Feb. 7, 2006
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Air Force (18-4/6-3 MWC) at San Diego State (15-6/8-1 MWC)
Television
Channel 4 San Diego - Steve Quis (play-by-play) and Jim Brogan (analysis).
Radio
CASH 1700-AM, San Diego - Ted Leitner
First-Place Aztecs Play First Home Game in Two Weeks; Carry Seven-Game Winning Streak into League Showdown with Air Force
San Diego State (15-6 overall; 8-1 Mountain West Conference), winners of a Division I era school-record seven consecutive conference games, looks to avenge its only loss of 2006 and extend the school's longest winning streak in 22 years when the Aztecs play host to Air Force on Wednesday night at Cox Arena.
The game will be televised by Channel 4 San Diego, with Steve Quis (play-by-play) and Jim Brogan (analysis) calling the action. Ted Leitner will provide the call on radio, CASH 1700-AM.
The Aztecs extended their winning streak to seven games and won its fourth consecutive league road game for the first time since 1968-70 with an 85-81 victory over Colorado State last Saturday.
Junior forward Marcus Slaughter recorded his fifth double-double in six games with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Junior guard Brandon Heath tied a career-high with five three-point field goals and a season-high 28 points. Junior forward Mohamed Abukar reached double figures for a career-best fourth straight game with 13 points and senior guard John Sharper scored 11 points off the bench.
San Diego State shot 63.8 percent from the field, its highest percentage ever in a Mountain West Conference game.
Heath earned co-Mountain West Conference Player of the Week honors for his effort Saturday. It marked the second time this season and SDSU record-tying fourth time he has earned the accolade in his career. Michael Cage and Aerick Sanders also won the honor four times.
Air Force enters the game 18-4 overall and 6-3 in league play following a 65-59 loss at Brigham Young on Saturday. The Falcons, which have won 16 of their last 19 games, are the only team to defeat San Diego State this calendar year.
The teams are meeting for the 55th time with San Diego State owning a 36-18 series lead. Earlier this season, SDSU gave Air Force its biggest scare at home, losing to the Falcons, which are 12-0 at home this season, 65-62. The Aztecs are 19-6 against the Falcons in San Diego, but just 4-3 against the Academy in Cox Arena. Air Force has won on their last two visits to San Diego (57-43 in 2004 and 77-57 in 2005).
This is the first of two home games this week against the last two teams to claim the MWC regular season titles. Following the game against Air Force, which won the 2004 regular season championship, SDSU will entertain defending league champion Utah on Saturday at noon PST. The Aztecs will be going for their first regular season sweep of the Utes since '82.
On Wednesday, SDSU will have gone 32 days since its last defeat (the loss at Air Force) and the Aztecs have lost just one game in the last 42 days (dating back to Dec. 27).