Tulsa, Okla. -- Moore and Amundson combined for 42 points and demolished Springfield College Wild Boars, lifting the Fresno Pacific Bobcats through the first round of the NAIA Division I Basketball Tournament Wednesday night.
The game started off with points being exchanged by both teams and Fresno Pacific with a constant lead of two points.
Later in the first half Springfield College started missing key shots and their deficit increased with a score of 40-31 going into halftime.
Above: Fresno State's Brendan Moore dribbles the ball up the court.
“We knew we were the underdogs coming into this game, and the way the boys were playing I thought we had a shot if we kept it up,” said Mike Homly, head coach of Springfield College. “We were feeling pretty good going into the half and made some adjustments that we thought would help us out. Unfortunately, we came out flat in the second (half) and Fresno kept playing perfect,” he added.
In the second half Fresno Pacific, led by Moore and Amundson, quickly pulled away from Springfield College and kept increasing on a very healthy lead.
“We felt like we really played like a team tonight, and we deserved this win,” said Moore. “If we keep playing like this, no one will be able to stop us in this tournament,” Moore added, who led the team with 24 points.
Springfield ran into foul problems with a total of 14 and was out rebounded 44 to 35 in its game against Fresno, which were both huge factors to their loss yesterday.
Fresno Pacific will play their second round NAIA Division I Basketball Tournament game tomorrow night at 6 p.m. on NBC against Robert Morris University.
Robert Morris has faced Fresno Pacific and has proven to be a tough opponent when the Bobcats lost 86-78 earlier this season.
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