SAN DIEGO – The Aztecs open the 2026-27 season against Cal State Fullerton Monday at 6 p.m. The game will be streamed on the Pac-12’s YouTube channel with Chris Ello (play-by-play), Tracy Warren (color) and Meghan Townsley (sideline on the call). It is Ello’s 20th year as the voice of the Aztecs.
Aztec Tidbits
- Prior to the game, SDSU’s 2025-26 Mountain West Regular Season Championship banner will be unveiled.
- SDSU won 27 games last season, tying a school record. They went 19-1 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship, and their 19 conference wins were the most in Mountain West history (men’s or women’s).
- The Aztecs have made the postseason in three of the last four seasons and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WBIT last year.
- SDSU has won 20+ games in four straight seasons, winning 97 games over that span, the most across four years in program history.
- The Aztecs set school records for three-point percentage (36.2%), three-pointers (8.5/game), turnovers per game (12.6), and free throw percentage (76.7%).
- SDSU scored 70.1 points per game last year, their most since the 1993-94 season. They also had their best field goal percentage (44.2%) in 15 years.
- Four of SDSU’s top five scoring teams since 1999 have been in the last four years.
- The Aztecs’ top three free throw percentages seasons all-time have all come within the last three years.
- SDSU went 16-1 at home last year.
- The Aztecs haven’t lost two games in a row since Feb 8 and 12 of the 2024-25 season.
- SDSU returns four starters (Bailey Barnhard, Kennedy Lee, Natalia Martinez and Naomi Panganiban) from last year’s team. All four shot at least 35% from three.
- Panganiban suffered an injury over the summer and is out indefinitely. She made the All-Mountain West Team last year, averaging 14.6 points per game, including 19.3 over her last seven games.
- The Aztecs have seven newcomers this year, tied for the most ever under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson (14th season).
- According to Hoops HQ, SDSU has three of the top 10 transfers in the Pac-12: Eva DeChent (No. 2), Alayna Kraus (No. 6) and Nayli Padilla (No. 10).
- With the addition of three freshmen post players, SDSU has a program record six players six feet or taller.
- The Aztecs have eight players who have started at least 30 games in college. They have six players who have scored 10+ points at least 20 times and seven different players have scored 20+ at least once.
- SDSU enters the Pac-12 this season which features four teams that made the postseason last season. The Aztecs were picked to finish third in the Pac-12 preseason media poll and received the second most first place votes.
- Head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson was named to the Her Hoops Stats Kathy Delaney-Smith Preseason Coach of the Year Watch List.
- The Aztecs’ non-conference schedule features five games against teams that made the postseason last year and nine of their 15 games will be on the road or at neutral sites.
SDSU has set a program record for attendance in each of the last three seasons.
Player Notes
Natalia Martinez (Junior, Guard, San Leandro, Calif.)
- Natalia Martinez was named to the Pac-12’s Preseason Impact List.
- With Panganiban’s injury, Martinez will take over as the starting point guard after playing the two-guard the past two seasons.
- Martinez made the second most threes on the team last year.
- She is third in SDSU history in career three-point % (38.3%).
- In September, she represented Pac-12 and NCAA student-athletes in Washington DC while speaking to members of congress about the Protect College Sports Act.
Bailey Barnhard (Junior, Forward, San Diego, Calif.)
- Bailey Barnhard was named to the Pac-12’s Preseason Impact List.
- She shot 48% from the field and 49% (14-for-29) from three in conference play last year.
Kennedy Lee (RS Senior, Forward, Louisville, Ky.)
- Kennedy Lee is tied for sixth in program history in career three-point percentage (37.5%).
- She was second on the team in three-pointers in conference games last year
- She had two games last year making 5+ threes. Her seven made 3-pointers vs. CSUN tied for the second most ever made by an Aztec.
Naomi Panganiban (Junior, Guard, San Diego, Calif.)
- Naomi Panganiban is out indefinitely with an injury.
- She was named to the All-Mountain West Team last season.
- She averaged 20.8 points per game over her last six games.
- She scored 10+ points in 26 of SDSU’s 33 games last year and had 20+ eight times.
- She set career-highs for points (29) and assists (6) while having no turnovers against Air Force in the Mountain West Tournament.
- Her 29 points were the most ever by an Aztec in the Mountain West Tournament and she became the first Aztec to ever have at least 29 points and six assists in a game in the Mountain West era (since 1999)
- Her 20.3 points per 40 minutes was the fifth best by an Aztec in the Mountain West era and second best under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson (13th season)
- Playing for the Philippine National Team at the FIBA Asia Cup over the summer in 2025, she tied for the team lead in scoring (13.2 ppg) despite being the youngest on the team.
- The Philippines clinched a spot in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament for the first time ever.
Maria Konstantinidou (Senior, Forward, Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Maria Konstantinidou led SDSU in offensive rebounding during conference play despite playing just 14.5 minutes per game.
Eva DeChent (Senior, Guard, Westchester, New York)
- Eva DeChent was a two-time All-American East selection at New Hampshire and averaged over 17 points per game in each of her last two seasons.
- She was named the No. 2 incoming transfer in the Pac-12 by Hoops HQ.
- She made and attempted the second most free throws in the American East last year and shot 80% from the line.
- She scored in double-digits in 23 of her 30 games last year, topped 20 points 12 times and scored 30 or more on three occasions.
- She has scored 20 or more points 22 times.
Alayna Kraus (Junior, Guard, Okawville, Ill.)
- Alayna Kraus averaged 15.8 points per game last year at Southern Illinois and was an All-Missouri Valley Third team selection.
- She scored 20+ points more times (8) than she scored less than 10 (5).
- She was named a MVC Scholar Athlete after posting a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Izzy Navarro (Senior, Guard, Tijuana, Mexico)
- Izzy Navarro was a WBCA Honorable Mention All-American selection at Point Loma in 2025-26.
- She led the nation in steals and finished second in assists.
- Her 203 assists was the second most in Point Loma history and her 125 steals was third.
- She has scored in double-digits 61 times and scored 20 or more 16 times.
- She has started all 83 games she has appeared in.
Opponent Notebook (Cal State Fullerton)
- The Titans went 18-14 last year and 13-7 in the Big West.
- Their head coach from last year John Bonner left after just one season to be the head coach at Seattle.
- CSF hired Sammy Doucette who spent the past seven seasons at Orange Coast College, who she led to three straight state titles.
- The Titans were picked to finish last in the Big West preseason coaches poll.
- They led the Big West in scoring and rebounding last year.
Series History
- The Aztecs lead the series 25-18.
- SDSU has won 12 of the last 13 meetings with 10 of them being by double-digits.
- The Aztecs are 7-1 vs. the Titans under Stacie Terry-Hutson.
- The last time SDSU lost a home game vs. the Titans was Feb. 20, 1989.
- The Aztecs are 111-94 against teams currently in the Big West. They have played Fullerton more than any other Big West team.