SAN DIEGO – The Aztec women's basketball team plays at Wyoming (12-6, 5-2) Saturday at 5 p.m. PT.
Aztec Tidbits
• SDSU's 15-5 start is the Aztecs' best since the 2012-13 season.
• The Aztecs' 15 wins matches their win total from last year.
• 11 of SDSU's 15 wins have been by double-digits and six have been by at least 20 points.
• The Aztecs are coming off a 65-61 win over New Mexico where they came back from a 13-point second half deficit.
• SDSU's 13-point second half comeback was their largest since March 11, 2019 in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament, which also was a 13-point point comeback against New Mexico.
• The Aztecs have held their opponent under 50 points seven times and under 40 percent shooting 12 times.
• Defensively, the Aztecs are first in the Mountain West in points allowed (55.4) and second in field goal percentage defense (37.1%), turnovers forced per game (19.6) and steals per game (10.5).
• SDSU's 55.1 points allowed per game is 20th in the country.
• On offense, the Aztecs are second in the conference in three-point percentage (.348) and third in turnover margin (+4.8) and assists per game (15.0).
• SDSU's 1.01 assist-to-turnover ratio is the Aztecs' best since the 1983-84 season.
• The Aztecs have six players averaging between 8.0 and 13.0 points per game.
• Sophia Ramos 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 seven statistical categories including points (2nd), assists (2nd), made free throws (3rd), and made threes (3rd). She has scored in double-digits in the last 11 games and in 103 in her career.
• Mercedes Staples (Centerville, Utah), who returned after missing seven games due to injury, is shooting 46.8 percent from three on the year and 39.9 percent in her SDSU career, the best in program history.
• Asia Avinger is second in the Mountain West with 5.4 assists per game in conference play.
• Abby Prohaska is averaging 2.4 steals per game in MW play, the second most in the conference.
• Including SDSU, five Mountain West teams are in the top 125 of the NET. The Aztecs are amid a stretch of playing each of the other four in a six-game span.
• SDSU is 12-0 when scoring 60 or more points
• The Aztecs have had fewer turnovers than their opponent in 16 of their 19 games.
• SDSU has had more steals than their opponent in all but three games and their 10.5 swipes per game is 32nd in the country.
• The Aztecs are 11-1 at home this season with an average margin of victory of 19.8 points. Since the beginning of last year, the Aztecs are 21-6 inside Viejas Arena.
• SDSU's 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.
• The Aztecs started the year 9-1, their best start to the season since 1995-96.
• SDSU has six players in their fifth year of college and all six are currently pursuing a master's degree.
• 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 of Education program.
Opponent Notebook (Wyoming)
• The Cowgirls are 12-6 on the year and 5-2 in conference.
• Both of their Mountain West losses came to UNLV, most recently at home Thursday (71-57).
• They are 7-2 at home.
• They are ranked No. 105 in the NET, while SDSU is No. 91.
• Quinn Weidemann leads the Cowgirls with 12.0 points per game. She is second in the conference in made threes per game (2.06) and three-point percentage (42.5%).
• Allyson Fertig is third in the Mountain West in rebounds (8.6) and blocks (1.83) per game.
• Aside from Weidemann and Fertig, Grace Ellis and Malene Pederson also average double-digits in conference play.
• They are holding opponents to 57.3 points per game, second in the MW to SDSU.
• They are also second in the conference in turnovers per game (13.1) and free throw percentage (78.3%), however they are last in free throw attempts per game (13.1).
• Head coach Heather Ezell is in her first year as the Cowgirls head coach after spending the last seven seasons as an assistant and the last three as the associate head coach.
All-time Series (Wyoming)
• The Cowgirls are 35-29 all-time against SDSU.
• Wyoming has won five in a row and eight of the last nine against the Aztecs.
• SDSU is 7-23 all-time at Wyoming.
• The Aztecs have lost their last seven games in Laramie. Their last win at Wyoming was December 30, 2015.