Feb. 5, 2016
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SDSU Men's Basketball Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip
NEWS AND NOTES (through Feb. 4 games)
* San Diego State looks to extend the school record for most consecutive conference victories and break its record for best conference start to a season when the top two teams in the Mountain West meet Saturday afternoon as the Aztecs play host to New Mexico at Steve Fisher Court at Viejas Arena.
* San Diego State, which has won a Mountain West-high nine league championships (five regular season and four tournaments), owns a two-and-a-half game lead over New Mexico in the conference race.
* The Aztecs have won or shared the Mountain West regular season title in four of the last five seasons (2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015).
* This is the first meeting between the Aztecs and Lobos this season. The teams will play twice in a 25-day period as the teams will tangle in Albuquerque on March 1.
* Tuesday's meeting will mark the 81st all-time meeting between the teams with New Mexico owning a 44-36 series advantage. The Aztecs have won 15 of the last 24 encounters (15-9) and swept the series last season.
* The 81st all-time encounter will move the series into the third-most frequently played in Aztec basketball history.
* Of San Diego State's 36 all-time victories over New Mexico, a series that dates back to 1976, 19 have come with Steve Fisher as the head coach.
* Steve Fisher's 19 victories over New Mexico are the most by any active coach in the country and are more than twice as many as current Oklahoma coach and former UNLV coach Lon Kruger, who is second place with nine.
* On Tuesday, San Diego State overcame a 10-point deficit (its largest during Mountain West play this season) and a three-point deficit with 2:51 to play to defeat Colorado State, 69-67. Sophomore Trey Kell reached double figures for a career-high 10th straight game, scoring a game-high 19 points and adding four steals in the victory.
* The Aztecs have won 10 consecutive games, which is the sixth-longest win streak in school history and is currently the fourth-longest active streak in the nation.
* San Diego State has won 12 consecutive Mountain West games (dates back to last season). That is the longest conference win streak in the school's 95 seasons of basketball.
* San Diego State is looking to break the school record for best start to a conference campaign (the 2013-14 team opened MW play 10-0). SDSU is also one win shy of tying the Mountain West record for best start of 11-0, set by Utah in 2003-04.
* San Diego State has won its most recent encounter against every Mountain West school (UNLV 7, Nevada 6, Utah State 6, Air Force 5, San José State 5, Colorado State 4, Fresno State 2, New Mexico 2, Boise State 1 and Wyoming 1).
* Since Jan. 26, 2013, San Diego State has compiled a 28-1 record in Mountain West home games. During that stretch, the Aztecs have held their opposition to 54.0 points per game and 36.9 percent from the field, including 28.4 percent from three-point distance.
* Among the eight teams that have yet to lose a conference game, San Diego State's 10 league wins are the second most in the country (Wichita State, 11).
* SDSU is once again one of the elite defensive teams in the country. The Aztecs, who ranked ninth in tempo-free adjusted defense in 2013-14 and fourth in 2014-15, are currently third nationally, allowing 89.7 points per 100 possessions according to Kenpom. The Aztecs trail only Valparaiso and Connecticut in the metric.
* The Aztecs are second nationally in points allowed per game (59.8), first in field-goal percentage defense (36.4), second in two-point field-goal percentage defense (39.7 percent) and 14th in blocked shots per game (5.65).
* San Diego State has held 16 consecutive opponents to less than 43-percent field-goal shooting (longest active streak in the nation).
* San Diego State has had a rebound advantage in 10 of its last 11 games. The Aztecs have won nine straight and are 118-19 the last 137 times they have owned an advantage in the category.
* The Aztecs have won 14 straight games and are 26-1 since Jan. 31, 2015, when shooting at least 38.9 percent from the field.
* Since the beginning of the 2013-14 campaign, San Diego State has won 22 games when shooting less than 40 percent from the field.