SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team plays at Wyoming Saturday at 1 p.m. PT.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU is coming off an 81-62 win at Nevada Wednesday evening.
- It was SDSU’s largest margin of victory in Reno and just their fifth win in 16 tries there.
- The Aztecs shot 56.6% from the field, their highest ever in a Mountain West road game (206 games). It was their best in any game since Nov. 27, 2016 (60.4% vs. Central Connecticut).
- SDSU shot 63.4% (26-for-41) on two-pointers.
- The Aztecs are 5-1 on the road this year, the first time they’ve won five of their first six road games since the 1996-97 season.
- SDSU is one of four Mountain West teams with a NET ranking in the top 100 (UNLV, Colorado State and Wyoming).
- The Aztecs are 5-2 against the teams that are top 115 in the NET rankings and have five more games remaining against teams in the top 115.
- SDSU is sixth in the nation in bench points per game (34.9). 48.9% of the Aztecs’ scoring comes from their bench.
- The Aztecs are second in the Mountain West in turnover margin (+5.9) and turnovers forced per game (18.9) and commit just 12.9 turnovers per game (22nd in the nation).
- SDSU has had less turnovers than their opponent in every game but two (VCU and New Mexico).
- The Aztecs are holding opponents to 59.4 points per game while scoring 71.4. The last time SDSU averaged at least 70 points per game was 1993-94.
- SDSU leads the conference in free throws made per game (13.5) and are second in free throws attempted per game (18.2).
- 10 Aztecs average at least 10 minutes per game and 11 different players have had a game with double-digit points.
- Seven Aztecs average between six and 12 points per game. SDSU is 10-0 when three or more players score in double-digits.
- SDSU is 11-1 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 49-8 (.860) when they score 60 or more and 31-5 (.861) when they score 70 or more.
- Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, the Aztecs are 33-9 (.786) in home games.
- SDSU’s 11 non-conference wins were their most since the 1983-84 team that went 13-0.
- The Aztecs began the season 8-0, their best start since the 1988-89 season when SDSU started 14-0.
- 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.
Player Notes
- Veronica Sheffey scored 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting at Nevada Wednesday. She also led the team with a plus/minus of +24 and committed just one turnover in 33 minutes.
- Sheffey is leading SDSU with 15.0 points per game on 62.5% shooting in their four Mountain West games.
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 10 times, the most on the team.
- Adryana Quezada scored a season-high 20 points at Nevada Wednesday with 12 coming in their fourth quarter on 5-for-5 shooting.
- Quezada has over 700 rebounds in her career and is just three points away from reaching 1,500.
- Quezada is one of eight players nationally to have over 1,400 points & 700 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the field and 70% from the line.
- Cali Clark is fourth in the nation among active players in rebounds per minute (minimum 75 games).
- Clark played in 109 games for Colorado State and had 10 or more rebounds six times. She has done it eight times in 17 games with the Aztecs.
- Clark is one of six players in the nation with at least 30 steals and 25 blocks. She recorded her 100th career block at Nevada Wednesday.
- Clark is second in the Mountain West in blocks, third in rebounds and sixth in steals.
- Naomi Panganiban is averaging 15.3 points over her last eight games.
- She has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
- Kim Villalobos is one of seven players in the nation with at least 1,100 points, 700 rebounds, 200 assists, 150 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 136 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).
- She made her 100th career start at Nevada 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 42.0% career three-point percentage is 11th in the nation among qualified players. She is 21-for-44 (47.7%) from three this season.
Opponent Notebook (Wyoming)
- The Cowgirls are 8-7 on the year.
- They are 2-1 in their first three conference games, beating Utah State and Fresno State and losing at New Mexico.
- They are 4-1 at home.
- They are ranked No. 98 in the NET, four spots below the Aztecs.
- They shoot 44.2% from the field, second in the Mountain West.
- They force just 12.5 turnovers per game and have a negative -1.5 turnover margin.
- Allyson Fertig leads the Mountain West in points per game (18.0) and field goal percentage (58.9%) and is second in rebound (9.7).
- Head coach Heather Ezell is in her third season as head coach after spending the previous seven years as an assistant at Wyoming.
Series History
- The Cowgirls lead the all-time series 37-31.
- The Aztecs have won just three of their last 13 vs. Wyoming.
- SDSU is 8-24 in Laramie and has lost eight of their last nine there. The average score in those games is 71.3-53.3.
- Last year the two teams split with the home team winning both games.