Up 19 at half, it appeared men’s basketball was on its way to an easy win against Fresno State. It didn’t turn out that way. The Golden Eagles needed clutch free throws at the end of the game to squeak out a 84-81 victory, due largely to defensive struggles in the second half.
“We let our foot off the gas pedal and it’s not very smart,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said.
We didn’t come out in the second half with a sense of urgency at all,” center Luke Fischer said. “It was a hard lesson for us to learn … but in the end, we got the W.