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- SAN DIEGO STATE POSTGAME NOTES
San Diego State 87, Point Loma Nazarene 67
San Diego State Earns Ninth Straight Win In Exhibition Play
u SDSU improved to10-2 in exhibition action in the Fisher era. The Aztecs have won nine straight preseason games dating back to Nov. 2000.
u The Aztecs open the regular season Nov.19 vs. UC Santa Barbara at Cox Arena with tip-off set for 7:05 p.m.
Aztec Team Notes
u San Diego State opened the game hitting their first six field goals, including their first three shots from behind the arc.
u The Aztecs started the game on a 19-5 run.
u The 20 point margin of victory tonight was the fourth-largest in the Fisher ehibition era since the Aztecs won by 30 over the L.A. Stars on 11/04/03.
u SDSU put four players into double figures in scoring tonight (Slaughter 25, Walton 15, Thomas 14, Davis 10). The Aztecs achieved this feat 10 times in the 2003-04 regular season (last 02/07/04 against Utah).
u Tonight's attendance of 3,488 eclipsed the last three exhibition attendance figures (Nov. 3 vs. CS San Bernardino- 3,016; 2003, vs. LA Stars - 2,561 and vs. Branch West - 2, 692).
Aztec Player Notes
u Sophomore forward Marcus Slaughter scored 14 of his 25 points in the first 3:11 of the game (5-5 FG, 3-3 3FG).
u Slaughter's 21 points in the first half surpassed his regular season career high of 19 (vs. Long Beach State, 11/21/03).
u Slaughter's double-double (25 points, 10 rebounds) is his first since he scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Colorado State on Feb. 21, 2004.
u Brandon Heath (9 points, 3 rebounds) tallied seven assists in the first half, his eight assists for the game surpassed his regular season high of five (vs. Cal Poly, 12/18/03; vs UNLV, 1/17/04).
u Tonight marked the first career start for junior Trimaine Davis (10 points, 3 rebounds).
u Travis Hanour (2 points, 4 rebounds) saw his first game action since March 1, 2003. When he exited the game in the first half, he was San Diego State's second-leading rebounder.
u Chris Walton (15 points, 4 rebounds) went 3-for-3 from the three-point line. His best regular season game shooting from behind the arc came at Utah (2/7/04) when hit 3-of-4 from long distance.