with 5:42 to play in the half. A conscious effort to crash the offensive boards jolted the run, as shown by the 21-16 rebounding advantage at the half. LMU's second-leading scorer coming into the game, Brandon Brown (13.6 ppg), led the way in the opening period with 14 points off of 6-of-11 shooting.

Boise State closed the half strong, however, and knocked down three-straight 3-pointers to claim the 37-36 lead at the break. Two Jackson treys and a three from Alford provided the 9-0 run. LMU countered with a deep ball to end the scoring.

The game of runs continued into the second half, as the Lions jumped the Broncos in the first five minutes and broke out a 12-5 run to take the 49-42 lead at the 14:26 mark.

ButReport finds Champions League tie in England among games fixed

SOCCER:Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, says the “very fabric of the game” is threatened by the increasing involvement of organised crime in football match fixing. Presenting a major investigation, codenamed Operation Veto, in The Hague yesterday, the Director of Europol, Rob Wainwright, said that the findings of the report represented “a sad day for European football”.

Led by Europol, with input from Interpol and from police in Germany, Finland, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia, Operation Veto ran from July 2011 to January 2013. The investigation has uncovered “an extensive criminal network”, comprising 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals from more than 15 countries involved in attempts to fix 380 professional football matches with a further 300 matches