SJSU travels north and east next to face Boise State on Wednesday evening. It's a Bronco squad hurting a bit from injury but one coming off a very successful weekend. A loss at Colorado State to open up Mountain West Conference play was followed by a home defeat to Utah State and then dropping one to Wyoming in Laramie. But a recent overtime road success versus UNLV was matched by beating New Mexico by 10 points in The Pit on Saturday.
Right now, it's the Derrick Marks Show. The husky (210 pounds) senior guard tallied 31 points against New Mexico, 28 versus Vegas, 16 matching up with Wyoming's tough defense and put 31 on Utah State. For the season, he's averaging 18.6 points a game, shooting 52% overall, 51% from long distance and 84% at the foul line. His beyond the arc accuracy thus far though is just 36% in league play.
After Marks, it's anyone's guess who will provide the scoring as it's been different players providing double figures each night. Usually it's 6-foot-9 James Webb at 10.1 points (but he's primarily an outside player), plus 6-foot-4 backcourter Mikey Thompson with 9.2 points.
Boise also has 6-foot-9 Nick Duncan upfront. He is averaging 8.4 points an outing but shooting 35% and 30%. More than two thirds of his shots have been three-point attempts so he and Webb will be a new wrinkle for the Spartans. An ankle malady was slowing him down earlier.
6-foot-4 Anthony Drmic was averaging 15 points per contest but is out for the remainder of the season due to an ankle injury.
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