Huskies End Season with a 93-78 Loss to SDSU in the NIT

The Huskies fell late last night to San Diego State University in the second round of the NIT 93-78.

In the second half of last night’s loss to San Diego State University in the second round of the NIT, the Huskies found themselves down by 18. Their coach, Lorenzo Romar, kept barking at his mostly-freshman squad to keep fighting. It would have been easy to ignore him and end the season by going meekly. Several Husky players have decisions to make that will profoundly affect their futures.

But they didn’t quit. The Huskies, even though they were largely outmatched by the size, experience, and home court advantage of SDSU, fought back and cut the deficit to five with approximately eight minutes to go before the Aztecs put the pups to bed.

SDSU is a proud basketball school. The Aztecs had made the NCAA National Tournament the past six seasons in a row before losing to Fresno State University in the Mountain West tournament final. They have gone 119-12 over the past seven seasons at their homecourt, Viejas Arena, and led the nation in shooting defense this year.