Feb. 29, 2016
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SDSU Men's Basketball Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip
NEWS AND NOTES (through Feb. 28)
* Having secured the outright 2016 Mountain West championship, San Diego State looks to break the league record for conference road wins on Tuesday night when the Aztecs play their final regular-season road game of the season at New Mexico. Including the 2015-16 Aztecs, six times a Mountain West team has won seven conference road games (SDSU has done it three times - 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2015-16).
* In addition, San Diego State seniors Winston Shepard and Skylar Spencer need one more Mountain West victory to become the all-time leaders in conference wins. The duo is currently tied with former Brigham Young guard Jimmer Fredette at 53.
* On Saturday afternoon, SDSU had a seven-game home court win streak snapped when Boise State rallied from nine points down in the final 100 seconds to claim a 66-63 win. The Aztecs, which led by four points with five minutes to play, also saw an end to its 164-game win streak when leading with five minutes to go.
* San Diego State is 6-4 in its last 10 trips to The Pit, with victories in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2015 seasons. Since Feb. 4, 2006, the Aztecs are 6-4 in the building while the rest of the nation is a combined 21-139 (13.1 percent).
* The Aztecs have won the last three meetings between the teams. In those games, SDSU has limited the Lobos to 53.0 points on 31.8 percent shooting (51-of-173), including 27.9 percent beyond the arc (12-of-43).
* San Diego State has won at least a share of the Mountain West regular-season title the past three seasons and in five of the last six campaigns (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016).
* San Diego State has secured its school-record 11th consecutive 20-win campaign. That is currently tied for the sixth-longest active streak in the nation, trailing only Kansas (27), Duke (20), Gonzaga (19), Louisville (14) and North Carolina (12).
* The Aztecs are looking to avoid consecutive conference losses for the first time since Feb. 13 and 16, 2013. San Diego State has responded from its last 10 Mountain West losses with a victory in its next conference game.
* San Diego State has been exceptional in responding to defeat. SDSU is 24-1 in its last 25 games immediately following a loss. The Aztecs had won 23 straight games, which was the longest active streak nationally, until losing to No. 2/3 Kansas on Dec. 22, 2015.
* In its last 111 games, only once has SDSU suffered consecutive losses - Grand Canyon (Dec. 18, 2015) and No. 2/3 Kansas (Dec. 22, 2015).
* San Diego State is 8-2 in road games this season. With a winning percentage of 80.0 percent, SDSU is tied for the fifth-highest winning percentage in the nation this season.
* The Aztecs are 7-1 in Mountain West road games this season. The other 10 teams in the league are a collective 22-59 (27.2 percent) and no other team is above .500 in such games.
* San Diego State owns a 48-20 road record since the beginning of the 2010-11 campaign. That is the third-highest winning percentage in the country (see list below).
* SDSU is 29-2 since Jan. 31, 2015, when shooting at least 38.9 percent from the field and 17-2 this season when owning an effective field-goal percentage of 44.5 percent or better.
* San Diego State ranks third nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing 90.7 points per 100 possessions. The Aztecs also are second in defensive field-goal percentage (37.3 percent), fifth in two-point field-goal percentage (41.0 percent), third in effective field-goal percentage (42.9 percent) and fifth in points allowed per game (60.3).
* Sophomore guard Trey Kell continued his stellar play, reaching the double-figure plateau for the 16th consecutive game (16.2 ppg). He has a three-point field goal in 17 consecutive games and has made multiple threes in 10 of his last 11 games.
* Shepard continues to move up the school's career charts and is now among the all-time Aztecs in scoring (1,285 points; 9th), rebounds (646; 10th), assists (276; 14th), free-throws made (396; 6th) and blocked shots (46; 21st).
* Freshman point guard Jeremy Hemsley, who is nursing a right foot sprain, has reached double figures in the last seven games in which he has played. He leads all conference freshmen in scoring (13.5), free-throws made (92), free-throw percentage (78.0 percent) and minutes played (30.3).