SAN DIEGO – The Aztecs host Wyoming Saturday at 1 p.m. for National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU has won four of their last five games and are coming off a 61-57 win at Fresno State Saturday.
- The Aztecs have won three games in a row, and all were against teams that were ahead of them in the standings prior to the game. Their next two games (Wyoming and at UNLV) are against the top two teams in the standings. SDSU is currently tied for fourth place.
- SDSU is 8-2 on the road. Their eight road wins are tied for the seventh most in the nation and are SDSU’s most in a season since 2012-13 (10). The Aztecs’ 80% win percentage on the road would be their highest since the 1996-97 season.
- The Aztecs are holding opponents to 39.4% shooting from the field and 29.9% from three in conference play, both of which lead 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 13.0 turnovers per game (27th in the nation). The Aztecs have had less turnovers than their opponent in 18 of their 24 games.
- SDSU leads the Mountain West in both free throws made (12.9) and attempted per game (17.4). They are 10-0 when they make more free throws than their opponent.
- The Aztecs are 9th in the nation in bench points per game (29.6). 42.7% 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.
- Six Aztecs average between seven 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 34-11 (.756) in home games.
Player Notes
- Veronica Sheffey is averaging a team-high 12.9 points per game in conference play.
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 15 times, the most on the team. She has scored 10 or more points in all but two conference games so far.
- Sheffey is 42-for-46 (91.3%) from the line during conference play, tops in the Mountain West.
- Nat Martinez is shooting 54% from the field and 44% from three in conference play.
- 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.
- Adryana 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 52.8% from the floor in conference play, which is third in the Mountain West.
- Cali Clark had a career-high 17 rebounds at UNM last Saturday. This tied for the second most by an Aztec in the Mountain West era (26 years).
- 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 143 games.
- Villalobos has only missed five games in her career and has played in 101 straight and made 93 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 92.6% (162-175) 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). She is 25-for-54 (46.3%) from three this season.
- Naomi Panganiban has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
Opponent Notebook (Wyoming)
- The Cowgirls are 13-9 on the year.
- They are 7-3 in conference, tied with Colorado State for second place.
- They are 4-6 on the road.
- They are ranked No. 85 in the NET, second best in the Mountain West.
- They shoot 46.3% from the field, tops in the Mountain West.
- They hold opponents to 59.9 points, the fewest in the conference.
- Allyson Fertig leads the Mountain West in points per game (19.1), field goal percentage (59.0%) and rebounds per game (10.2).
- 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 38-31.
- The Aztecs have won just three of their last 14 vs. Wyoming.
- SDSU is 18-11 vs. the Cowgirls at home.
- The Aztecs lost at Wyoming 78-71 Jan. 11. It was just the second time across the last 18 meetings that they topped 70 points.