Dec. 11, 2006
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Campbell (3-2) at San Diego State (8-2)
Television
None.
Radio
XX Sports Radio 1090-AM and 105.7-FM. Ted Leitner (play-by-play) will call the action. Pregame coverage begins 30 minutes prior to tipoff with Jack Cronin serving as host.
Aztecs Play Second of Three Consecutive Home Games Versus Campbell on Tuesday
San Diego State (8-2) looks to respond to its first two-game losing streak in a year when the Aztecs play host to Atlantic Sun Conference member Campbell (3-2) on Tuesday night at Cox Arena.
Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. PST and will mark the first series meeting between the Aztecs and the Fighting Camels.
In its last game, San Diego State picked a bad night to suffer through its worst shooting night of the season, in seeing a seven-game homecourt winning streak snapped in a 69-48 loss to 14th-ranked Arizona. The Aztecs, which entered the contest ranked fourth nationally in three-point field goal percentage and 17th nationally in field goal percentage, connected on just 21-of-64 (a season-low 32.8 percent) from the field and 5-of-25 (a season-low 20.0 percent) from three-point range.
Despite the horrible shooting night and trailing by 16 points at intermission, the Aztecs clawed their way back and had the ball down nine points with under seven minutes to play. San Diego State was not able to get any closer and the Wildcats ended the contest on a 17-5 run to provide the final margin.
Senior guard Brandon Heath led the way for San Diego State with 14 points. Sophomore guard Richie Williams added four points, a team-high seven rebounds and four assists. Junior center Jerome Habel chipped in nine points and tied for team-high honors with seven rebounds.
The loss was the second in a row for the Aztecs, which had tied the best start in school history by opening with eight consecutive wins. Now, San Diego State has lost consecutive games for the first time in 36 games. The biggest problem in the last two games has been field goal shooting. The Aztecs connected on 52.2 percent field goal shooting and 48.5 percent shooting from three-point range through the first eight games. In the last two contests, those numbers have dipped to 38.2 and 28.3 percent, respectively.
Campbell, which has not played a game since Nov. 27, is in "America's Fines City" to face both of the city's Division I schools. The Aztecs play host to the Camels on Tuesday, while USD and Campbell will play on Thursday night. San Diego State has played three games since the Camels last played.
The Camels are among the national leaders in scoring offense, averaging 88.0 points per game and has scored 100 or more points twice in five games this season.
The Aztecs will look to avoid their first three-game losing streak since the 2004-05 season. San Diego State, which is 26-6 overall since Dec. 31, 2005, has gone 47 consecutive games without a three-game losing streak. Despite the last loss, San Diego State is 10-2 in its last 12 games following a loss and the Aztecs have won 10 straight contests following a defeat when not facing a Pac-10 opponent. SDSU is also looking to extend a seven-game Cox Arena win streak against unranked teams.