March 24, 2009
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip Card
(2) Saint Mary's (28-6/10-4 WCC) at (1) San Diego State (25-9/11-5 MWC)
Television: ESPN2 - Ron Franklin (play-by-play), Fran Fraschilla (analyst)
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).
San Diego State Faces Saint Mary's For Second Time This Season in NIT Quarterfinals
San Diego State (25-9 overall; 11-5 Mountain West Conference) will look for redemption Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the NIT against a Saint Mary's team it lost to earlier this season on a neutral court. The game is slated for 6 p.m. PT and will be televised by ESPN2 with Ron Franklin and Fran Fraschilla calling the action. The winner of the contest will move on to the semifinals in New York City.
The top-seeded Aztecs are coming off a dominating 70-52 victory over Kansas State in the second round last Friday at the University of San Diego's Jenny Craig Pavilion. The second-seeded Gaels (28-6; 10-4 West Coast Conference), meanwhile, make the quick turnaround to face SDSU after dismissing Davidson, 80-68, on Monday in Moraga.
Game Tidbits:
* San Diego State looks to snap a two-game losing streak against Saint Mary's. Each of the last two defeats have come in Anaheim, Calif., at the John R. Wooden Classic. In 2007, the Gaels emerged with the 69-64 victory and followed it with a 67-64 victory earlier this season at Honda Center.
* SDSU, which is making its first-ever appearance in the third round of a postseason tournament as a Division I school, will look to add to its school-record victory total of 25 wins. Prior to last Friday night, no San Diego State squad had ever won 25 games. Since 1921-22, only four teams (1939, 1941, 1967, 2006) had won 24 games in one campaign.
* San Diego State will look to secure its spot in the NIT semifinals at an arena where it boasts a 52-9 record since the 2005-06 season. This year, SDSU is 14-2 at Cox Arena with losses coming to No. 15 Arizona State (Nov. 18) and Brigham Young (Feb. 24), both 2009 NCAA Tournament participants.