SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team plays at Utah State Saturday at 1 p.m. PT. SDSU is looking to avoid their first three game losing streak of the season.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU is coming off a 62-58 loss to Colorado State Wednesday night. The Aztecs fell behind by 16 points but rallied to pull within one point in the final minute.
- The Aztecs are third in the nation in bench points per game (34.1). 48.2% of SDSU's scoring comes from their bench.
- SDSU is second in the Mountain West in turnover margin (+5.33) and turnovers forced per game (18.2) and commit just 12.9 turnovers per game (24th in the nation).
- The Aztecs have had less turnovers than their opponent in every game but three.
- SDSU is holding opponents to 60.5 points per game while scoring 70.7. The last time SDSU averaged at least 70 points per game was 1993-94.
- The Aztecs lead the Mountain West in both free throws made (13.5) and attempted per game (18.1). They are 9-0 when they make more free throws than their opponent.
- 10 Aztecs average at least 10 minutes per game and seven different players have led the team in scoring in a game.
- Seven Aztecs average between six and 12 points per game. SDSU is 10-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
- SDSU is one of two schools in the nation to have three players with at least 700 career rebounds (Adryana Quezada, Kim Villalobos and Clai Clark)
- The Aztecs are 11-2 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 49-9 (.845) when they score 60 or more and 31-6 (.834) when they score 70 or more.
- Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 33-10 (.767) in home games.
- The Aztecs’ 11 non-conference wins were their most since the 1983-84 team that went 13-0.
- SDSU has six players in their 4th year or later, five of them 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 began the season 8-0, their best start since the 1988-89 season when SDSU started 14-0.
Player Notes
- Nat Martinez won her third Mountain West Freshman of the Week award after averaging 13.0 points on 82% shooting last week. The Aztecs have won a conference best five Mountain West Freshman of the Week awards (Naomi Panganiban, 2).
- Martinez is shooting 64% from the field in conference play.
- Adryana Quezada surpassed 1,500 points for her career at Wyoming Saturday.
- Quezada is one of six players nationally to have over 1,500 points & 700 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the field and 70% from the line.
- Quezada is shooting a career-best 54.5% from the floor, the second best in the Mountain West.
- Quezada is shooting 59% from the floor in conference play while averaging 13.7 points per game.
- Quezada recorded her 20th career double-double vs. Colorado State Wednesday.
- Clark is fourth in the nation among active players in rebounds per minute (minimum 75 games). She was second in the nation last year.
- In Clark’s 109 games at Colorado State, she had double-digits rebounds six times and one double-double. This season she has nine games with 10 or more rebounds and five double-doubles.
- Clark is top 10 in the MW in blocks (2nd), rebounds (3rd) and steals (9th).
- Veronica Sheffey is averaging 12.8 points per game on 46% shooting in conference play.
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 11 times, tied with Quezada for the most on the team.
- Kim Villalobos is one of seven players in the nation with at least 1,100 points, 700 rebounds, 200 assists, 175 steals and 75 blocks in her career.
- Villalobos is in the top ten in SDSU history in games, rebounds and blocks.
- Villalobos has played in 137 games, the second most in program history. If she stays healthy, she will surpass Sophia Ramos for the most games played in school history (141).
- Villalobos had a season-high 13 rebounds vs. Colorado State Wednesday.
- Erin Houpt is the only player in the nation to shoot at least 40% from three and 90% from the line in her career.
- Houpt is 93.0% (159-171) from the line in her career, the best in the nation (minimum 100 made free throws).
- Houpt’s 42.1% career three-point percentage is 11th in the nation among qualified players. She is 22-for-46 (47.8%) from three this season and 6-for-11 (54.5%) in conference play.
- Naomi Panganiban has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
Opponent Notebook (Utah State)
- The Aggies are 1-15 on the year and 0-5 in conference play.
- They are 1-5 at home.
- They make 8.1 threes per game.
- The average 9.8 steals per game, second most in the Mountain West.
- Cheyenne Stubbs leads the team with 13.9 points per game.
- First year head coach Wesley Brooks was most recently an assistant at Ohio State. Prior to that, he was an assistant at Michigan where he coached current Aztec Meghan Fiso.
Series History
- The Aztecs lead the all-time series 15-7.
- SDSU is 7-4 in Logan and won the last four.
- The Aztecs have won the last six meetings. The average score over that span is 74.5-58.5.