It was the first overtime game of the season for the Spartans (3-16, 0-7 MW) and the second overtime game for Air Force (9-11, 4-4 MW). In the crushing, but close 73-71 loss for SJSU, the Spartans nearly overcame the weaknesses that have been plaguing them all year.
“We played as hard as we could. We came up short. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make some free throws and again, we turned it over, but we almost won a game with all of those turnovers.” said Spartan head coach Jean Prioleau. “This has been a long process we’ve been talking about for a long time and it’s coming to fruition in incremental stages.