Feb. 14, 2015
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SAN DIEGO -
San Diego State-Colorado State Postgame Notes
Final Score: (RV/RV) San Diego State 72, (--/RV) Colorado State 63
Records: (RV/RV) San Diego State 20-6 (10-3 MW), (--/RV) Colorado State 21-5 (8-5 MW)
Next Game: Tuesday, Feb. 17, at New Mexico, CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m. PT
Game Notes
• San Diego State leads the Mountain West Conference by one game over Wyoming (9-4) and a game-and-a-half over Boise State (8-4).
• San Diego State wins 20 games for a school-record 10th consecutive season. Prior to this streak, SDSU had a total of 10 20-win campaigns.
• San Diego State extends its school record of consecutive home victories to 29. It is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation.
• Overall, San Diego State has won its last two games, five of six (5-1) and nine of 11 (9-2).
• San Diego State defeated two teams this week with a current combined record of 41-11.
• San Diego State defeats Colorado State for the sixth time in eight meetings (6-2), 15th time in the last 18 meetings (15-3) and 20th time in the last 24 meetings (20-4).
• San Diego State has defeated Colorado State in Viejas Arena the last 12 meetings.
• San Diego State wins its 10th conference game of the season for the sixth time in the last seven seasons.
Trends
• The Aztecs improve to 19-0 this season and have won their last 139 games when leading with five minutes to play.
• San Diego State improves to 18-0 this season when leading at halftime and has won 47 straight home games when leading at intermission.
• SDSU improves to 15-3 this season when outrebounding its opponent.
• The Aztecs have won 12 straight and are 18-1 this season when they have more free-throw attempts than their opponent. SDSU has attempted 26 compared to Colorado State's 16 and made more free throws (20) than CSU attempted (14).
• SDSU is 15-3 this season when it owns a higher field-goal percentage than its opponent. The Aztecs shot 49.0 percent, while the Rams connected on 39.4 percent.
• The Aztecs have won six in a row and are 13-3 this season when they hold their opponent to 40 percent or less shooting from the floor. CSU is shot 39.4 percent.
• San Diego State has won 101 straight home games when holding the opponent to 40 percent or less from the field.
Player Notes
Winston Shepard - game-high 19 points, career-high 11 rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes
Led the team in scoring (19), rebounding (11), assists (tied with 3) and minutes played (38)... Recorded his second career double-double and first since Nov. 29, 2013, vs. Creighton... Set a career high for rebounds in a game (11)... Matched his season high with his third straight double-figure scoring performance (16th of the season, 46th of his career)... He has accomplished the feat four different times this season... SDSU improves to 13-1 this season when he has multiple assists in a game... Tied a career-high with seven made field goals... Has 37 points in his last two games, that is the highest two-game total of his career... Stats in his last two games: 37 points, 14-24 FGs, 3-5 3FGs, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 63 minutes played.
JJ O'Brien - 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
Matched his season high in scoring (18) for the third time in his last four games... Has 57 points in his last four games (14.3 ppg)... Reached double figures in scoring for the seventh time in the last nine outings... Now has 14 double-digit scoring efforts this season and 41 in his career... 35 of those 41 double-digit scoring games have come while he has been at SDSU (Aztecs are 26-9 in those games).
Skylar Spencer - 9 points, 6 rebounds, 6 blocked shots, 32 minutes played
Matched his career high, tied school Mountain West Conference record and the Viejas Arena record with six blocked shots... Also had six blocked shots vs. CSUN this season and at Kansas last year... The nine points are his most since scoring a season-high 10 against Ball State on Dec. 20, 2014... Has recorded a blocked shot in 10 consecutive games... Now has 207 blocked shots in his career (2nd on the school's all-time list)... This is just the third time since the 1996-97 season (last 18 seasons) that an Aztec player has recorded a game with at least nine points, six rebounds and six blocked shots (Malcolm Thomas vs. Saint Mary's on Dec. 1, 2010, and Skylar Spencer at Kansas on Jan. 5, 2014 and vs. Colorado State tonight).