They. Will. Take. The. Win.
No apologies necessary, either.
Saturday night, the Colorado State Rams did what they had to do to beat the Utah St. Aggies on the road, 66-55.
Defense led the way for the Rams, who allowed only 55 points for the second straight game. Utah St. was only 21-51 (41.2%) from the field and made only 7-of-28 (25.0%) from three-point range.
Colorado State dominated on the glass, outrebounding Utah St. 43-26 and had an 11-4 edge in offensive boards.
Despite all of that, CSU trailed 32-30 after the Utah St. started the second half on an 8-0 run.
But guard Kendall Moore proved to be the difference. He scored eight consecutive points to put the Rams up 45-41 with 7:57 to go. CSU added two more baskets to make it a 12-0 run overall and a 49-41 lead after David Roddy scored at the 6:49 mark.
Moore finished with a season-high 23 points on 9-13 from the field and 5-7 from three-point range. Roddy had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
CSU is now 23-4 overall, 13-4 in the Mountain West Conference. Utah St. is 16-14, 7-10.
The Rams will wrap up the regular season when Boise St. comes to Moby Arena on Saturday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. MST.