Women's Basketball

Aztecs Set for Road Test at Nevada

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Aztecs Set for Road Test at NevadaAztecs Set for Road Test at Nevada

Need to Know
• The Aztecs, who have four of their last five games, play at Nevada Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. PT
• The game will be streamed on the Mountain West Network. Additionally, there will be an audio-only broadcast with Chris Ello (12th season) on the call.
• SDSU played Nevada three times last year and went 1-2, including an overtime loss in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament.
• The Aztecs lost at first place Boise State 91-67 Saturday afternoon. Mallory Adams led SDSU with 17 points.
Zayn Dornstauder scored 14 points (6-for-10) to set a new career-high. She is averaging 7.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game during conference play while shooting 49.3 percent from the floor.
Mallory Adams has scored 10 or more points seven of her last eight games, averaging 14.1 points over that span.
• Adams is averaging 8.8 rebounds per game, the most for an Aztec since Mary Apiafi the in 1999-2000 season (9.1).
Sophia Ramos leads all freshmen in the Mountain West in points, assists, field goal percentage and minutes.
• Ramos is the only true freshman in the nation to average 13 points, 4.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore Najé Murray has moved into the top ten in school history for career three-pointers and three-point attempts. Entering the weekend, she is 110-330 (.333), which would rank her at No. 7 for three-point makes and attempts. At her current rate of 2.5 made threes per game, Murray has a chance to break the SDSU all-time record for made three-pointers in a season.
• SDSU leads the conference with 13.8 made free throws per game. Mallory Adams is third in the MW in free throws made and first in attempts.
• The Aztecs are in seventh place in the Mountain West. They began last week tied for tenth place. The top five teams receive a first round bye in the Mountain West Tournament.
• SDSU's recent four game win streak was their longest since February 2016 when they won five in a row.

Noting the Boise State Game (L, 67-91, 2-16-19)
•  The Aztecs gave up 28 points in the first quarter, 50 points in the first half and 88 points in the game. All were season-highs for a SDSU opponent.
•  SDSU had assists on 17 of their 24 field goals.
•  This was just the second time an opponent has shot 50% or better from the floor against SDSY (Wyoming, 1-9-19).
•  The Broncos scored 18 fast break points on Saturday, the second most the Aztecs have allowed this season.
•  Zayn Dornstauder set a new career-high with 14 points.
•  Sophia Ramos and Najé Murray, the Aztecs' top leading scorers. combined to score 12 points, their lowest combined score in a game this season.
•  Senior Loli Gomez went 1-for-2 from three and is now shooting 47.1 percent (8-17) from long range on the season.
•  Mallory Adams led the team in scoring with 17 points. She has now scored 10 or more points in seven of SDSU's last eight games.
 
Scouting the Wolf Pack
•  Nevada is 8-15 on the year and 4-8 in conference, eighth place.
•  They are 5-8 at home.
•  They are fourth in the conference in turnovers forced and steals per game.
•  Nevada is last in the MW in field goal percentage defense (.441) and blocks per game (2.1)
•  They are also last in three-point percentage (.278) and threes made per game (4.3).
•  Jade Redmon (14.7) and Terae Briggs (14.5) are their top two leading scorers.
•  Briggs averages 8.0 rebounds per game and is shoots 51.9 percent from the floor.
•  Head Coach Amanda Levens (2nd season) led Nevada to the Mountain West Tournament championship game last season as the No. 7 seed.
 
All-Time Series vs. the Wolf Pack
•  The all-time series is tied at 10-10.
•  Since Nevada joined the Mountain West, the series is tied at 7-7.
•  The Aztecs are 2-6 against the Wolf Pack in Reno.
•  Nevada has won two in a row and three of the last four.
•  SDSU and Nevada faced off in the first round of last year's Mountain West Tournament with the Wolf Pack winning 95-84 in overtime.
•  The first meeting was January 2, 1984, a 90-44 Aztec win at home, which is still the biggest SDSU win in the series.