SAN JOSE, Calif. – BJ Davis’ 18 points led San Diego State in the Aztecs’ 81-68 win at San Jose State on Tuesday night, SDSU’s final contest of 2025.
San Diego State (8-4, 2-0 Mountain West) wins its second straight game and moves to 2-0 in conference play.
San Jose State (5-8, 0-2) falls to 0-2 in Mountain West games after losing at New Mexico on December 20.
The opening few minutes were a back-and-forth battle with the Aztecs pulling ahead and the Spartans fighting back.
With the score tied at nine and 16 minutes remaining until halftime, Miles Byrd made a layup to start a 10-0 run with two points apiece from Byrd, Magoon Gwath, Taj DeGourville, Pharaoh Compton and Sean Newman Jr, as SDSU pulled ahead 19-9 with 12:29 to go. Following a basket by SJSU’s Yaphet Moundi, Compton made a pair of free throws and Jeremiah Oden scored a bucket to give the Aztecs a 12-point lead, the largest of the first half. San Jose State responded and was able to cut the deficit to four points heading into halftime.
In the second half, as the clock read 13:03, the Spartans’ Marcus Overstreet scored their only bench points of the night to give San Jose State its lone lead of the game, going up 53-51. Gwath responded with a free throw before Davis made a pair of fast break layups and a free throw to put the Aztecs back up by four points.
A few minutes later, Compton made two more free throws, and Davis scored an additional two buckets to extend the lead to eight with just under four minutes remaining. After another minute, Davis drove to the hoop again in transition to spark another run. Byrd stole the ball and ran the length of the floor to slam the ball home ahead of two free throws from Davis to make it a 13-point game with 89 seconds on the clock. Reese Dixon-Waters drained a pair of wide-open three-pointers from the corner in the final 71 seconds to get the Aztecs’ lead as high as 15 points as SDSU held on for a 81-68 victory.
Byrd and Compton each poured in 11 points and Dixon-Waters reached double digits with ten. Byrd added four steals and Compton pulled down a team-high six rebounds.
Colby Garland led the Spartans’ scorers with 30 points (14-of-14 from the free throw line). Melvin Bell Jr (13 points) and Jermaine Washington (ten points) also finished in double figures. Douglas Langford paced SJSU with eight boards.
San Diego State shot better from the field (52.8%-34.5%) and beyond the arc (54.5%-23.1%) while San Jose State shot at a higher rate from the free throw line (91.7%-73.1%). SDSU dished out more assists (13-8). The Aztecs scored more points in the paint (44-22), in transition (24-4) and off the bench (42-2).
THE NOTE
San Diego State earns its 15th straight win against the Spartans, moving to 22-1 when facing SJSU during the 13 seasons the teams have spent together in the Mountain West (since 2013-14).
UP NEXT
San Diego State returns home to Steve Fisher Court at Viejas Arena on Saturday to take on Boise State at 7 p.m. PT. The contest will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and San Diego Sports 760.