Jan. 6, 2006
SAN DIEGO - SAN DIEGO STATE GAME NOTES | SDSU BROADCAST FLIP CARD
San Diego State (8-5/1-0 MWC) at Air Force (13-1/1-0 MWC)
Television
No television coverage
Radio
CASH 1700-AM, San Diego - Ted Leitner
SDSU Looks for Fourth Consecutive 2-0 Mountain West Conference Start; Travel to Colorado Springs to Face Second Top 50 RPI Team This Week
San Diego State (8-5 overall; 1-0 Mountain West Conference), winners of four of its last five games, travels to Colorado Springs, Colo., to face Air Force (13-1; 1-0 MWC) on Saturday in the only weekend battle between MWC teams with undefeated league records.
The 54th all-time meeting between the teams is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. MST start (6:05 p.m. PST). There is no live television coverage of the contest; however, CASH-1700 will provide radio coverage in San Diego with Ted Leitner providing play-by-play.
The Aztecs, which have opened conference play 2-0 each of the last three seasons, opened league play with an 83-75 victory over Colorado State (entered the game 27 in the RPI) on Wednesday night at Cox Arena. SDSU led the final 38:25 and owned a 17-point lead early in the second half before withstanding a Ram rally to hand Colorado State just its third loss of the season.
San Diego State started its preseason projected lineup for the first time this season and responded with its most impressive victory of the year. Junior guard Brandon Heath posted his third consecutive game with 20 or more points, scoring 22. Junior forward Mohamed Abukar, playing in just his third game as an Aztec, went 10-for-12 from the field and tallied a career-high tying 22 points. MWC preseason player of the year Marcus Slaughter returned just 18 days after suffering a second degree MCL sprain to the left knee and responded with six points, a game-high 11 rebounds and a career-high six assists in 26 minutes of action. Freshman Kyle Spain added 13 points and five rebounds.
San Diego State shot 52.6 percent from the field and outrebounded the taller Rams by a 31-27 margin to record its second straight victory. The win allowed SDSU to extend its MWC high opening-game victory winning streak to four games.
Air Force is off to the best start in school history at 13-1. The Falcons disposed of Brigham Young on Thursday night, 75-59, at Clune Arena. The Falcons have won 11 straight games, following an 85-74 loss at Washington on Nov. 15, and Air Force has won 10 straight home games and 34 of its last 35 at Clune Arena.
The difficult conference schedule continues for SDSU, which will return home on Sunday to prepare for a Wednesday game at Utah. The Aztecs are 1-26 lifetime at the Huntsman Center and 1-27 vs. Utah in Salt Lake City.