March 4, 2016
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU Men's Basketball Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip
NEWS AND NOTES (through March 3)
* Having secured an outright Mountain West regular-season title, San Diego State, which has at least won a share of three consecutive regular-season titles and five of the last six crowns, closes out the regular season at home with a contest against UNLV.
* With a victory, San Diego State can tie the Mountain West record for most victories in a single league season (16, currently held by the 2013-14 Aztec team).
* Prior to Saturday's contest, the Aztecs will honor three senior student-athletes - Angelo Chol, Winston Shepard and Skylar Spencer.
* Shepard and Spencer have played with the Aztecs for four seasons, helping guide SDSU to a trio of conference titles (2014, 2015, 2016 regular season titles), three NCAA tournament appearances (2013, 2014, 2015) and four NCAA tournament victories. Since the beginning of the 2012-13 season, the Aztecs own a 103-33 record (75.7 percent; 13th highest nationally).
* Shepard is the only player in school history and one of 11 active players nationally with 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 250 assists. On the career school list, he is eighth in scoring (1,294), 10th in rebounds (651) and 13th in assists (279).
* Spencer is the school and Mountain West career record-holder in blocked shots (283) and is 14th in SDSU history in rebounds (618). Along with Spencer, Shepard has won more MW games than any player in conference history (54).
* Chol has played his last two seasons at San Diego State, playing in 65 contests and making eight starts with the Aztecs. He is a career 52.5-percent field-goal shooter with 77 blocked shots and 141 offensive rebounds (342 total rebounds).
* SDSU has won 10 consecutive Senior Day games. The last time the Aztecs did not send their the seniors out with a victory was Feb. 28, 2005. That is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation trailing Kansas (32), UC Santa Barbara (17), Davidson (13) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12). See chart below
* San Diego State has won a school-record seven consecutive games against UNLV by a combined 56 points. During the seven-game win streak, the Aztecs have owned a rebound margin of +7.3 and have limited the Rebels to 39.4-percent field-goal shooting, including 29.8 percent beyond the arc.
* San Diego State has won its last seven games in the state of Nevada against Silver State schools. That is the longest active win streak in the country.
* Already having secured an 11th consecutive 20-win season, San Diego State is looking to win its 23rd game of the season. Currently, SDSU has a streak of seven straight 23-win seasons. That is the sixth-longest active streak nationally. See chart below
* Steve Fisher owns 24 career victories against the Rebels. That is the most among active coaches nationally (Steve Alford is second with eight). He has faced seven different UNLV head coaches (Bill Bayno, Max Good, Charlie Spoonhour, Jay Spoonhour, Lon Krugger, Dave Rice and Todd Simon).
* On Tuesday, San Diego State improved to 25-1 in its last 26 games immediately following a loss by defeating New Mexico, 83-56. The Aztecs handed the Lobos their worst home loss since 2002 and was the widest margin of defeat in 82 all-time series meetings.
* Sophomore Malik Pope tallied a game- and season-high 20 points (6-7 FG) to go with three rebounds and two assists. In his last five games, he has averaged 12.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He is shooting 56.4 percent from the floor during that span.
* San Diego State owns a 117-13 record (90.0 percent) at home since the beginning of the 2008-09 campaign. That is the seventh-highest winning percentage nationally during that time frame.