Women's Basketball

Aztecs Host Idaho State Monday

The San Diego State women’s basketball team returns home to host Idaho State Monday at 6 p.m.

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SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team returns home to host Idaho State Monday at 6 p.m.

Aztec Tidbits

  • SDSU is coming off an 83-77 overtime win at UC Davis.
  • The Aztecs led by eight with 3:47 left but the Aggies went on a 14-2 run to take a two-point lead with five seconds left. Erin Houpt was fouled with 0.4 seconds left and made both free throws to force overtime.
  • SDSU made just one field goal in overtime, but made 14 free throws, including seven from freshman Naomi Panganiban.
  • SDSU won their season opener over Cal State San Marcos 76-48, their largest season opening win since 2011 (86-43 vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff).
  • The Aztecs are forcing 26 turnovers per game.
  • SDSU went exactly 28-35 (80%) from the line in both games. Their 28 made free throws was their second most in a game in the Mountain West era (since 1999).
  • The Aztecs lead the nation in free throws made per game and are second in free throws attempted per game.
  • SDSU has shown off their depth with 11 Aztecs playing in the first quarter in both games. All 11 are averaging at least 10 minutes per game and six have scored in double digits.
  • 44.7% of the Aztecs’ scoring has come from their bench (35.5 of 79.5 points).
  • Cali Clark has had double-digit rebounds in both games and had a double-double at UC Davis Saturday.
  • Since the beginning of last season, the Aztecs are 14-2 when they score 70 or more points.
  • Since the beginning of last season of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 28-7 (.800) in home games.
  • The Aztecs have seven players in their 4th year or later and five in the 5th year or later (Clark, Fiso, Green, Quezada and Villalobos).
  • SDSU was one of 21 schools (6%) that didn’t lose any players to the transfer portal in the offseason.
  • The Aztecs were picked to finish fifth in the Mountain West preseason poll.
  • Adryana Quezada was on the preseason All-Mountain West team. She averaged a team-high 14.0 points per game last year and became the first Aztec in the Mountain West era (25 years) to shoot at least 50% from the field and 80% from the line.
  • Both Quezada and Villalobos have over 1,000 career points and 600 career rebounds. Quezada has scored 1,337 points and collected 659 rebounds (14.2 and 7.0 per game). Villalobos has 1,023 points and 658 rebounds.
  • The Aztecs have six newcomers, led by transfers Veronica Sheffey (San Diego) and Cali Clark (Colorado State). Sheffey, a point guard, was an All-WCC Second Team selection last year and Clark, a 6’3” forward, appeared in over 100 games at Colorado State.
  • SDSU set a program record for attendance last year.
  • The Aztecs non-conference schedule features six games against teams that won 20 or more games a year ago, and four against schools that made the postseason.
  • SDSU is playing in the Cancun Challenge over Thanksgiving where they will play Wisconsin, VCU and Providence.
  • This is head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson’s 12th season as San Diego State’s head coach.

Player Notes

Adryana Quezada (Senior, Forward, Frisco, Texas)

  • She is one of five players in the nation to have over 1,300 points and 600 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the field and 70% from the line.
  • She has scored double-digits in 67 of her 94 career games and in 29 of her 37 as an Aztec
  • On Monday vs. Cal State San Marcos, she had her 21st game with double-digit rebounds and 18th career double-double.
  • She is in her sixth year of college. She played her first two years at UT San Antonio, her junior year at Utah State and is now in her third year at SDSU (she redshirted the 2022-23 season).

Kim Villalobos (Senior, Forward, Los Angeles)

  • She is one of eight players in the nation with at least 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 175 assists, 150 steals and 75 blocks in her career.
  • Last year she was the only player in the Mountain West to finish in the top 10 in rebounds, steals and blocks.
  • Last year she became only the second Aztec to have at least 300 points, 200 rebounds, 75 assists and 50 steals in a season.

Erin Houpt (RS Junior, Guard, Danville, Ill.)

  • She is the only player in the nation to shoot at least 40% from three and 90% from the line in her career.
  • She is 93.5% (143-153) from the line in her career, the best in the nation among players with at least 100 made free throws.
  • Her 41.8% career three-point percentage is seventh in the nation among qualified players.

Cali Clark (Senior, Forward, Centennial, Colo.)

  • Saturday was her 111th career game and set a new personal best with three steals.
  • In her 109 career games at Colorado State, she had 10 or more rebounds six times. She has had 10 rebounds in each of her two games as an Aztec.
  • She was second in the nation last year in rebounds per minute, trailing only All-American Cameron Brink.

Naomi Panganiban (Freshman, Guard, San Diego)

  • She became the first true freshman to start the season opener since 2018 (Sophia Ramos and Mallory Adams).