San Jose, Calif. – Looking to get Mountain West Conference play off to a good start and end a seven-game slide, the San José State women's basketball team travels to California's central valley on Wednesday to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs in both teams league opener.
San José State Spartans (1-10)
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Fresno State Bulldogs (7-4)
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. (PT)
Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center - 15,596)
LIVE STATS
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VIDEO STREAMING
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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CYD IS NO KID ANY MORE
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) has grown into one of the Spartans most dangerous threats...inside and outside, on offense and defense. Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring (10.o/g), leads in rebounds (5.5/g) and blocks (1.3/g). She is the squads third best percentage shooter (.384) among those that have attempted at least nine shots per game, leads the team in three-point shooting (.500) and has gone to the line a team-high 37 times.
HAFOKA IS HEATING UP
This season, Fieme'a Hafoka (Jr. , G, Kihei, Maui) has returned to her natural position, a wing, after a year out of position at trail post. After ten games the change is paying dividends. Hafoka's scoring average is up to a team-leading 10.2 ppg from 6.1 per game last year and that is just the beginning. Her shooting percentages are all up...field goal percentage is up from .355-to-.426, three-point field goal percentage is .366 this year compared to .243 a year ago and the free throw shooting us up to .625 from .600. In addition, her assists and steals averages are up from 1.8-to-2.8 and 1.2-to-1.8, respectively.
Earlier this season, Hafoka set her career scoring-high with 117 points against Pacific (11/29) and then matched it against Santa Clara (12/15).
QUICK LOOK AT FRESNO STATE
The Bulldogs posted a 7-4 mark in non-conference play. FSU is 6-0 at home this season with no wins over anuy significant opposition. In its home wins, Fresno State is beating its opponents by an average of 24.2 points. So far this year, FSU is averaging 71.1 points a game and is giving up 63.4 in those games.
Candice White's 17.6 points per game average pace the Bulldogs. Maddi Utti leads the team in rebounds (6.1/g) and steals (2.2/g). Bree Delaney is averaging 3.5 assists and Genna Ogier is blocking 0.7 shots per game, both team highs.
Jamie White is in her 13th season as a Division I head coach and brought a career record of 203-184 in to 2018-19. In five years at Fresno State she is 86-56.
SPARTANS IN CONFERENCE OPENERS
Since the 1977-78 season, San José State is 23-19 in conference openers (NorCal, Nor Pac, PCAA, Big West, WAC and Mountain West). In those 40 seasons, SJSU has begun league play on the road 20 times and in those games is 11-9.
The Spartans and Bulldogs have faced off three times, in Fresno, in conference openers. In those contests Fresno State is 3-0 and has won by an average score of 85.6-to-60.6. This meeting will be the first time these two programs have met in a conference opener since the 1998-99 season, a 76-48 win for FSU.
AIN'T NOTHING BUT A THREE THING
Offensively the Spartans are not shy when it comes to long distance shooting. Nationally, SJSU ranks 25th in three-point attempts, 35th in three-pointers made, 23rd in three-pointers per game and leads the Mountain West at 9.2 threes per game.
In the 2017-18 season, two Spartans set program records for making threes. Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) sank 60, which are the most by a sophomore in program history and the ninth most by a Spartan in a single season. Coming into the Fresno game, her 85 career three-pointers place her 16 away from the top-10 on the program's career list.
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) dropped in 46 treys in 2017-18, a freshman record for San José State women's basketball and the 18th most for a single-season in program history. In addition to her program record, Anderson led all Mountain West freshmen and was the fourth most accurate freshman three-point shooter in the nation last season at .438. Her .438 three-point shooting percentage is also a single-season record for the program. Her 64 career-threes entering the Fresno game rank 18th all-time and her career .395 three-point shooting percentage is the best in program history.
SETTLING IN NICELY
Raziya Potter (Fr., G, Tracy, Calif.) has scored in double figures in six-of-11 games this season and has made nine starts. In the last three games she is averaging 8.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks. Over those games her shooting percentage is .360 (9-of-25) and .667 (4-of-6) from the free throw line.
MORE CAREER-LIST ASSAULTS
In addition to Analyss Benally and Megan Anderson, who are firmly planted on the SJSU women's basketball all-time lists, two other Spartans appear in the career record book.
With four blocked shots at San Diego (12/21), Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) tied Amber Hall (2005-07) for 2oth place on the career list giving her 47 in little over a year. If she continues on her per game pace for this season (1.3/g), she would finish the regular season with 72 career blocks which would slot her into 10th place on the career list. In addition to her shot-blocking prowess, Lewis is among the best percentage shooters in program history. She ranks 17th at .459 (119-of-259).
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) has swatted 33 shots in 62 career games for an average of 0.5 blocks per game which places her in tie for 23rd place on the blocked shots per game list.
MARQUEZ STEPS UP IN MULTIPLE WAYS
Point guard Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.), who had two starts last season, is making a big impact this year, getting starts in ten-of-11 games this season, but it goes well beyond that. Marquez has upped her scoring from 5.2-to-6.8 points per game as well as increasing her assists from 3.3-to-4.8 a game. Her steals are up to 1.8 per game from 1.2, but perhaps the biggest surprise is she is second on the team in rebounding. The 5-5 guard is grabbing 4.3/g.
FAST BREAKS
Fieme'a Hafoka (Jr., G, Kihei, Maui) Captain...equaled her career-high with 17 points vs. Santa Clara (12/15) and leads the team in scoring (10.2/g), steals (20) and is second in assists (31).
Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) has hit 99 buckets in her career, 85 of which are three pointers. Leads the team with 24 threes this year including 13 in the last five games.
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) leads the team in blocks (14), rebounds (5.5/g). Ranks second in steals (13), points (10.0/g).
Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) leads the team with 53 assists (4.8/g) which ranks fifth in the Mountain West. Second on the team (4.3/g) and set a single-game best with eight rebounds against CSUB (11/24). Is 12-of-12 from the free throw line
Raziya Potter (Fr., G, Tracy, Calif.) at San Diego (12/21) led the team with 15 points (6-of-9 FG) and added four rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. The team's third-leading scorer (9.5 ppg) and third in assists (2.1/g).
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) has made at least one three-pointer in 33-of-41 career-games. Hit a season-high three three-pointers at San Diego (12/21). Last season led team with a .438 three-point shooting percentage. Led all Mountain West freshmen and ranked fourth in the nation among freshman three-point percentage shooters.
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) set career-highs with 9 rebounds & 4 blocks vs. Southern Oregon (12/20/17). Ranks 23rd on the program's career shots blocked per game list (0.5/g).
Courtesy Clark (So., G, Sacramento, Calif.) equaled a career-high 8 pts against SFSU (11/6) and has already equaled or set new career bests in three-pointers, assists and steals.
Andrea Kohlhaas (Sr., F, Besigheim, Germany) Captain...returned to action against SFSU (11/6) after a year rehabbing a leg injury sustained in the fifth game of last season. Equaled career-high with nine points a San Diego (12/21). This season 8-of-9 buckets have been 3-pointers.
Nefer León (Fr., G, Vitoria, Spain) scored a season-best five points at San Diego (12/21).
Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) went 4-of-6 (.667) for eight points at San Diego (12/21) It was her highest point totals since a season-high 14 at Portland State (11/11).