Dec. 6, 2004
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Having matched its best start since the 1984-85 NCAA Tournament team, San Diego State (4-1), winners of four straight games for the first time since Dec. 21, 2002-Jan. 3, 2003, concludes a brief two-game road swing at 14th/16th-ranked Washington (5-1) on Tuesday night (rankings as of Nov. 29).
Tuesday's game at Bank of America Arena at Edmundson Pavilion is set for 7 p.m. PST. There is no live television coverage for the contest, although pay-perview streaming video is available through gohuskies.com. The contest can be heard on XPRS-1090 AM (The Mighty 1090).
On Saturday afternoon in Santa Barbara, the Aztecs handed UC Santa Barbara just its seventh home loss in its last 37 home games with a 73-55 victory over the Gauchos. In its first road game of the season, San Diego State was in complete control throughout the game, shooting 60.0 percent from the field while limiting the Gauchos to 38.8 percent shooting from the floor. The Aztecs led by 36 points in the second half before settling for an 18-point victory, the largest margin of victory in a road game for SDSU since an 83-58 victory at Baylor on Nov. 29, 1988.
Sophomore forward Marcus Slaughter led the Aztec attack with game-highs of 24 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Brandon Heath posted his second consecutive game with at least 20 points, tallying 20 points and a game-high seven assists. Junior guard John Sharper added a career-high 15 points as SDSU went 12-of-20 from three-point range.
Washington improved to 5-1 on Sunday afternoon, with an 89-56 victory over Eastern Washington. The Huskies, who are 13-3 on their home court since the beginning of last season, forced 30 turnovers in the game and raced to leads of 23-6, and 39-12 before settling for a 54-29 halftime lead. The starting backcourt of Tre Simmons and Nate Robinson each had 20 points for Washington.
There is not a lot of history between the teams, with Washington winning the only game played between the schools last season, 92-81, at Cox Arena in San Diego.