SAN JOSE, Calif. – San José State men's basketball, coming off their second win of the season and first over a Division I opponent, will look to keep their momentum rolling as they host the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks to the Event Center as the back half of a doubleheader with the Spartan women's basketball team on Saturday. The ladies will play first at 4 p.m. followed by the men at 7 p.m.
Game #9
Northern Arizona (2-5) vs. San José State (2-6)
Friday, Dec. 15, 7:00 p.m. (PT)
Event Center (5,000)
San Jose, California
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BACK ON THE WINNING SIDE
SJSU took down Bethune-Cookman 67-65 in their last outing on Dec. 6 to improve to 2-6 on the year. It was the Spartans' first win over a Division I opponent since Feb. 28, 2018 at Utah State (64-62).
LAST TIME OUT
After struggling to find much offense in the first half vs. Bethune-Cookman, the Spartan offense came to life in the second half as they shot 48 percent from the field and nailed five triples to come from behind and take down the Wildcats 67-65. Noah Baumann hit three of five treys in the second half while Oumar Barry tallied a career-high 13 points and Michael Steadman finished with his third double-double of the season of 15 points and 13 rebounds in the win.
STEADY STEADMAN
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman has had quite the debut for the Spartans this season. The 6'10 forward is averaging a team-high 13.5 points per game and ranks fourth in the Mountain west with 9.4 rebounds per game, which also ranks him in the top-40 nationally. Steadman has three double-doubles on the season, ranking fourth in the conference and has scored in double figures in 7-of-8 games, including six straight.
STAFF CHANGES
Jean Prioleau made some changes to his staff in the offseason as he brought in former NC State All-American Julius Hodge as an assistant coach. He also promoted director of basketball operations, Ryan Cooper, to assistant coach.
SCOUTING THE LUMBERJACKS
Northern Arizona enters Saturday's contest at 2-5 and is looking to end a four-game losing skid. After picking up early season wins over Jacksonville University (97-82) and University of Nebraska at Omaha (76-66), the Lumberjacks have since falled to Hawaii, UC Davis, Santa Clara and Utah Valley. Four NAU players are averaging double figures in scoring led by Carlos Hines' 15 ppg. NAU is led by Jack Murphy in his seventh season.
This will be the seventh overall meeting between the programs. NAU currently leads the series 4-2 and were the victors in the last installment, which was played on Dec. 15, 2007 at the De Anza College Gymnasium.
BIG GAME BAUMANN
Sophomore Noah Baumann is once again displaying his impressive 3-point shooting abilities this season after finishing in the top-40 in the Mountain West in that department as a freshman. Baumann is currently 15-28 (.536) from 3-point range, which ranks second in the Mountain West.
Baumann came up huge for the Spartans in their win over Bethune-Cookman. After the team finished 0-for-10 from 3-point range in the first half, Baumann sparked the offense by draining 3-of-5 second half attempts and finished with a season-high 12 points to help lead SJSU to victory.
OUMAR'S BIG DAY
Senior center Oumar Barry had his best game of the season vs. Bethune-Cookman as he finished with a career-high 13 points and tied his season high of seven rebounds.