Boise State trimmed a 17-point second half deficit against New Mexico down to three with 20 seconds remaining Tuesday but were unable to overcome the late heroics of Elijah Brown, who scored 17 points in the game’s final six minutes to lead the Lobos past the Broncos 78-73
With the loss and Colorado State’s victory over Wyoming on Tuesday, Boise State now sits 1/2 game behind the Rams in the Mountain West standings.
Junior Chandler Hutchison scored a career-high 31 points in the loss.
Redshirt senior James Reid hit a 3-pointer from the corner that brought the Broncos to within 76-73, part of a late 13-6 run that brought what at one point looked like a blowout to the brink of a thriller.