By james art 
In late Saturday afternoon in San Jose, Spartans (10-11, 3-5 MW) and Wyoming Cowboys (10-10, 3-4 MW) they carried a lazy, cloudy day to slow, difficult first half that found that the Spartans turn The table in the second half in a solid victory with 67-58.
“We” talked “in the dressing room and we got together and clicked the key,” said Spartan Latrel Davis leading goalkeeper with the highest 22 points in his career. “We know what we are capable of.”
“We know that if we have a bad first half, the second half is a whole new game,” Davis added.
As both teams were moving about 30% firing in the first half, there were fears that the one -week break would prevent Spartans.
“I always worry when you get out of this rhythm, but we have overcome it,” said SJS head coach Tim Miles. “I did not surprise me that we started so slowly in attack.”
Things were hesitant for both teams at the beginning.
Four mockery, with three of the cowboys, two poorly missed shots from Spartans, and a flaming blocked shot from SJS center Rob Wejla in the first two minutes led to a long day in the office, but for whom?
Five minutes after the start of the match, San Jose led by 3-2, and Wyoming finally reached a low block a few minutes after half. But what soon followed for both teams: three or more minutes without goals and only 13-12 results in favor of Spartans at 11:46.
It was either a stunning situation in defense or bad offensive struggles on the part of both teams, but it was a physical match.
“The only way we would win tonight was with a stable effort to defense and I decided it was one of our better efforts,” Miles said. “We did a good job with their best players and that’s the reason we win tonight.”
The secure protective effort was from the Donanan Yap Junior Guard, who kept the second best goal scorer in Mountain West with Wyoming Obi Agbim’s guard. AGBIM finished with only seven points; Far from its average score of 18.8.
“Donavan’s credit, who played incredible protection today with one of his better guards,” said SJS Guard Will McKlland. “Only he raised the energy in the defense made us go into an attack.”
After 10 minutes until the end of the half, Davis lit.
With a consecutive 3 seconds and physical paint in the paint, Davis led by 8-0; He ends the half time with 10 points before returning with another 12 in the second half.
While Wyoming was fighting for interior points, another multi -minute gap was imposed by Spartans. YAP also pressed its first result and caused an indulgence to the sharp Vaihola, which led a series of 6-0 and lead from 23-19 to half.
With the disappearance of the dog afternoon, the physical battle intensified in the second half.
Turning things into a new race for San Jose, the first five minutes were led by eight consecutive points by the Spartan Guard Sadayrian Hall, emphasized by the threesome of a Yap and theft of McKlland and dropping.
Hall finished with 13 points, and McClandon scored his first dabbn in his career with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
After Spartans began to take control, Wyoming Sundance Wicks’ first coach called the first timette in half, feeling the new SJS energy rush.
“I respect Sundance a lot,” Miles said. “We actually went to the same college and trained against him as a player, so we knew his team would be healthy and very physically.”
As physical as things were, the leading realizer of the cowboys, the Center Scottie Ebub, showed a number of powerful traps on the way to its own 22 points.
But it was too much Davis with nine minutes remaining.
Five consecutive points and Davis’s aggressiveness left the cowboys incapable of opposing effectively. Davis in the offensive boards also found points, increasing the lead to 10 and raising the SJS shooting in the second half to 60%.
The Spartans shot 44% for the match.
After four minutes remaining, Hall’s Fedway 3 brought Spartans 56-43, while the cowboys slowed down in a foul game that only slowed the inevitable.
Against the Aztecs next time.
Just a day and a half of training before heading to San Diego, the Spartans are deep in the conference game and seem to be still preparing.
“We are all still new together,” McClandon said. “So going through these trials and obstacles makes us grow as a group and we hope we can do it.”
Individually, unlike in previous years, San Jose State has more tools in general and shows a balanced scoring and effort, especially if Vaichola and Chol Marial play steadily inside. The Spartans perimeter game is also increasingly terrible and interchangeable.
“I think we have been super close to many of the good teams all year long,” McClandon added. “We have shown that we can do it against New Mexico and I think this gives us more confidence that we can beat any team in our conference.”