SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 65-56 win over UTSA Sunday afternoon. A dominant defensive first half helped the Aztecs lead by as much as 26 points, but the Roadrunners rallied to pull within five points early in the fourth quarter before SDSU salted the game away with free throws down the stretch.
“Happy to get a win,” Head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson said after the game. “It was great to see us come back from that horrific third quarter and show toughness in the fourth. We all were kind of down in the locker room, but we held them to 56 points, and we feel that if we hold our opponents under 60 that we have a great chance to win. We had one bad quarter and three good ones.”
Three Aztecs reached double-digits with freshman Dionne Madjo leading the way with 15 points. She was 4-for-5 from the field and 7-for-8 from the line and had a team-three steals. Natalia Martinez was a perfect 3-for-3 from three and finished with 13 points and Eva DeChent added 10 points. Since the 2024-25 season, SDSU is 41-4 (.911) when three or more players score in double-digits.
Martinez scored eight of 13 points in the opening quarter to help SDSU take an 18-9 lead. The Roadrunners then made just one of their first 12 shots in the second quarter, part of a 19-2 Aztec run to help them take a 37-13 lead at the half. UTSA’s 13 points was the fewest SDSU has allowed in a half since November of last year (Cal State San Marcos).
UTSA started the second half on a 14-4 run and outscored the Aztecs 26-10 in the third quarter.
They would get as close as five points in the opening minute of the fourth quarter. SDSU made just three buckets in the fourth quarter but went 11-for-14 from the line to hold off the Roadrunners.
UTSA used their size advantage to outrebound SDSU 34-24, including a 14-5 edge on the offensive glass which led to 16 second chance points.
The Aztecs forced 19 turnovers, which led to 19 points.
STAT OF THE GAME
The Aztecs shot 60% from the floor in the first half, while holding UTSA to 22% shooting.
THE NOTE I
Natalia Martinez is shooting 53% (9-17) from three over the first three games.
THE NOTE II
This is the second game this year where SDSU never trailed.
UP NEXT
The Aztecs host Colorado Wednesday at 7 p.m.