Nov. 29, 2005
SAN DIEGO - SAN DIEGO STATE GAME NOTES | SDSU BROADCAST FLIP CARD
San Diego State (3-1/0-0 MWC) at San Diego (2-2/0-0 WCC)
Television
Channel 4 San Diego
Radio
XPRS 1090-AM, San Diego
San Diego State Goes for Fourth Straight City Championship; Looks For School-Record Fourth Victory in the Month of November Wednesday at USD
Coming off consecutive victories by 25 or more points for the first time since 1981, San Diego State makes the 9.4-mile journey to the campus of San Diego for the 37th renewal of the city championship. The city's two Division I schools meet for the eighth consecutive season on Wednesday night at Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. PST and the contest will be broadcast in the San Diego market on Channel 4 San Diego (no satellite coverage). In addition, the contest can be heard up and down the West Coast on XPRS-AM 1090.
The Aztecs lead the overall series 20-16 have and won three straight against the Toreros, winning 78-72 on Jan. 8, 2003 at Cox Arena, 66-63 on Dec. 3, 2003 at Jenny Craig Pavilion and 83-63 on Dec. 1, 2004 at Cox Arena. San Diego State is trying to win consecutive games against the Toreros on the USD campus for just the second time in school history and the first time since 1967 and 1970.
San Diego State is 3-1 this season, matching its best start to a season in the last 21 years (since the 1984-85 team opened 8-0). The Aztecs continued their impressive start last Saturday with an 80-53 victory in the home opener over America East preseason conference favorite Albany. For the fourth straight game this season, the Aztecs outshot their opponent (46.7 to 34.7 percent) and used a 38-29 edge on the glass (including 21 offensive rebounds) en route to the 27-point victory. Junior forward Marcus Slaughter recorded his 14th career double-double with 16 points and a career-high tying 15 rebounds. Junior guard Brandon Heath reached double figures for the 13th straight game and reached the 20-point plateau for the 23rd time in his career with 20 points, including three three-point field goals. Senior guard John Sharper scored 11 points off the bench. A pair of true freshman added 10 points apiece as forward Kyle Spain scored in double figures for a second consecutive game and Richie Williams posted career highs for points and assists (5).
The Toreros enter the game with a 2-2 record having completed a challenging schedule of four consecutive road games to open the season. San Diego snapped a two-game losing streak with an impressive 82-65 victory at UC Riverside on Saturday. San Diego shot 58.9 percent from the field and owned a 41-35 advantage on the glass in the victory over the Highlanders. Nick Lewis scored a career-high 29 points on 13-of-16 shooting from the field. Lewis leads the team in scoring (17.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.3). In addition to the victory over UCR, San Diego opened the campaign with 90-81 victory at Campbell. In between the victories were losses to future Aztec opponent UC Santa Barbara (65-67) and San Jose State (68-79).
The Aztecs are looking to not only continue matching their best start in the last 21 seasons; SDSU is looking to win its fourth game in the month of November for the first time in the programs' 85 seasons.
The game Wednesday starts a stretch of three games in seven days for the Aztecs. After playing at USD, the Aztecs play host to Point Loma Nazarene on Saturday night before playing at California next Tuesday.