Dec. 3, 2007
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip Card
UC Riverside (2-5/0-0 Big West) at San Diego State (7-1/0-0 MWC)
Television: None.
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).
San Diego State Looks to Match Best Start in Division I Era Tuesday Night Against UC Riverside 
San Diego State, winners of its last nine home games, concludes a two-game homestand against Big West Conference member UC Riverside Tuesday night at Cox Arena.
Game time is 7 p.m. PT. There is no live television for the contest but the game can be heard on AM 600 KOGO with figures marking the eighth time this season that at least three Aztecs recorded 10 or more points in a game. Juniors
On Saturday night, SDSU (7-1) avenged one of its three non-conference losses from a year ago by defeating Western Michigan, 72-61, in just the Aztecs' second home game of the season.
San Diego State had five players score in double HREF="http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/williams_richie00.html" >Richie Williams and Kyle Spain, who returned from an ankle injury, led the team with 16 points off the bench. Williams went 9-for-10 from the charity stripe, while Spain was 6-for-10 from the floor.
Classmates Lorrenzo Wade and Ryan Amoroso contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively, while freshman Billy White added 13 points and game highs of eight rebounds and four assists in a starting role.
Collectively, the Aztecs shot 51.0 percent from the field, marking the fifth time in the last six games they have made over half of their shot attempts. SDSU extended its streak to 15 straight wins when owning a field goal percentage of at least 50 percent.
The win over the Broncos put San Diego State in the position to match its best start to a season with a victory. At 8-1, the Aztecs would tie last year's ballclub and three other teams in the Division I era (1984-84, 1982-83, 1971-72) for the top opening record after nine games.
UC Riverside visits Montezuma Mesa with a 2-5 overall record and is coming off a 75-38 defeat at Minnesota. After opening the season with four consecutive road losses to Texas Tech, Texas-Arlington, Eastern Washington and No. 14 Gonzaga, the Highlanders responded with two straight wins over Idaho and Hope International before falling to the Golden Gophers.
San Diego State and UC Riverside are meeting for the seventh time in the history of the series and for the second consecutive year. The Aztecs have never lost to the Highlanders and have defeated UCR by an average of 25 points the last two meetings. Prior to last year and the first-ever meeting, the games were close as SDSU won by an average of 6.7 points. San Diego State emerged victorious in the first game of the series, 90-68, back in 1967.
The Aztecs are looking to extend a nine-game home court winning streak dating back to Jan. 13, 2007. The streak is tied for the seventh-longest homecourt win streak in the 87 seasons of Aztec basketball. A victory on Tuesday, would move the streak into a tie for fifth place on the SDSU charts.
The Aztecs continue a run where they play seven of their first 10 games away from Cox Arena on Saturday, Dec. 8, when they travel to Anaheim, Calif., for the 14th annual John R. Wooden Classic. San Diego State will face an unbeaten Saint Mary's club at noon at the Honda Center.