San Jose State finishes tough season with blowout loss to Fresno State

SAN JOSE — San Jose State misplaced to Fresno State 41-14 within the Battle of the Valley on Saturday night time at CEFCU Stadium.

Freshman Tama Amisone began at quarterback for the Spartans rather than injured Walker Eget however shared time with two others as no one had a sizzling hand.

The trio went 11 for 34 for 114 yards with 5 interceptions and no touchdowns as Fresno State beat San Jose State for the second consecutive 12 months.

It was tough from the outset as Amisone accomplished simply one in all his first six makes an attempt for 3 yards and an interceptions over three possessions.

On San Jose State’s fourth sequence, Amisone rolled outdoors the pocket and threw to Leland Smith, who had the ball ripped from his palms by cornerback Al’Zillion Hamilton for an additional interception. This one led to a 2-yard dashing landing by Brandon Ramirez, which stretched Fresno State’s result in 13-0.

The final go Amisone threw was a display that fell on the ft of Danny Scudero for an incompletion.

One other freshman, Robert McDaniel, changed Amisone and went 1 for 4 for eight yards. Amisone was eliminated as a result of he had restricted energy in his throws after being injured three performs into the sport, coach Ken Niumatalolo stated.

Senior Xavier Ward took over from there and remained the quarterback for the remainder of the sport. He completed 8 of 21 for 94 yards and three interceptions.

Ward began the second half by throwing an interception to security Ethan Tierney, which led to Dylan Lynch’s 41-yard subject objective and a 24-7 Fresno State lead.

Linebacker Jordan Pollard supplied one of many few highlights for San Jose State, returning an interception 58 yards for a landing that pulled the Spartans to inside 13-7 within the second quarter.

The senior completed with 19 tackles, 12 solo.

The Spartans’ solely landing on offense got here with 10:59 left when former St. Francis star Viliami Teu scored on a 1-yard run to chop the deficit to 24-14.

However the Bulldogs responded with a 2-yard landing run by Elijah Gilliam on their subsequent possession.

San Jose State completed 12 months 2 underneath Niumatalolo 3-9 general and 2-6 within the Mountain West.

Fresno State is 8-4, 5-3.