SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team hosts Nevada Wednesday at 11 a.m. for their second Field Trip game of the season. SDSU beat the Wolf Pack 81-62 in Reno on Jan. 8, shooting 56.6% from the field, their best ever in a Mountain West road game.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU beat Utah State 78-63 Saturday. The Aztecs scored 31 points off turnovers, their most vs a DI team this season.
- In the Aztecs’ first Field Trip game this season, they had 6,905 fans in attendance, a program record.
- SDSU is 7-7 in conference play and currently in sixth place. They have four games left to play and three of them are against teams below them in the standings.
- The Aztecs are 8-3 on the road. Their eight road wins are SDSU’s most in a season since 2012-13 (10). Their 73% win percentage on the road would be their highest since the 1996-97 season.
- The Aztecs are holding opponents to 61.0 points, 39.8% shooting from the field and 30.1% from three, all of which are top three 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 (31st in the nation). On the other side of the ball, they force 16.8 turnovers per game, the second most in the Mountain West.
- The Aztecs are 11th in the nation in bench points per game (28.4). 41.3% 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 seven and 11 points per game. SDSU is 15-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
- The Aztecs are 14-3 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 52-10 (.839) when they score 60 or more and 33-6 (.846) 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 35-12 (.745) in home games.
Player Notes
- Kim Villalobos has played in a school record 146 games.
- Villalobos has only missed five games in her career and has played in 104 straight and made 95 consecutive starts.
- Villalobos scored 16 points and had 13 rebounds, which tied a season-high, vs. Utah State Saturday. She has scored in double-digits in five straight games, averaging 13.4 points per game over that span.
- Villalobos is one of five players in the nation with at least 1,200 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.
- Veronica Sheffey is averaging 12.7 points per game in conference play. She is shooting 46% from the field and 48% from three (10-for-21).
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 16 times, the most on the team.
- Sheffey is 46-for-52 (89%) 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 tied a career-high with five assists vs. Utah State Saturday.
- Quezada is 15 points away from 1,600 and 14 rebounds away from 800 in her career.
- 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 second best in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt’s 42.3% career three-point percentage is 9th in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt is shooting 47.5% (29-for-61) from three this season, which would be a school record (minimum 50 attempts).
- Nat Martinez was predicted to win Mountain West Freshman of the Year by CBS Sports’ Kelly Burke.
- Martinez is shooting 45.3% 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 12 times, the next closest is CSU with six.
- 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 rebounds and fourth in blocks.
- Naomi Panganiban has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
- Jazlen Green surpassed 600 points for her career vs. Utah State Saturday.
Opponent Notebook (Nevada)
- The Wolf Pack are 11-16 on the year.
- They are 6-8 in conference play, one spot behind the Aztecs in the standings.
- They are 3-7 on the road.
- They lead the Mountain West in three-point percentage defense (27.5%) and offensive rebounds per game (14.3).
- They hold opponents to 28.8% shooting from three, best in the conference.
- They have balanced scoring with five players averaging between eight and 13 points per game, led by Lexie Givens (12.8).
- Head coach Amanda Levens (8th season) has led the Wolf Pack to top four finishes in the Mountain West in two of the last three seasons.
Series History
- The Aztecs lead the all-time series 17-15.
- SDSU is 10-2 vs. Nevada at home and won the last six.
- The Aztecs have won four of the last five meetings vs. Nevada.