Jan. 18, 2010
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip Card
San Diego State (13-5/2-2 MWC) at Utah (9-8/2-1 MWC)
Television: The Mtn. and Channel 4 San Diego - Tim Neverett, Joe Cravens
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).
San Diego State Opens Important Week of Games Against Beehive State Teams on Tuesday Night at Utah
San Diego State (13-5 overall; 2-2 MWC) looks to match its best record after 19 games in the last 25 seasons on Tuesday night when the Aztecs travel to Salt Lake City to face Utah (9-8; 2-1 MWC) in a rematch of the 2009 MWC tournament championship game.
Game time is set for 8 p.m. MT (7 p.m. PT) and the contest will be televised nationally by The Mtn. (San Diego Cox Cable channel 320, DirecTV channel 616, Orange County Cox Cable channel 265, Las Vegas Cox Cable channel 334) and simulcast in the San Diego market on Channel 4 San Diego, with Tim Neverett and Joe Cravens on the call. The game can also be heard on AM 600 KOGO with Ted Leitner providing the description.
On Saturday, San Diego State snapped its first two-game losing streak of the season and avoided dropping three straight games for the first time in 64 games, with a 67-62 come-from-behind victory over TCU. The Aztecs overcame a 14-point deficit, the second largest of the Steve Fisher era, and rallied from an 11-point second-half hole. The Horned Frogs made 12-of-22 from behind the arc and shot an eye-popping 69.6 percent from the floor in the first half to help build the advantage.
The Aztecs held TCU to 33.3 percent shooting (7-of-21) after intermission, including 1-for-7 inside the arc, in picking up their 14th consecutive homecourt victory.
Junior forward Billy White scored 16 points, including 11 in the second half, and added six rebounds. A native of Las Vegas, White made his first start since being diagnosed with a high ankle sprain suffered on Jan. 5 against New Mexico. Junior forward Malcolm Thomas continued his stellar play, reaching double figures for a season-high fifth straight game. His overall stat line is an example of how well he has been playing as he posted 11 points, a game-high nine rebounds and a career-high six assists in the contest. The lone senior in uniform got in the act as well as 2009 USBWA Most Courageous Award recipient Kelvin Davis came off the bench to add 10 points.
Utah has won four of its last five games and is coming off a dramatic 73-69 victory at UNLV.
The Aztecs can match their best 19-game start since the 1984-85 campaign with a victory. To accomplish that, the Aztecs will have to win a game in a venue in which they have historically struggled. SDSU is 2-29 lifetime against Utah at the Huntsman Center and 2-30 against the Utes in Salt Lake City. The Aztecs two victories at Utah came on Feb. 25, 1982, and Jan. 11, 2006.
Overall, Utah enjoys a 53-13 series advantage. The Aztecs have taken a game in the series in a school-record four consecutive seasons. Last season, the teams split the regular season meetings, with the Aztecs winning 72-63 in San Diego, the Utes winning 67-55 in Salt Lake City, and Utah claiming a 52-50 victory in the MWC championship game in Las Vegas.