Nov. 29, 2015
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU Men's Basketball Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip
NEWS AND NOTES
* San Diego State continues its three-game stretch away from home on Tuesday when it plays at Long Beach State for the 60th all-time meeting between the schools.
* The Aztecs are looking to rebound from their Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational championship game loss to No. rv/22 West Virginia last Friday at the Orleans Arena. The defeat came less than 24 hours after dismissing No. 14/13 California in the semifinals on Thanksgiving night.
* The game against West Virginia put the finishing touches on a 15-day season-opening stretch where the Aztecs played seven games across three different cities (San Diego, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas) and two time zones (Pacific and Mountain).
* SDSU is looking to continue a trend of not letting one loss turn into two. The Aztecs have followed their last 21 losses with a win in the next game, a streak that is tops in Division I men's basketball. Kansas is second at 19.
* San Diego State has played 89 consecutive games without suffering a two-game losing streak, which is second nationally only to Arizona (90).
* The Aztecs won their 43rd straight non-conference game vs. California schools after they beat the Golden Bears last Thursday. The streak is on the line vs. the 49ers, a team SDSU has beaten three times during the streak (2010, 2011, 2014). San Diego State has also recorded six wins over the Pac-12 during that span.
* SDSU is 51-1 in its last 52 games vs. schools from the state of California.
* San Diego State is a member of the California State University system and it has won 20 consecutive non-conference games vs. its fellow CSU institutions. The Aztecs have not suffered a loss since Nov. 27, 2000, at Fresno State (WAC).
* SDSU will put its 15-game winning streak vs. the Big West Conference on the line. A season ago, the Aztecs defeated Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State and UC Riverside. San Diego State's get-together with the 49ers is the only meeting with a Big West school this year.
* San Diego State heads to Long Beach State having had great success against the 49ers over the last several years. The Aztecs have won five straight (2-0 in Long Beach), all of which have come under the direction of Steve Fisher, 13 of the last 14 (13-1) and 17 of the last 22 (17-5).
* Senior forward Skylar Spencer is one blocked shot away from making history. A native of Inglewood, Spencer has 244 career rejections, which is tied for first in Mountain West history. Spencer shares the conference career mark with Wyoming's Justin Williams, who played in Laramie from 2004-06.
* Spencer finds himself on the cusp of etching his name in the MW record after logging a career-high seven blocks against West Virginia. The total is tied for the fourth most in a single game this season through Nov. 28 games.
* Freshman point guard Jeremy Hemsley is in rare company as only five true freshman are averaging a line of at least 13.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and shooting at least 50.0 percent from the field. The others are LSU's Ben Simmons, Oregon's Tyler Dorsey, UMKC's LaVell Boyd and Marist's Brian Parker (entering Nov. 28 games).
* Hemsley has impressed in the early going, leading San Diego State in scoring (13.7), assists (2.4), field-goal percentage (.508; min. 30 att.), three-point field-goal percentage (.474; min. 15 att.) and free-throw percentage (.808). Through seven games, he has reached double figures in scoring six times.