* With Fall final semester exams complete, San Diego State return to the hardwood for its first game in 10 days when the Aztecs play host to Brigham Young.
* San Diego State and Brigham Young will meet for the 73rd time on Saturday. The Cougars lead the series, 48-24, but the Aztecs have won the last two encounters.
* The game has been designated a Whiteout and fans are encouraged to wear white to the game.
* The Aztecs are looking to tie a school-record by defeating the Cougars for a third straight time. SDSU defeated Brigham Young the first three games of the series (Dec. 19, 1940 - Dec. 23, 1977) and when Brian Dutcher was an assistant coach from Jan. 8, 2005 - Jan. 21, 2006.
* Three of the last seven games between the teams have been decided by two points or in overtime.
* San Diego State ranks 12th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 40.7 percent. Only once have the Aztecs ended a campaign with a higher percentage from beyond the arc (43.7 percent in 1987-88). In the last 17 seasons, only once has SDSU ended the season ranked above 101st nationally (12th in 2005-06).
* The Aztecs rank 54th nationally in field goal percentage defense (.398) and 56th nationally in three-point FG percentage (.301).
* San Diego State's strength of schedule to date ranks 36th nationally by the NCAA NET metric.
* This is the first of three consecutive home games to end the non-conference portion of the schedule for the Aztecs. San Diego State will face Brown on Dec. 29 and CSUN on Jan. 1 before opening Mountain West Conference play on Jan. 5 at Boise State.
* San Diego State is 15-5 in its last 20 games - regardless of location - dating back to last season.
* San Diego State is 13-3 in its last 16 contests against teams that were not ranked in the AP Top 25 at game time.
* Senior guard Devin Watson is one of only four players in the nation to average at least 15 points, 5 assists and 3 three-point field goals per game this season. The senior has scored or assisted on 40.4 percent of San Diego State's field goals this season.
* Senior guard Jeremy Hemsley is in 18th place on the school's career scoring list with 1,191 points. He is 10 points shy of passing current graduate head manager Lorrenzo Wads for 17th spot on the chart. In his last five games he is 8-of-15 from three-point range (45.2 percent).
* Sophomore forward Jalen McDaniels has reached double figures in scoring every game this season and in a career-best 11 straight games. He is averaging 15.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists during that stretch. He has posted multiple assists in five consecutive games (3.4 apg).
* Sophomore guard Jordan Schakel has 90 points this season (in 10 games) and needs just 16 points to reach his total from his freshman season (33 games). Schakel, who is averaging 9.0 points and 4.4 rebounds has connected on 18-of-37 three-point field goal attempts this season (48.6 percent).