Dec. 28, 2006
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Lafayette (6-8) at San Diego State (10-3)
Television
The mtn. (San Diego Cox Cable channel 320). Rich Cellini (play-by-play), Vince Curran (analyst), Jeff Graham (producer) and Mike Helling (director).
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 tip-off with Jack Cronin serving as host.
Fisher and Heath Look for Personal Milestones as SDSU Faces Lafayette in Final Pre-MWC Test
Following a break for the holidays, San Diego State (10-3) looks to build momentum toward Mountain West Conference play, as the Aztecs play host to Lafayette (6-8) on Saturday night at Cox Arena.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. PT (7:05 p.m. tip) and the contest will be televised by The mtn (San Diego Cox Cable channel 320). The game can also be heard up and down the West Coast on XX Sports Radio (1090-AM and 105.7-FM).
A couple of Aztecs are going for personal milestones. Head coach Steve Fisher is searching for his 300th career victory. The 1989 national championship coach owns a 299-191 career mark, with 115 of those victories coming at SDSU. Also, senior guard Brandon Heath needs just 37 points to pass Michael Cage and become the school's all-time leading scorer. A John Wooden Award candidate, Heath, who is already the MWC all-time leader in points and steals, has 1,810 career points.
San Diego State will have had plenty of time to try and put its last game, a 64-54 loss at Washington State in KeyArena in Seattle on Dec. 21, behind it. The Aztecs built a 10-point halftime lead, but shot just 35.3 percent in the second half and had 13 turnovers after intermission in suffering just their third loss of the season. The loss snapped a 23-game regular-season winning streak when SDSU had a 10-point lead at any point in the contest.
Heath added to his school-record consecutive double-digit scoring streak, which now stands at 38 games, with a game-high 20 points. In his 100th career start, he posted his 44th career 20-plus scoring game.
Senior forward Mohamed Abukar enjoyed his third straight double-digit scoring game with 12 points and four rebounds. He also extended his career-long made free throw streak to 13 with a 4-for-4 performance from the line.
The Aztecs had won 13 straight games when having more free throw attempts (17-16) and eight straight contests when owning a better field goal percentage (45.0-42.1), but could not overcome a -11 turnover margin (20-9) at WSU. It marked the third straight game and the fourth time in five games that the Aztecs had at least 20 turnovers.
On Saturday, San Diego State looks to extend a trend of recovering well from losses. The Aztecs are 11-2 in their last 13 games following a loss and have won 11 straight games following a loss when not facing a Pac-10 opponent.
Other streaks SDSU hopes to continue include an 8-game winning streak at Cox Arena against unranked opponents and six consecutive months with a .500 or better record (SDSU is currently 2-3 in December).
Lafayette owns a 6-8 record, has won five of their last seven games and own three road victories already this season.
San Diego State and Lafayette are meeting for the first time on Saturday.