SAN DIEGO – The Aztec women's basketball team (2-2) has their first Mountain West series this week when they play at Colorado State (3-1, 1-1) Tuesday (5 p.m. PT) and Thursday (12 p.m.) PT. Both games will be streamed on the Mountain West Network.
Aztec Notes
• The Aztecs have a three-game winning streak against the Rams.
• The Aztecs won at San Diego 64-58 Saturday afternoon behind a dominant first quarter which saw them jump out to a 20-3 lead.
• Téa Adams led the Aztecs with a season-high 19 points on an efficient 9-for-10 shooting. Sophia Ramos had a double-double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds while recording five steals, which tied a career-high. Mercedes Staples finished with 12 point and seven rebounds.
• Adams' nine made field goals tied a career-high set her freshman season. On the year, she is leading the team in field goal percentage (.679) and three-point percentage (.667).
• Adams is one made field goal shy of qualifying for the national ranks for best field goal percentage. However, if she qualified, she would rank third in the country among guards who have played at least three games.
• Ramos (San Antonio, Texas) is averaging 20.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game through SDSU's first four games. As of Monday morning, she is top 50 in the nation in 10 stat categories including double-doubles (T-11th), free throws made (10th), minutes (17th), points (22nd), field goals made (42nd), and rebounds (49th).
• Ramos enters the CSU series with 968 career points. Once she reaches the 1,000-point plateau, she will become the 22nd Aztec to do so and just the 13th to accomplish this feat in three seasons or less.
• Sunday's game between the Aztecs and St. Katherine has been canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Firebird program. The game will not be rescheduled or replaced and will not count against either team's record.
• The Aztecs are 39th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense (.211).
• SDSU is averaging just 13.0 personal fouls a game, the 10th lowest in the country.
Opponent Notebook (Colorado State)
• The Rams are 3-1 and 1-1 in Mountain West play.
• They split the first conference series at Fresno State, the preseason favorite. They won the first meeting 89-83 and then fell 78-74.
• Their other two wins came against Regis (111-64) and Colorado Christian (96-54).
• Tori Williams is scoring a team-high 17.8 points per game. She is 19-for-34 from three.
• McKenna Hofschild is averaging 6.2 assists per game, 25th in the country. She has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.17.
• As a team, the Rams are third in the nation with a 1.90 assist-to-turnover ratio and fifth in field goal percentage (.532).
• Head coach Ryun Williams (9th season) is the winningest coach in program history and is a two-time Mountain West Coach of the Year.
Series Notes
• Colorado State leads the series 30-29.
• The Aztecs are 11-16 all-time in Fort Collins.
• The Aztecs have won the last three meetings, but prior to that they lost 11 straight.
• Over the last five meetings, a team has topped 70 points only once.
Aztecs Begin Mountain West Play at CSU
