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<h1><font size="5" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Bulldogs find offensive
touch</font></h1>
<p class="subhead">Fresno State's season-high 81 points electrifies the
Save Mart Center crowd, leads to victory against San Jose State</p>
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<p align="justify">Shantay Legans scores two points during the
first half of the Bulldogs 81-76 victory over San Jose State
Thursday night. Legans led all scorers with 30 points on 9-15
shooting from the field. </p>
<p class="byline">-Photo by Cary Edmondson</p>
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<p class="byline">By Darrell Copeland</p>
<p>After a lackluster start, the Fresno State men’s basketball team
rallied to defeat San Jose State.</p>
<p> The Bulldogs (13-14, 9-8), outlasted the Spartans (6-21, 1-16) by a
score of 81 to 76. </p>
<p> “
Good win for the Bulldogs tonight,” Fresno State head coach Ray
Lopes said.</p>
<p> Bulldog senior Shantay Legans did more than his fair share, scoring
a career-high 30 points en route to victory. On the night, Fresno State
made 11 of 21 threes, including another career-high seven by Legans.</p>
<p> San Jose State jumped out to the early lead, taking advantage of an
open lane inside. It wasn’t until the Bulldogs went inside, namely to
Francis Koffi.</p>
<p> “
Frenchie gave us another good performance,” Lopes said. </p>
<p> Yet another spark for the Bulldogs came by way of the trampoline-like
Reggie Butler. Coming off the bench, Butler pitched in eight points,
along with providing solid defense for Fresno State.</p>
<p> “
I’m really proud of Reggie Butler the way he came off the bench
and sparked us,” Lopes said.</p>
<p> According to Bulldog junior Dreike Bouldin, Butler’s spark comes
from his swagger.</p>
<p> “
He’s the cockiest dude on the team,” Bouldin said.</p>
<p> Bouldin held his own as well, earning himself a double double with
18 points and 10 rebounds.</p>
<p> “
He’s playing with a lot more confidence,” Lopes said.</p>
<p> Bouldin began the night shooting 0-4 from behind the arc, but finished
a more than respectable 4-9 from downtown.</p>
<p> “
Coach is just like, ‘shoot with confidence,’” Bouldin
said. “I hear that so much. It stuck in my head the second half.”</p>
<p> In the second half, the game between the Spartans and Bulldogs picked
up the pace as the two teams traded baskets, with neither backing down.</p>
<p> “
They kept running at us but we came down to the other end of the floor
and countered,” Lopes said. </p>
<p> The 81 points by the Bulldogs is the most they have scored all season.
A by-product of pushing the ball up the floor and good shooting led
to the combined 157 points between the two teams.</p>
<p> “
It seem like it was more fun tonight because coach was like ‘we
gon' run from now on,’” Bouldin said.</p>
<p> The crowd of 13,535 enjoyed the change, giving the Bulldogs multiple
standing ovations in approval of the newly found offense.</p>
<p> “
Boy it feels good to make shots,” Lopes said. “Good win for
the Bulldogs tonight.”</p>
<p> After ending their four game home losing streak, the Bulldogs will
look to start a new one, only with wins instead. Fresno State will go
for
two in a row at home when it hosts Hawaii on Saturday at 7 p.m.</p>
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