National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Utah St. 58, San Jose St. 54
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, March 11, 2011
Where: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Rick Batsell, # Verne Davis, # Darron George
Attendance: N/A

Brockeith Pane scored 16 points and No. 17 Utah State survived a scare to defeat San Jose State 58-54 on Friday in Las Vegas to advance to the Western Athletic Conference tournament final.

Tai Wesley added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the top-seeded Aggies (29-3), who will face Boise State in Saturday’s final.

Adrian Oliver scored 16 points for San Jose State (17-15) but missed a go-ahead 3-point attempt with seven seconds left. Keith Shamburger added 11 points for San Jose State.

The eighth-seeded Spartans rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit to take a 49-48 lead on Matt Ballard’s tip-in with 7:19 to play.

Utah State took the lead for good at 52-51 on Pane’s jumper with 5:14 remaining and boosted the lead to five points on Wesley’s layup with 2:41 left.

San Jose State pulled within 56-54 on Oliver’s layup with 56.1 seconds to go. Wesley missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 29 seconds left prior to Oliver’s missed 3-point attempt. Wesley hit two free throws with five seconds remaining to seal the game.

Nate Bendall had 12 rebounds for Utah State.
Top Game Performances
 
San Jose St.   Utah St.
Adrian Oliver 16 Scoring Brockeith Pane 16
Adrian Oliver 3 Assists Brady Jardine 1
Wil Carter 10 Rebounds Nate Bendall 12
Keith Shamburger 4 Free Throws Made Brockeith Pane 8
Justin Graham 2 Steals Brian Green 1
Justin Graham 2 Blocks Nate Bendall 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
San Jose St. 54 37.3 5-19 11-15 6 34 4 3
Utah St. 58 37.0 3-14 15-21 5 32 2 1