Dec. 4, 2008
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San Diego (4-3/0-0 WCC) at San Diego State (6-1/0-0 MWC)
Television: The Mtn. (simulcast on Channel 4 San Diego; DirecTV channel 616). Rich Cellini (play-by-play), Joe Cravens (analyst)
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).
San Diego State Carries Five-Game Winning Streak into Saturday Night City Showdown Against USD at Cox Arena
Having matched its second-best start in the last 23 seasons, San Diego State (6-1), winners of five consecutive games, plays its only home contest in a stretch of seven games on Saturday night when it welcomes San Diego (4-3) to Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl.
The city's two Division I schools, separated by 9.4 miles, are meeting for the 40th time overall and the 11th consecutive season. Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m. PST with the game being televised by The Mtn. (simulcast by Channel 4 San Diego). AM 600 KOGO, the flagship station of San Diego State athletics, will have the radio call.
For the first time in 37 years, San Diego State has won four consecutive games without the benefit of a home game. The Aztecs, which won three consecutive games during Thanksgiving week to claim the Great Alaska Shootout title, improved to 4-0 in road/neutral games this season with a 73-62 victory at Northern Colorado on Wednesday night.
Game Tidbits:
* San Diego State has won the last two meetings with USD and has been victorious in five of the six most recent encounters. The Aztecs have won three straight over the Toreros at Cox Arena.
* San Diego State is looking to win at least seven of its first eight games to open a season for just the sixth time in 39 Division I seasons. However, a win Saturday would give the Aztecs their third consecutive season with at least seven wins in their opening eight games. That is something that has never happened in 88 seasons of Aztec Basketball.
* SDSU is 38-7 in its last 45 home games and has won seven straight home games in December.