SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team plays at first place UNLV Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU has won four of their last six games but are coming off a 64-51 loss to Wyoming last Saturday.
- Wednesday will be the Aztecs fifth straight game against a team that is ahead of them or equal to them in the standings. They are 3-1 in those games so far.
- SDSU is 6-6 in conference play and tied with New Mexico for fifth place with six games left. The top five teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament.
- SDSU is 8-2 on the road. Their eight road wins are tied for the 13th most in the nation and are SDSU’s most in a season since 2012-13 (10). Their 80% win percentage on the road would be their highest since the 1996-97 season.
- The Aztecs are holding opponents to 39.2% shooting from the field and 29.5% from three, both of which are second in the Mountain West.
- The Aztecs have held their opponent under 60 points 12 times (11-1) and under 40% shooting in 13 games (11-2).
- SDSU commits just 13.1 turnovers per game (30th in the nation).
- The Aztecs are 9th in the nation in bench points per game (29.0). 42.3% of SDSU's scoring comes from their bench.
- 10 Aztecs average at least 10 minutes per game and seven different players have led the team in scoring in a game.
- Five Aztecs average between eight and 11 points per game. SDSU is 14-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
- The Aztecs are 13-2 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 51-9 (.850) when they score 60 or more and 32-6 (.842) when they score 70 or more.
- SDSU’s 11 non-conference wins were their most since the 1983-84 team that went 13-0.
- The Aztecs have 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.
- Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 34-12 (.739) in home games.
Player Notes
- Veronica Sheffey is averaging a team-high 12.4 points per game in conference play.
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 15 times, the most on the team.
- Sheffey is 45-for-50 (90%) from the line during conference play, second in the Mountain West.
- Adryana Quezada is one of three players nationally to have over 1,500 points & 700 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the field and 75% from the line.
- Quezada is shooting 51.7% from the floor in conference play, which is third in the Mountain West.
- Nat Martinez was predicted to win Mountain West Freshman of the Year by CBS Sports’ Kelly Burke.
- Martinez is shooting 45.6% from three on the year.
- Martinez has won the Mountain West Freshman of the Week three times. The Aztecs have won a conference-best five MW FOTW awards (Naomi Panganiban, 2). Combined with the men’s program, SDSU has won the award 11 times, the next closest is CSU with five.
- Cali Clark is fourth in the nation among active players in rebounds per minute (minimum 100 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 10 games with 10 or more rebounds and six double-doubles.
- Clark is third in the Mountain West in blocks and rebounds.
- Kim Villalobos has played in a school record 144 games.
- Villalobos has only missed five games in her career and has played in 102 straight and made 94 consecutive starts.
- Villalobos is one of five players in the nation with at least 1,100 points, 750 rebounds, 200 assists, 175 steals and 100 blocks in her career.
- Villalobos is in the top ten in SDSU history in games, rebounds and blocks.
- 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 92.7% (164-177) from the line in her career, the best in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt’s 42.0% career three-point percentage is 9th in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt is shooting 46.3% (25-for-54) from three this season, which would be a school record (minimum 50 attempts).
- Naomi Panganiban has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
Opponent Notebook (UNLV)
- The Rebels are 19-5 and 11-1 in conference play. Their lone loss was against the Aztecs Jan. 25
- They have won the last three Mountain West regular season and tournament championships.
- They have won 51 of their last 52 Mountain West games and 22 straight.
- They are No. 48 in the NET.
- They are 13-1 at home.
- In conference play they lead the league in points scored (76.7) and allowed per game (59.8).
- They have four players averaging double digits, led by Amarachi Kimpson’s 13.5 per game.
- Head coach Lindy La Rocque (5th season) has led the Rebels to back-to-back 30 win seasons.
Series History
- The Rebels lead the all-time series 41-30. They have the best winning percentage vs. the Aztecs of any Mountain West team.
- SDSU is 10-27 vs. UNLV on the road. The Aztecs have lost 12 straight at UNLV.
- The Aztecs beat the Rebels 59-58 Jan. 25 after coming back from a 10-point second half deficit. Veronica Sheffey hit a buzzer beater to win the game.
- Prior to that game, the Rebels had won the last 10 meetings and 15 of the last 16.