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The Extra Mile Miracle: Boise State rallies from 19 down in the game's final minutes, beats Utah State 88-83 in OT

Justinian Jessup scored with less than 2 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.
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The Boise State men's basketball team rallied to beat Utah State Saturday night 88-83 in overtime at ExtraMile Arena in Boise.

BOISE, Idaho — One of the most incredible comebacks and/or biggest collapses happened at Extra Mile Arena on Saturday night when Boise State rallied from trailing big in the final minutes of the game to beat Utah State 88-83.

Justinian Jessup scored with 1.9 seconds left in regulation to force overtime as Boise State rallied from 19-points down to beat the reigning Mountain West Conference champions and preseason conference favorites. 

RayJ Dennis scored all 19 of his points, including a late 3-pointer, for the Broncos in the final minutes of the game and in overtime. 

Boise State trailed 38-19 going into halftime and was down by 16 with three and a half minutes to go.

Jessup finished with 15 points. 

Derrick Alston also had 19 points for Boise State. 

Sam Merrill scored a season-high 30 points to lead Utah State, which never trailed in regulation. 

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