Dec. 6, 2011
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU NOTES | SDSU BROADCAST FLIP | USD NOTES
[rv/rv] SAN DIEGO STATE (8-2) at SAN DIEGO (4-3)
Dec. 7 | Jenny Craig Pavilion | San Diego, Calif. | 7 p.m. PT
TV: Channel 4 San Diego | Radio: KOGO AM 600, 95.7 FM
San Diego State, USD to Battle for City Championship at Jenny Craig Pavilion
* San Diego State looks to equal its longest winning streak in series history on Wednesday when it travels to Jenny Craig Pavilion to take on cross-town foe San Diego. The Aztecs, who have won five in a row over the Toreros, will look to make it six straight in a 7 p.m. PT game set for Channel 4 San Diego.
* SDSU is trying to match its most successful run in the 42-game history of the series. Winners of five straight, the Aztecs are in search of win No. 6, which would tie the program record. San Diego State won six in a row from 1979-84 and all of those were home games played at the San Diego Sports Arena.
* The Aztecs are at the end of a grueling season-opening stretch where they have played 10 games in 24 days. The USD outing represents San Diego State's 11th game in the season's first 27 days. The 10 games played are the most in Division I and as of Tuesday morning, only Austin Peay (1-9), Brown (4-6), Detroit (4-6), Gardner-Webb (4-6), Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6), Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-8), Sacred Heart (5-5) and San Francisco (7-3) had played as many as SDSU (8-2).
* SDSU is looking to build off its second win over a nationally ranked squad, then No. 24/23 California, before it takes a 12-day break for finals. Last Sunday, the Aztecs received a game-high 25 points from Chase Tapley and 10 rebounds from Garrett Green to defeat the Golden Bears, 64-63. The win was SDSU's ninth straight over the Pac-12 and 19th in a row over a school from the state of California.
* San Diego State is creeping toward the top 25 of both major college basketball polls. The Aztecs maintained their position in the AP poll, holding steady at No. 29. In the Coaches poll, SDSU moved up three spots to 29th and picked up an additional 10 points from last week.
Tapley Named Co-MW Player of the Week
* Junior guard Chase Tapley was named Mountain West Co-Player of the Week on Monday after he averaged 20.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 2.5 steals, while shooting 53.3 percent from the floor and 55.6 percent from three-point distance.
* The award is Tapley's second of his career. He earned his first weekly award of the year on Nov. 14.