BOISE, Idaho - Boise State University pulled away from Northwest Nazarene late in the second half in earning a 76-58 victory over the Crusaders in a men's collegiate basketball game Tuesday at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise.

Northwest Nazarene (7-2) never led against NCAA D.I Broncos, but trailed by just one point at halftime (31-30), despite falling behind by 11 (17-6) early in the contest.

The Crusaders used a 9-1 run to close the first half, including a three-pointer by Drew Eisinger with 31 seconds left in the period.

In the second half, NNU remained within single digits, trailing by a 61-53 count with 6:28 remaining before the Broncos used an 11-2 run to open up a 72-55 lead with 1:51 left.

Eisinger led NNU with 14 points, while three other players - Anthony Golden (11), Brian Barkdoll (10) and Kendall Gielow (10) - were also in double figures.

Barkdoll had seven rebounds and Gielow had six as NNU battled Boise State to a 32-32 standoff on the backboards.

Paul Noonan led Boise (9-4) with 17 points. Ike Okoye had 15 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. La'Shard Anderson netted 14 points and also had a game-high five steals.

The Broncos built most of their lead from the three-point line, converting on 10 of 29 - Noonan was five of eight - compared to NNU's five of 19 from the arc.

The Crusaders will travel to Colorado this weekend to face Metro State College and Colorado School of Mines in a pair of neutral-site NCAA D.II contests, facing the Orediggers from Colorado Mines on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Metro State, and then playing the Roadrunners from Metro State in Golden, Colorado on the campus of Colorado School of Mines.

Both games will be broadcast live via video streaming at each site, check back to NNUsports.com later this week for complete viewing details.