Dec. 22, 2011
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SAN DIEGO -
San Diego State-Elon Postgame Notes
Final Score: [rv/rv] San Diego State 81, Elon 55 Records: San Diego State 11-2, Elon 7-4
Next Game: Friday, Dec. 30 | vs. Redlands | 7 p.m. PT
Team Notes
• San Diego State has won 52 straight games against unranked teams.
• The Aztecs extend their December winning streak to 16 games.
• SDSU runs its December home winning streak to 24 games.
• San Diego State has won 30 of its last 31 home games vs. non-conference foes.
• SDSU has won 38 straight games vs. unranked teams at home.
• The Aztecs have won a season-high tying four consecutive games and have been victorious in eight of their last nine contests (8-1).
• The Aztecs have at least 11 victories after 13 games in consecutive seasons for the first time in its Division I history.
• San Diego State improves to 19-3 at Viejas Arena against teams from the Eastern time zone. The Aztecs have won their last eight home encounters against Eastern time zone opponents.
• San Diego State improved to 96-24 since the beginning of the 2008-09 season. The Aztecs' 96 wins in the last three-plus seasons is seventh nationally, trailing only Duke (107), Kansas (102), Syracuse (98), Kentucky (97), Brigham Young (96) and Ohio State (96), includes victories today by San Diego State, Syracuse and Kentucky.
• This was San Diego State's school-record 24th consecutive home game with an attendance of at least 10,000.
Game Notes
• The 26-point margin of victory was San Diego State's second largest victory of the season (33 vs. Southern Utah) and sixth this season by at least 12 points. It marked Elon's widest margin of defeat this season.
• San Diego State won its fourth straight game when leading at the half and improved to 8-1 this season. SDSU has won 15 of the last 16 times when leading at the half. The Aztecs are 184-40 under Steve Fisher when leading after 20 minutes.
• The Aztecs ended the first half on a 20-9 run, erasing a two-point deficit and building a nine-point advantage at intermission.
• San Diego State had a 13-0 run early in the second half after the Phoenix cut SDSU's lead to four points.
• For the second consecutive game and the sixth time this season, San Diego State won a game in which it did not trail in the second half.
• San Diego State improved to 9-0 this season and won for the 47th straight time when owning a higher field goal percentage than its opponent.
• The Aztecs are 9-0 this season and have won 32 of their last 34 games when outrebounding its opponent.
• San Diego State is 6-0 this season and has won 23 straight games when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
• SDSU is 10-0 this season and has won 56 consecutive games when leading with five minutes to play in regulation.
• San Diego State scored first tonight marking just the fifth time in 13 games that the Aztecs have scored first. The Aztecs are 26-4 in the last 30 games in which SDSU has scored the first points of the game.
• Four San Diego State players scored before the first media time out. Six Aztec players contributed to San Diego State's first 17 points.
Series/SoCon Notes
• The Aztecs are 1-0 vs. Elon and 3-0 all-time vs. the Southern Conference.
• San Diego State is 2-0 under Steve Fisher vs. the SoCon, having already defeated Western Carolina in 2008.
• Fisher improves to 5-0 vs. current members of the Southern Conference.
Player Notes
• Jamaal Franklin (19 points, 6 rebounds)... Made his second consecutive start and the second start of his career... The sophomore reached double figures for the ninth time this season and the 10th time in his career.... For the fifth time this season Franklin connected on multiple threes (he was one for his last eight from long range before today's game).
• Chase Tapley (14 points, 5 rebounds)... Reached double-figures for a team-high seventh consecutive game... It was his 11th double-figure effort of the season and 38th of his career... He also has multiple three-point field goals in seven straight contests.
• Garrett Green (10 points, 5 rebounds)... Had his third double-figure scoring game of the season and first since at UC Santa Barbara... He now has 12 career double-figure scoring efforts.
• Alec Williams (10 points, 4-for-4 FG)... Recorded his second career double-digit scoring game and was one point off his career high (11 vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 12-31-09)... Made all four of his shot attempts from the field after going 4-for-4 from the floor against UC Riverside on Monday... He ended the game having made his last eight field goal attempts.... The junior recorded his third game with at least seven points this season... He has 19 points in his last two games.
• DeShawn Stephens (8 points, 9 rebounds)... Led the team in rebounding for the fifth time this season... Tied his career high with nine rebounds... It is the fifth time this year he has had exactly nine rebounds.
• Tim Shelton (7 points, 4 assists)... Tied a career-high with four assists... It is the first time this season the senior has four assists in a game... It is third game with at least three assists this season... Returned to the lineup and made the start... It was his 12th start of the season and the 30th of his career.
• Jeremy Castleberry (2 points), a walk-on, played in his second consecutive game and third of the season... Recorded his first career points.
• Narbeh Ebrahimian (0 points, 2 assists, 1 steal), a walk-on, played in his second consecutive game... Recorded his first two career assists and first career steal.
• Xavier Thames (did not play)... The sophomore point guard suffered a sprained MCL yesterday in practice and is expected to be out approximately two weeks... Thames entered tonight having started all 12 games this season and is averaging 12.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.