Women's Basketball

Aztecs Host Colorado St. To Begin MW Play

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SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women's basketball team (3-5) hosts Colorado State (5-3) Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. PT inside Viejas Arena for their Mountain West opener. The game will be streamed on the Mountain West Network with Chris Ello on the call.

Aztec Tidbits
• The Aztecs have lost their last three games, most recently falling to Arkansas State 71-62 last Saturday.
• Téa Adams led the Aztecs with 16 points and had a career-high eight assists. The junior also had a career-high three made three-pointers and posted season-highs in rebounds (5) and steals (4).
• Téa Adams has made 10 three-pointers through eight games this season. She made 10 threes in 58 career games entering the season.
• SDSU leads the Mountain West with 4.3 blocks per game.
• The Aztecs are averaging just 13.1personal fouls this season, the 10th best in the nation.
• SDSU is holding their opponents to 25.7 percent from three-point territory, third-best in the conference.
• The Aztecs are averaging just 13.1 turnovers per game, 37th in the nation.
• SDSU has four players averaging 9.9 points per game or more and have had four players score 10 or more points in at least five games.
• The Aztecs have set season-highs for made three-pointers in each of their last two games. After hitting eight against UC Santa Barbara, they knocked won nine vs. Arkansas State last Saturday.
 
Noting the Arkansas State Game (L, 62-71 11-30-19)
• 16 of Arkansas State's 17 first quarter points came off Aztec turnovers. The Red Wolves finished with 23 points off turnovers, the most SDSU has allowed this season.
• The Aztecs gave up a season-high 20 points in the fourth quarter.
• SDSU had a season-low 27 rebounds but also allowed a season-low 35.
• The Red Wolves attempted 53 shots, the lowest an opponent has had against SDSU this season.
• Arkansas State shot 49.1 percent from the field, the highest for a SDSU opponent this year.
• The Red Wolves were 8-for-16 from three. This is the highest percentage an opponent has shot from deep against SDSU so far this season.
• The Aztecs made a season-high nine three-pointers on a season-high 25 attempts.
• SDSU forced a season-high 15 turnovers.
• Téa Adams set career-highs for assists (8), three-pointers made (3) and three-point attempts (7). She also had season-highs in steals (4) and rebounds (5).
• Isabela Hernandez played a career-high 26 minutes and had two blocks, the first two of her collegiate career.
• Téa Adams hit two three-pointers, tying a career-high. She has done that four times, including twice this season.
• The Aztecs are now 0-5 when being outrebounded.
 
Opponent Notebook (Colorado State)
• The Rams are 5-3 on the year and have won their last two.
• They went 8-22 last season with a 2-16 record in the Mountain West.
• They are first in the conference in points allowed (57.9) and field goal percentage defense (.351)
• They are also first in the conference in three-pointers made per game (8.8) and assist to turnover ratio (1.28).
• Andrea Brady is leading the team with 11.5 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game.
• Megan Jacobs is shooting 53.1 percent from three.
• Head coach Ryun Williams (8th season) is the winningest coach in program history.
 
Series History
• Colorado State leads the all-time series 29-28.
• The two teams only met once last year with SDSU winning 54-45.
• The Aztecs' win last year snapped a 10-game losing streak to CSU.
• SDSU is 17-10 all-time against CSU at home.
• Their first meeting was January 31, 1991, a 73-50 SDSU win in San Diego.