San Diego State had won 164 consecutive games when leading with five minutes remaining before watching that 6-year-old streak end Saturday in nightmarish fashion.

While Boise State deserves credit for making the plays to win the game 66-63, the truth is the Aztecs did it to themselves. Three players combined to miss six consecutive free throws in the final 64 seconds, allowing the Broncos to overcome a nine-point deficit in the same span and win by three.
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If Winston Shepard, Jeremy Hemsley and Trey Kell had combined to make three of six at the foul line in crunch time, the game goes to overtime and who knows what might have happened.

It’s not as if any of the three Aztecs are terrible free throw shooters either. Shepard is making 74 percent of his attempts this season, Hemsley is almost an 80 percent free throw shooter and Kell is making 64 perent of his foul shots. But they misfired a total of seven straight times in the final 1:40 and watched one of the more impressive streaks in college basketball end because of it.


The last time San Diego State lost when holding a lead with five minutes to go in a game was Jan. 9, 2010 against Wyoming.
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