SAN DIEGO — Senior forward Matt Mitchell has etched his name throughout the San Diego State record book. On Saturday night, the master used a variety of his tools as San Diego State pounded Wyoming, 98-71, at Viejas Arena.
Mitchell had a game-high 26 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 29 minutes of action. The senior forward connected on 4-of-7 three-point attempts.
He passed Billy White and Steve Copp to move into 10th place on the school's all-time scoring list and joined Winston Shepard and Trey Kell as the only Aztec players with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals in their career.
Similar to Thursday's game, San Diego State jumped Wyoming early, building advantages of 13-6, 26-10 and 38-15 before settling for a 51-28 halftime advantage.
"We played the right way," Aztec coach Brain Dutcher said of his team's first half performance. "We were hot from threes and we got out on the fastbreak because we got stops. We shared the ball and we did not turn the ball over. So we played really well offensively.
"In the second half, we had 24 points and we did not particularly shoot the ball as well. We missed a lot of shots and Wyoming made some defensive adjustments and played a better second half against us. If I was just going on the first half, I would say it was a spectacular game, but we have room to grow as a team and we have to start doing that tomorrow."
Keshad Johnson had a career-high 15 points for San Diego State (13-4, 7-3 Mountain West Conference), which earned its fourth consecutive victory. Lamont Butler added 11 points. Jordan Schakel had 10 points.
San Diego State shot 34-of-56 (.607) from the floor and has shot 50 percent or better from the field in four straight games for the first time since December 6-22, 2012.
The Aztecs have scored at least 87 points in four straight games, which is SDSU's second-longest streak in its Division I era (1970-71) and longest since a seven-game stretch from Jan. 16-Feb. 4, 1971.
Marcus Williams had 18 points and six assists for the Cowboys (10-7, 4-6). Jeremiah Oden added 11 points. Xavier DuSell had 11 points.
The Aztecs improve to 2-0 against the Cowboys for the season. San Diego State defeated Wyoming 87-57 on Thursday. The win is the 14th consecutive time San Diego State has defeated Wyoming at Viejas Arena. Wyoming's last win in Viejas was a 66-65 decision on Jan. 3, 2007.