Women's Basketball

Aztecs Play at San Jose State Saturday Afternoon

The San Diego State women’s basketball team plays at San Jose State Saturday at 2 p.m.

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SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team plays at San Jose State Saturday at 2 p.m.

 

Aztec Tidbits

  • SDSU beat Nevada 72-43 in front of 4,088 fans for the Aztecs’ Field Trip game Wednesday. It was SDSU’s largest margin of victory against the Wolf Pack since their first all-time meeting Jan. 2, 1984 (90-44).
  • The Aztecs held Nevada to 25% shooting from the field and 8% from three. It was the second lowest three-point percentage SDSU has held an opponent to in a game in the Mountain West era (minimum 20 attempts).
  • SDSU is averaging 30.5 points off turnovers across their last two games.
  • With three games to play, SDSU is 8-7 in conference play and in fifth place. The top five teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals.
  • 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.
  • SDSU is top three in the Mountain West in four defensive statistical categories: three-point percentage allowed (1st, 29.1%), turnovers forced per game (2nd, 16.7), field goal percentage allowed (2nd, 39.2%) and points allowed per game (3rd, 60.3).
  • The Aztecs have held their opponent under 60 points 13 times (12-1) and under 40% shooting in 14 games (12-2).
  • SDSU is 12th in the nation in bench points per game (28.3). 41.1% 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 15-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
  • The Aztecs are 15-3 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 53-10 (.841) when they score 60 or more and 34-6 (.850) 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 36-12 (.750) in home games.

 

Player Notes

  • Kim Villalobos has played in a school record 147 games.
  • 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 two rebounds shy of 800 for her career and moved up to fifth all-time in rebounds vs. Nevada Wednesday.
  • Villalobos is in the top ten in SDSU history in games, rebounds and blocks.
  • Veronica Sheffey is averaging 12.3 points per game in conference play. She is shooting 46% from the field and 46% from three (10-for-21).
  • Sheffey has scored in double-digits 16 times, the most on the team.
  • Sheffey is 46-for-54 (85%) from the line during conference play, fourth 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 nine points away from 1,600 and 11 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 92.9% (169-182) from the line in her career, the second best in the nation (minimum 150 made).
  • Houpt’s 42.3% career three-point percentage is eighth in the nation (minimum 150 made).
  • Houpt is shooting 47.6% (30-for-63) 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 45.6% 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 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 seven 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 had three steals and two blocks vs. Nevada Wednesday.

 

Opponent Notebook (San Jose State)

  • The Spartans are 10-17 on the year and 3-11 in conference play.
  • They are 7-8 at home.
  • They are second in the conference in rebounds per game (38.3) and rebound margin (+3.9).
  • They have five players averaging between 8 and 14 points and are led by Amiah Simmons’ 13.8 points per game.
  • Djessira Diawara shoots 54% from the field and leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game.
  • Head coach April Phillips is in her third year at SJSU. Prior to SJSU, she was an assistant at Texas.

 

Series History

  • The Aztecs lead the all-time series 29-11.
  • SDSU lost to the Spartans 68-57 Jan. 22. Prior to that, SDSU had won the last six meetings, including going 3-0 vs. them last year.
  • The Aztecs are 11-5 vs. the Spartans on the road