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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Lafayette gave 11-3 San Diego State a battle before succumbing.
Bilal Abdullah scored 16 and Matt Betley matched that off the bench, but it was not enough for the Leopards, who fell to 6-9 with a 78-68 loss to the athletic Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.
The Leopards only led the game once, a brief period of a little over a minute early in the game, but they never went away. After trailing by 10 in the first half, they closed to within 3 at the intermission after Abdullah and Betley hit back to back threes in the final minute of the half.
Lafayette was within 5 with 12:24 to go in the second half when San Diego State went on an 8-0 run to push its lead to double digits. The Aztecs lead got as wide as 16 points, but Lafayette battled back to within single digits, getting as close as 6 in the final minute.
The leopards played without Jamaal Hilliard, but freshman Jesper Andersson returned to action, playing 12 minutes after missing the Temple game due an ankle sprain suffered in the win over Mt. St. Mary's. Betley, who has had trouble with an Achilles tendon injury, did not start, but played 32 minutes. Hilliard is out two to four weeks with what Lafayette is calling "two stress reactions" in his feet.
The win was No. 300 for SDSU coach Steve Fisher, who once won a national title (1989) at Michigan.
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Bilal Abdullah scored 16 and Matt Betley matched that off the bench, but it was not enough for the Leopards, who fell to 6-9 with a 78-68 loss to the athletic Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference.
The Leopards only led the game once, a brief period of a little over a minute early in the game, but they never went away. After trailing by 10 in the first half, they closed to within 3 at the intermission after Abdullah and Betley hit back to back threes in the final minute of the half.
Lafayette was within 5 with 12:24 to go in the second half when San Diego State went on an 8-0 run to push its lead to double digits. The Aztecs lead got as wide as 16 points, but Lafayette battled back to within single digits, getting as close as 6 in the final minute.
The leopards played without Jamaal Hilliard, but freshman Jesper Andersson returned to action, playing 12 minutes after missing the Temple game due an ankle sprain suffered in the win over Mt. St. Mary's. Betley, who has had trouble with an Achilles tendon injury, did not start, but played 32 minutes. Hilliard is out two to four weeks with what Lafayette is calling "two stress reactions" in his feet.
The win was No. 300 for SDSU coach Steve Fisher, who once won a national title (1989) at Michigan.
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