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CSU looks to continue MW title run vs. SDSU

By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz

Fresh off of a convincing 68-56 road victory over New Mexico at the Pit, Colorado State will return home to Moby Arena for the second leg of its regular season series with San Diego State.

The first meeting between the two teams ended in dramatic fashion. Despite two Colorado State turnovers in the final minute, Gian Clavell’s late-game heroics via a layup with 3 seconds remaining were enough to earn a 78-77 Colorado State victory.

The senior guard scored the final 10 points for CSU while putting up a career-high 37 points in the win. Fellow senior Emmanuel Omogbo also scored 24 and collected nine rebounds in the win.

The victory over the Aztecs on Jan. 28 marked the first time the Rams had won at Viejas Arena since 2003.

Though CSU was picked to finish seventh in the Mountain West, the Rams have caught fire down the stretch. Currently on a five-game win streak and tied with Nevada for first place in the Mountain West,

CSU has only three regular season games remaining to capture the Mountain West title.

Led by the senior duo of Omogbo and Clavell, Colorado State has won eight of their nine last games.

In the current five game winning streak, Omogbo has averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds per game. The South Plains college transfer has led the Mountain West in double-doubles thus far in the 2016-17 season with 16. Omogbo has averaged 14.2 rebounds per game.

Clavell has scored an average of 21 points per game over the last five games and has shot 38.8 percent from the floor.

Coming off the win over New Mexico and a Nevada win over Boise State Wednesday, Colorado State now controls their own destiny in their chase for a Mountain West title heading into the game against San Diego State.

The Aztecs, on the other hand, came into 2017 with high expectations, but currently sit in sixth place in the Mountain West with an 8-7 record in conference play, 16-11 overall.

The Aztecs are in sixth

place in the Mountain West with an overall record of 16-11 and an 8-7 record in conference play.

SDSU is coming off of a 6355 home loss to Fresno State (17-11, 9-7 MW). While the Aztecs season has not lived up to expectations, SDSU has been playing better basketball as of late.

Before the Fresno State defeat, the Aztecs had won three straight games. The win streak included a convincing 14-point victory over first place Nevada.

SDSU has been led by the scoring trio of Jeremy Hemsley, Trey Kell and Malik Pope.

The Rams had fits attempting to contain Pope during the previous matchup between the two teams. The junior forward went 7-of-12 from the floor and scored 19 points while gathering seven rebounds. Hemsley and Kell also combined for 33 points in the contest.

Shutting down the three scoring threats will be a focal point of the Rams’ defense on Saturday.

San Diego State has a 3-4 road Mountain West record this season. The Rams have won five of their seven Mountain West games at Moby this

Colorado State guard Prentiss Nixon (11) drives to the basket during the Rams’ win over Fresno State Feb. 11. PHOTO BY JAVON HARRIS COLLEGIAN

season.

With a pivotal game against Nevada approaching to close out the regular season, picking up another win against the Aztecs is crucial for Colorado State’s Mountain West regular-seasontitle hopes.

A defensive battle between the Rams and Aztecs is anticipated. San Diego State’s scoring defense ranks first in the Mountain West, allowing an average of 62.5 points per

game. CSU allows an average of 67.1 points per game, ranking close behind the Aztecs in second place.

CSU and SDSU tip off at 6 p.m. MT on Saturday. The game can be seen on CBS Sports Network. The game will also serve as the Rams’ annual orange-out at Moby.

Eddie Herz can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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Spark Plug Colorado State forward Myanne Hamm (21) shoots a jump shot during Colorado State’s win over Fresno State on January 18. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

Myanne Hamm’s contributions proving essential to Colorado State’s Mountain West title run

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

Growing up in Fort Collins, Colorado State sophomore Myanne Hamm always dreamt of donning the green and gold.

From summer camps as a youngster to more competitive team competitions at an older age, Hamm has been engrained in Colorado State basketball and its tradition for years.

That dream has become a reality and the reality is clear: Hamm has developed into one of the most important players for the Rams this season.

Last year, the Poudre High School grad took a backseat for a team rich with upper-class talent as she continued to develop her game. She appeared in eight games averaging less than five minutes of action. To begin this year, she served as the second or third option off the bench.

Now, it is hard to imagine this team experiencing the success they have without

Hamm’s contributions. She has blossomed into the Rams’ sixth-woman role, at times playing more minutes, and more meaningful minutes, than some starters.

The season long stats that Hamm has posted will not jump out at anybody. But since scoring 16 points against New Mexico on Jan. 14, Hamm has averaged north of seven points per game coming off the bench. For a team that has struggled to find its rhythm on offense at some points during that stretch, those seven points pack a much heavier punch.

“It can be hard to come off the bench sometimes, especially if you get cold a little bit,” Hamm said. “But to be able to be an option off the bench, my confidence has definitely grown. I’m happy that it’s made me confident in myself.”

But the most valuable aspect of Hamm’s game is something that does not show up on the stat sheet at all. She has a knack

for making the big play at the most opportune time. In a word, she’s clutch. Over the last three games, that has never been more apparent.

In the Rams victory against Fresno State, Hamm caused a jump ball with 11 seconds remaining and the Rams trailing by three. On the ensuing possession, Hamm drilled the 3-pointer with five seconds to go to send the game into overtime.

Although she didn’t score a single point in the team’s next game against Wyoming, head coach Ryun Williams raved about Hamm’s performance after the game. Defensively, she recorded a block and two steals and forced other turnovers down the stretch with tips and deflections.

“Myanne’s got golden hands, those things are magical,” Williams said after the game. “She gets touches, pokes. She’s a nuisance and she disrupts the ball.

Myanne has been one of our MVPs down the stretch. We go

to her late, we really like her defensively in a late game situation. Instinctively, she’s maybe one of the best defenders we have.”

Last time out against New Mexico, Hamm again made her presence felt in the closing minutes of the game. She hit the goahead 3-pointer with under two minutes remaining to give the Rams the lead that they would not relinquish. In the final minute-and-a-half of action, Hamm recorded two steals with those golden hands, one of which she took coast-to-coast for a layup.

The defensive presence that Hamm brings flows effortlessly into the Rams’ defensive approach.

“A lot of it is instincts,” Hamm said. “I just really like defense, that’s where I get my energy from. As a team, once our defense is good our offense is good. Being able to bring that energy and build off each other helps us as a group.”

When the team is slacking

offensively, they can rely on defensive pressure to create chances at the other end. Their ability to stay committed defensively despite offensive woes has proven crucial in conference play.

“If we get two stops in a row, especially off of steals or other turnovers, it just builds our confidence,” Hamm said. “We not only get the ball back but we get a good opportunity to score and limit their chances.”

With three games remaining in the regular season and tournament play quickly approaching, Hamm’s late game heroics may once again be called upon.

And for the girl who once dreamed of being in the position she is now, you can bet she’ll be ready.

“Being able to be on the Moby floor, but this time in a jersey, is great,” Hamm said. “It’s definitely a dream come true.”

Colin Barnard can be reached at sports@collegian.com

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Swedish tandem ranks as best in CSU women’s basketball history Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

Since the moment they took their talents to Fort Collins, the Swedish tandem of Ellen Nystrom and Elin Gustavsson have been the LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of Colorado State women’s basketball.

With as many rings as they have fingers on one hand (four), 100 career victories and over 1,000 career points each, the senior duo has played a gargantuan role for one of the nation’s winningest programs.

Ranking near the top of every major statistical category, Nystrom (552) recently passed Becky Hammon for the CSU all-time career assists record and ranks 10th all-time in scoring with 1,357 career points. A jack of all trades, Nystrom (825) needs just 32 more rebounds to

pass Katie Cronin (857) for third most in school history.

Gustavsson also ranks among the top-15 in scoring with 1,328 career points to her name and is among the best shot-blockers in program history with 67 career rejections.

Unlike the prima donna NBA stars, no matter how much success has come their way, Nystrom and Gustavsson have remained the same dedicated and humble teammates they have been for throughout their collegiate career.

Referred to by their coach as the heartbeat of the team, the respect and admiration that this team has for the veteran leaders is evident on and off the court.

Let’s face it,” Williams said.

“We play through these two seniors right here.”

In the most recent victory over New Mexico, each recorded a double-double and when the game was on the line, it was Nystrom and Gustavsson that took over. Whenever the Rams needed a timely bucket or a cru-

cial rebound, it was the tag-team of No. 13 and No. 22 that got it done.

Even after dominating the second-place Lobos and securing an unprecedented fourth straight Mountain West Championship though, the two seniors displayed poise and humility, primarily thanking others for helping them achieve the historic run.

When asked to compare the four runs, the duo explained that they did not want to put any above the other, each being special in their own right.

“It has been four different types of journeys,” Gustavsson said. “I don’t think I can compare them because they are so unique, all of them. Different teammates, different coaches on the staff and I don’t know if I really want to compare them.”

Not known for flashy play or overwhelming athleticism, Nystrom and Gustavsson will be remembered as the greatest duo in CSU women’s basketball history not because they were ath-

CSU seniors Ellen Nystrom and Elin Gustavsson celebrate their 1,000th career points during a postgame ceremony on February 22 at Moby Arena. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

letically superior, but because they were willing to put in the workload necessary to be great, and then some.

They do not do it for the glory or for the potential to one day make millions playing a game; they do it because they genuine-

ly love the game of basketball.

Winners in every sense of the word, the Rams may never see another one-two punch like Nystrom and Gustavsson.

Justin Michael can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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CSU men’s and women’s teams aiming for MW titles

By Justin T. Michael @JustinTMichael

After a pair of victories over the university of New Mexico’s hoops teams, Moby Arena is the home of not one, but two first place Mountain West basketball teams.

With three games to spare, the Colorado State women’s team (21-6, 13-2 MW) has already secured a piece of what is their fourth-straight regular season conference championship — something no MW program, men’s or women’s, had previously done — and are a win away from taking the crown outright, while the Colorado State men (19-9, 11-4 MW) sit in the driver’s seat for what would be their first league title in over 20 years.

“We are cheering for them just as hard as we are cheering for ourselves,” CSU women’s basketball coach Ryun Williams said of

MW Men’s Basketball Top Five Standings Nevada 22-6 (11-4) Colorado State 19-9 (11-4) Boise State 17-9 (10-5) Fresno State 17-11 (9-7) New Mexico 16-12 (9-7) their CSU counterparts.

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grams have made an emphasis to support each other throughout the year, attending each other’s games or watching when they are on the road. Now with three games remaining, the women’s team is hoping to see the men’s team accomplish what the ladies have become accustomed to.

“It would be so cool to win both the women’s and men’s championship,” Ellen Nystrom told the media Wednesday night.

While the Rams may be rooting for each other on the court, there is always room for friendly competition within the program.

When asked which senior duo is more dominant, the men’s Emmanuel Omogbo and Gian Clavell or the women’s Elin Gustavsson

and Ellen Nystrom, Nystrom smiled and said they would have to settle it on the court.

Williams, on the other hand,

MW Women’s Basketball Top Five Standings Colorado State 21-6 (13-2) UNLV 19-8 (10-5) Wyoming 18-8 (10-5) New Mexico 15-12 (10-6) Boise State 19-7 (9-6) was more than willing to crack a joke, reminding everyone of how

many championships the women’s team has. Although the fifthyear head coach was quick to point out it was all in fun and that he was confident in the men’s team and their ability to win the league title.

“They are going to win it, our guys are going to win it,” Williams said. “You can just see it. They are fun to watch right now and these kids (Gustavsson and Nystrom) are fun to watch, so I think it is just a good time to be a Colorado State basketball fan. There’s a lot of excitement going on in Moby and a lot of good basketball.”

Justin Michael can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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The Paige Effect Redshirt sophomore guard Jeremiah Paige has emerged as a scoring threat for Colorado State

By Eddie Herz @Eddie_Herz

If it were a normal year for Mountain West basketball, Colorado State’s record would appear to put them on the bubble with a decent chance at earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

However, it’s not a normal year for the Mountain West.

In fact, the 2016-17 season has been a particularly below-average season for the conference.

The Mountain West sent three teams to the NCAA tournament in the 2014-15 season.

Similarly, two teams from the Mountain West received a March Madness invitation after the 2013-14 season.

At one point, it seemed that every team in the Mountain West that was somewhat qualified to compete in the NCAA tournament was given the opportunity to do so. For example, in the 2012-13 season, the top five teams in the Mountain West all made the NCAA tournament. Four teams from the Mountain West also competed in March Madness the season before that.

In any of the four seasons previously mentioned, CSU’s 19-9 (11-4 Mountain West) record would at least earn some consideration from the selection committee. Nevertheless, it seems the only team from the Mountain West that will crack the field of 68 in 2017 will be the team that wins the Mountain West Tournament.

Fresno State was the only team to receive an NCAA tournament bid last season. At first this seemed like an outlier compared to previous seasons, but this season has played out dangerously similar to the 2015-16 season.

Colorado State’s hopes The Rams have been carried into a first place tie in the Mountain West by the senior duo of Emmanuel Omogbo and Gian Clavell.

Clavell’s 18.9 points per game lead CSU in scoring.

The Puerto Rico native has also scored an average of 20.9

points per game in Mountain West contests. This mark is tied for the best in the conference with New Mexico’s Elijah Brown.

Omogbo has earned 11 dou-

ble-doubles in Mountain west play this season, 16 total, and sits one more performance shy of the conference record for double-doubles in a season. The senior forward has

averaged 14.4 points and 10.9 rebounds per game this season. Omogbo ranks seventh in scoring and first in rebounds in Mountain West contests.

While the duo has done an exceptional job at leading the Rams on an unexpected run so far, come conference tournament time in Vegas, CSU may need a little more if they hope

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to make it to the big dance.

Fatigue hasn’t gotten in the way of Omogbo and Clavell’s production yet. But for the Rams to win the Mountain West tournament and earn a bid to the NCAA tournament, they are most likely going to need to win three games in three days.

Since the Rams typically only play two games per week, this transition may result in the exhaustion of Clavell and Omogbo. Playing 35 to 40 minutes two games per week is one thing, but doing so three days in a row is a completely new level.

CSU will need a spark from someone else. Though Prentiss Nixon and Nico Carvacho have been extremely vital to the Rams’ success thus far, the x-factor in this circumstance is J.D. Paige.

Paige has scored an average of 9.1 points per game, below Nixon’s 12.3 clip. The redshirt sophomore has also dished out an average of 2.8 assists per game, only slightly above Nixon’s average of 2.5.

There is no question that Paige’s production has been less consistent than head coach Larry Eustachy has desired. However, there seems to be a direct link between Paige’s success and Colorado

State wins.

The lucky number for the 6-foot-3 guard has been six.

When Paige scored at least six points during the Rams non-conference games, CSU won eight out of 10 games.

When the Colorado native scored five points or less in non-conference games, the Rams went 0-3.

The pattern has been similar and even more evident within Colorado State’s conference slate. CSU is 9-1 in the 10 Mountain West games that Paige has scored at least six. This includes two big outings in which Paige scored 23 against Fresno State and 18 against San Jose State.

The Rams have been less than stellar when Paige has failed to hit at least six points in Mountain West games. In such games, CSU has won just two out of five contests.

Combining the statistics, the Rams are 17-3 when Paige scores at least six and 2-6 when the guard does not.

Though it has not been as impactful, it is worth noting that there may be a correlation to Paige’s assists and CSU victories as well.

When Paige finishes with at least two assists, CSU has gone 14-5, close to a 75 percent win percentage. On the other hand, in games in which Paige has recorded one or fewer assists, the Rams have only gone 5-4 (55.6 win percentage). Given those numbers, CSU has an 18.1 percent better chance of winning when Paige collects at least two assists.

The Rams will need production from Clavell and Omogbo in order to make a run in the Mountain West Tournament. But unless the two miraculously don’t suffer from fatigue, CSU will be hoping Paige can score more than five and finish with multiple assists.

Eddie Herz can be reached by email at sports@collegian. com.

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Women’s team relying on defense

Colorado State forward Ellen Nystrom defends against a New Mexico ballhandler during the Rams’ 58-55 win over New Mexico Wednesday. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT JERGE COLLEGIAN

By Colin Barnard @ColinBarnard_

The 2017 version of Colorado State women’s basketball might just have the program’s best defensive unit ever.

Despite inconsistent play on the offensive side of the ball, the Rams (21-6, 13-2 Mountain West) defense has continued to improve throughout the season, carrying them to at least a share of the Mountain West title for a fourth consecutive year, something no other program, men’s or women’s, has ever done in Mountain West history.

Statistically, they are one of the stingiest defenses in the nation, ranking third nationally in scoring defense at 52.6 points per game, and fifth in field-goal percentage defense, holding opposing teams to 33.3 percent from the field. Compared to last year’s record-setting squad, the Rams are ranked as high or better in both categories.

Perhaps the most impressive part of their defensive ef-

fort is the ability to balance aggressiveness and discipline.

CSU has committed the seventh fewest fouls among all NCAA teams this season. They are one of just two teams to rank in the top eight in all three of those categories, joined only by No. 1 University of Connecticut, who are on a 101 game win streak.

Being able to avoid foul trouble has been instrumental for a team that has relied on seven and eight-player rotations for the majority of the season. Head coach Ryun Williams credits the balance of aggression and discipline to his team’s intelligence.

“It’s always a big part of our system,” Williams said. “We always say ‘no unnecessary fouling.’ The discipline and the intelligence that we play with is the key to our success. We can’t be in foul trouble so sometimes we have to give up baskets to keep kids from fouling. That is something we talk about a lot, and they know the importance of it. Obviously they’re doing a pretty good job at it and we need

to keep doing that because there are certain kids we have to have out on the floor as often as possible. When they’re on the floor, we’re good. And when they’re on the bench, we’re not that good.

It’s that simple.”

The team understands the importance of avoiding foul trouble, as they have a combined five foulouts on the season. This provides playing time for the best players and prevents the opponent from having easy points at the free-throw line.

One of the various things that leads to that defensive success is versatility. Coming over from Europe, many of the Rams’ forwards are capable of defending quicker players and have better perimeter skills than one would expect from a big. Pair that with bruising and physical guards and the Rams can matchup against players of different sizes and skillsets.

“Our versatility (is our biggest strength),” Williams said.

“Our bigs can guard perimeter players and our guards are pret-

ty tough. I think the versatility and length can bother people.

And then we can put some experience out there, those are the three biggest things.”

That experience stems directly from seniors Ellen Nystrom and Elin Gustavsson.

The freshly minted four-time Mountain West regular season champions lead the team in nearly every defensive category.

Nystrom leads the team in steals and defensive rebounds while Gustavsson leads in blocked shots and is second in defensive rebounds.

Pair that with the defensive emergence of Myanne Hamm, the hustle-first mentality of Callie Kaiser and all around consistency from Hannah Tvrdy and it’s clear that these Rams are no joke on the defensive end.

But the ways in which they have caused that disruption has differed throughout the year.

Early in the season Williams relied on man defense before going through a stretch in which his team played exceedingly

sound zone defense. Over the past few weeks, the Rams have flipped from zone to man on a per game basis.

“The biggest thing, we just go game by game and what’s the best way to win that game,” Williams said. “What’s the best defense, what’s the best offense, what’s the best lineup? We had a stretch there where we played a lot of zone. I think you look at the schemes people run against it and determine if the way we play our zone will be effective.

Some teams run a pretty good scheme against it and it’s not effective, so that’s why we play man. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. We’re just gonna do what we have to do schematically to win that game.”

With Williams’ expertise on full display, the Rams will look to ride their defensive success through the end of the regular season and into tournament play.

Colin Barnard can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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Clavell and Omogbo in contention for Mountain West Player of the Year

Colorado State guard Gian Clavell, right, talks to Emmanuel Omogbo before the Rams’ game against Fresno State in the 2016 Mountain West conference tournament semifinals March 11, 2016. Omogbo and Clavell had led the Rams into first place in the Mountain West standings with three games to go. PHOTO COURTESY OF NCAA PHOTOS

By Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

After defeating New Mexico 68-56 in Albuquerque Wednesday, the Colorado State men’s basketball team is closing in on what would be the first Mountain West championship in program history.

Being led by two of the front-runners for Mountain West Player of the Year in Gian Clavell and Emmanuel Omogbo, the Rams (19-9, 11-4 MW) are winners of five straight conference road games — something the program has not done since 1989-90 — and control their own fate with three games to go, two of which are at home.

Resemblant to the rest of their campaign through the Mountain West, in their victory over the Lobos, the Rams were carried by the veteran duo of Clavell and Omogbo.

Clavell led all scorers with 24 points, while Omogbo notched his league-leading 16th double-double of the season, scoring 17 points and bringing down a game-best 14 rebounds.

“This team continues to accomplish things that many thought they couldn’t and it starts and finishes with our two seniors (Clavell and Omogbo),” head coach Larry Eustachy said after the victory over New Mexico. “They are providing great efforts and great leadership and everyone is just doing whatever they need for us to win.”

Although the team has often admitted that winning the conference tournament is the ultimate goal and that winning a regular season title would be icing on the cake; winning the league title would be beneficial for multiple reasons.

Along with improving

CSU’s chances of winning the conference tournament by getting a bye in the first round, winning the league would mean that at the very minimum CSU would have a spot in the postseason NIT. Winning the regular season title would also drastically improve the chances of Clavell or Omogbo taking home Mountain West Player of the Year honors.

Since the conference’s inception, only three times has the conference player of the year not played for the regular season champion or co-champion, most recently in 2016 with Fresno State’s Marvelle Harris.

History would say that Clavell has a better chance to take home the award due to his scoring totals, but both players have played their way into the conversation and either would be deserving of the confer-

ence’s top honor.

Clavell has scored in double-figures in 18 of his 19 appearances this season and has scored 20 or more points nine times. In those nine games, the Rams have posted a 7-2 record, including a 5-0 record through the month of February.

At 20.9 points per-game in Mountain West play, Clavell is tied with New Mexico guard Elijah Brown for the leaguelead in scoring. Of the conference’s top four scorers, which includes Chandler Hutchison, Elijah Brown and Marcus Marshall, Clavell has the second highest field goal percentage (44 percent), trailing only Hutchison (47.7 percent).

Not letting his teammate outshine him, Omogbo’s 11 double-double’s in conference play are one shy of the record for most in a single season and the forward has led the confer-

ence in rebounding since day one.

Although not the offensive threat that Clavell or some of the other candidates are, Omogbo makes a strong case due to his versatility and consistency. The big man is averaging 16.6 points and 11.2 rebounds per-game, while shooting 49.2 percent from the floor and 50 percent from behind the arc.

Omogbo and Clavell will look to improve their resume for the conference’s top honor when CSU hosts San Diego State this Saturday. The last time these two met, Clavell (37) and Omogbo (24) combined for 61 points and 17 rebounds in CSU’s first victory at Viejas Arena (78-77) since 2003.

Justin Micahel can be reached at sports@collegian.com.

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