, 2-10 FROM
THE FIELD.
UNDER 12 TO PLAY.
TWO-POINT AZTEC LEAD.
RAHON.
AND A FOUL UNDERNEATH.
IT'S 11:46 LEFT TO GO.
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STEVE: THE NHL IS ON THE NBC
SPORTS NETWORK, TUESDAY AT 7:00
EASTERN, IT'S THE SHARKS
AGAINST THE WILD IN A WESTERN
CONFERENCE MATCHUP.
THEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY,
THE PENGUINS FACE OFF AGAINST
THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS.
IT'S THE NHL ON THE ALL NEW NBC
SPORTS NETWORK.
LOOK WHO IS SITTING JUST A FEW
ROSE FROM THE FLOOR, WASHINGTON
NATIONALS PITCHER STEPHEN
STRASBURG, WHO, OF COURSE, WENT
TO SAN DIEGO STATE A FEW YEARS
AGO BEFORE BECOMING A NUMBER
ONE DRAFT PICK.
HE ACTUALLY SET A MOUNTAINWEST
CONFERENCE RECORD STRIKING OUT
23 BATTERS IN A SINGLE GAME
AGAINST UTAH.
AT ONE POINT IN HIS VERY
DECORATED COLLEGIATE CAREER.
BLAINE: HE WAS THE MOST
DOMINANT PITCHER IN COLLEGE
BASEBALL THE TIME HE WAS HERE
WITH THE AZTECS.
GREAT FACILITIES, GREAT
BASEBALL FACILITIES HERE AND
THE LEGEND TONY GWYNN.
STEVE: AND TRYING TO BOUNCE
BACK FROM TOMMY JOHN SURGERY
NEXT SEASON.
AND BILL WALTON STILL SITTING
COURTSIDE, THREE-TIME
COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
AT UCLA FROM SAN DIEGO.
BLAINE: THIS HAS BECOME THE
HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN, IT
REALLY HAS.
THE CHARGERS ARE BIG-TIME, BUT
AFTER THAT, THIS IS THE PLACE
TO BE IN THE WINTER MONTHS IS
VIEJAS ARENA.
STEVE: LISTEN TO THIS CROWD,
OVER 12,000.
BELLFIELD ATTACKING.
BLAINE: THE AZTECS HAVE DONE A
REAL NICE JOB OF INTERIOR
DEFENSE, HELP DEFENSE ROTATING
AND GETTING THEIR HANDS ON
PASSES THAT UNLV USUALLY DOES A
GOOD JOB OF FINISHING.
STEVE: UNLV SLICING, DICING AND
KICKING GAME IS MEANT TO
DISRUPT THE DEFENSIVE ROTATION
FOR THE THEIR OPPONENTS.
SAN DIEGO STATE HAS HELD THEIR
GROUND.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ROBUST
DEFENSIVELY HERE AND LEAD BY
FOUR WITH 11 1/2 MINUTES LEFT
TO PLAY.
BELLFIELD, 16 ON THE SHOT
CLOCK.
HAWKINS LOOKING FOR HELP.
NOW DOWN UNDER 10 TO SHOOT.
BELLFIELD GETTING FREE.
LEAN LESS ON THE SHOT, SECOND
CHANCE WOULDN'T FALL.
SAN DIEGO STATE LOOKING TO