The crowd also was a factor, with the Montana student section full of boisterous fans, all with white T-shirts on that read "The ZOO".
"They got the crowd into it and they got momentum and they started to roll," CSU guard Willis Gardner said.
The atmosphere wasn't very kind to the Rams.
"Any time you've got a bunch of new guys and 7,000 screaming fans it's going to get to you," Creason said.