SAN DIEGO – The Aztec women's basketball team hosts Boise State Saturday at noon and then plays at Colorado State Monday evening.
Aztec Tidbits
• SDSU was scheduled to play the Broncos in Boise on Dec. 29, but the game was postponed due to national travel issues. That game has since been rescheduled for Jan. 30.
• SDSU's 13-4 start is the Aztecs' best since the 2008-09 season.
• The Aztecs won at Fresno State 49-43 Wednesday night.
• This was SDSU's sixth time holding an opponent under 50 points this season and their 11th time holding their opponent under 40% shooting from the field.
• Yummy Morris led the Aztecs with 14 points. Morris has scored in double-digits in all of SDSU's Mountain West games while shooting 77.3% from the floor.
• 10 of SDSU's 12 wins have been by double-digits and six have been by at least 20 points.
• Defensively, the Aztecs are first in the Mountain West in points allowed (54.9) and field goal percentage defense (36.3%), and second in turnovers forced per game (20.4) and steals per game (10.9).
• On offense, the Aztecs are second in the conference in three-point percentage (.351) and turnover margin (+5.3) and third in field goal percentage (.441).
• The Aztecs have held their opponents under 40 percent shooting 11 times.
• SDSU has had fewer turnovers than their opponent in 14 of their 17 games.
• The Aztecs have had more steals than their opponent in all but two games and their 10.9 swipes per game is 25th in the country.
• SDSU is 9-1 at home this season with an average margin of victory of 22.0 points. Since the beginning of last year, the Aztecs are 19-6 inside Viejas Arena.
• The Aztecs' 10-3 non-conference winning percentage was their best since the 1995-96 season (10-2, .833). According to the NET, SDSU played the second-hardest non-conference schedule in the Mountain West.
• Sophia Ramos (San Antonio, Texas) is the only player in the nation with at least 1,700 points, 600 rebounds and 450 assists in her career.
• Ramos is in the top three in program history in six statistical categories including points (2nd), assists (2nd), made free throws (3rd), and made threes (3rd).
• Abby Prohaska (36-40) and Sophia Ramos (40-45) have combined to shoot 89.4% from the free throw line
• Mercedes Staples (Centerville, Utah) is shooting 47.2 percent from three on the year and 39.8 percent in her SDSU career, the best in program history. She leads the Mountain West in three-point percentage (.472).
• Six Aztecs had at least a 3.50 GPA in the 2022 fall semester, including Sarah Barcello and Sophia Ramos who each had perfect 4.0s in their Master's of education program.
Opponent Notebook (Boise State)
• The Broncos are 7-9 on the year
• They are 2-4 away from Boise.
• Elodie Lalotte and Abby Muse each average double-digit points.
• They lead the Mountain West in rebounds (42.3) and blocks per game (5.2).
• They are last in the conference in turnover margin (-2.3) and steals per game (5.6)
• Head coach Gordy Presnell (18th season) has over 700 career wins and over 300 at Boise State.
All-time Series (Boise State)
• The Aztecs are 11-12 all-time against Boise State
• SDSU is 7-4 against the Broncos at home.
• The Aztecs went 2-1 against the Broncos last year. Each team won the home game and then SDSU beat Boise State in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament.
• They only played once prior to Boise State joining the Mountain West, a 54-51 SDSU win in 2005.
Opponent Notebook (Colorado State)
• The Rams are 11-5 on the year and 4-1 in conference.
• They are 8-1 at home.
• Their lone conference loss was a 91-88 overtime defeat at first place UNLV.
• They lead the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.79) and turnovers per game (8.8).
• They lead the conference in points per game (79.5), field goal percentage (.471), three-point percentage (.409) and free throw percentage (.786).
• McKenna Hofschild leads the conference in scoring (21.4 ppg) and assists (7.4 apg).
• Destiny Thurman averages 15.0 points per game.
• Head coach Ryun Williams (11th season) has won 203 games at Colorado State, the most in program history.
All-time Series (Colorado State)
• The Aztecs are 32-21 all-time against Boise State.
• SDSU is 12-18 on the road vs. the Rams.
• SDSU won both meetings last year with Asia Avinger averaging 20 points per game.
• The Aztecs have won five of the last seven meetings.