Feb. 10, 2006
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Utah (11-10/4-6 MWC) at San Diego State (16-6/9-1 MWC)
Television
ESPN+Plus - Rich Cellini (play-by-play) and Irv Brown (analysis).
Radio
XPRES 1090-AM, San Diego - Ted Leitner
Winners of Eight Straight, San Diego State Plays Host to Perennial Power Utah on Saturday Afternoon at Cox Arena
San Diego State (16-6 overall; 9-1 Mountain West Conference), winners of eight consecutive conference games, looks to extend its longest winning streak in 22 years and its longest conference winning streak in 39 years on Saturday afternoon when the Aztecs play host to Utah (11-10/4-6 MWC). Both winning streaks are the longest since San Diego State starting playing Division I basketball in 1970-71.
Tipoff is scheduled for 12:04 p.m. PST with the contest being broadcast via ESPN+Plus. The game will be shown in San Diego County on Channel 4 San Diego. Rich Cellini (play-by-play) and Irv Brown (analysis) will call the action. Ted Leitner will provide the call on radio, XPRES 1090-AM.
The Aztecs avenged their only conference loss of the season and only loss this calendar year with a 61-51 victory over Air Force on Wednesday night. Trailing 35-31 with 16:31 to play, San Diego State used a 15-0 run to seize control of the game and the Falcons never got closer than five points the rest of the way.
Junior forward Mohamed Abukar led all scorers with 18 points, connecting on 8-of-12 attempts from the field. Junior forward Marcus Slaughter recorded his sixth double-double in seven games with 16 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. It marked the fifth time this season that the MWC preseason player of the year has pulled down at least 15 rebounds in a game. Freshman point guard Richie Williams had 11 points, six assists and four rebounds, while Brandon Heath, who on Monday earned his fourth career MWC player of the week honor, added 10 points, five assists and three steals.
San Diego State enjoyed a 33-20 rebound advantage and joined Washington as the only teams to defeat Air Force by double figures this season.
Utah improved to 11-10 overall and 4-6 in conference play following a 79-60 victory over Brigham Young on Wednesday night at the Huntsman Center. Four Utah players scored at least 13 points and Luke Nevill recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Saturday marks the 59th meeting between the teams with Utah owning a comfortable 48-10 lead in the series. Earlier this season, the Aztecs snapped a six-game series losing streak, a 22-game losing streak at the Huntsman Center and a 23-game losing streak to the Utes in Salt Lake City, with a 72-67 victory on Jan. 11 (one month ago game day). Heath scored 21 points and added eight assists and six rebounds in the victory for SDSU.
San Diego State is 10-1 this season at home and has won eight consecutive games at Cox Arena. That is the longest home win streak for SDSU in four years.