San Jose, Calif. – The San José State women's basketball team plays host to the Wyoming Cowgirls on Wednesday night in The Event Center with each team looking to end a losing streak.
San José State Spartans (1-15, 0-5 MW)
vs.
Wyoming Cowgirls (9-5, 2-3 MW)
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. (PT)
San Jose, Calif. (The Event Center - 5,000)
LIVE STATS
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VIDEO STREAMING
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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QUICK LOOK AT WYOMING
The Cowgirls posted a 7-2 mark in non-conference play and have started the Mountain West portion of its schedule with a 2-3 record. They are coming to San Jose after back-to-back losses against New Mexico and at Utah State. Wyoming is 1-4 on the road this season, with its lone win coming against North Texas on a Thanksgiving tournament. Away from home, the Cowgirls are being outscored by opponents by an average of 4.8 points, scoring an average of 61.4 points per game while surrendering 66.2.
Led by Marta Gomez's 15.0 points per game average, the Cowgirls have three players averaging double figure scoring. Bailee Cotton leads the team in rebounding (8.4/g) and blocks (0.7/g). Clara Tapia is dishing out 3.6 assists and Karla Erjavec is at 1.4 steals per game, both team highs.
Joe Legerski is in his 15th season as the head coach at Wyoming. He brought a 289-177 career record, all at Wyoming, into the 2018-19 season.
WILSON IS STARTING TO ROLL
In the first six games in which she appeared this season, Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) was shooting just 28.3 percent (13-of-46), but starting six games ago, things have taken a dramatic turn. In the last half dozen games, five of them starts, Wilson has gone 20-of-33 (60.6 percent) and averaged 4.5 rebounds. In addition, over that stretch, she has six steals and six blocks.
IT'S ALL ABOUT POSITIONING
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 16 games the change is paying dividends. Hafoka's scoring average is up to 8.9 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-.420, three-point field goal percentage is .340 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-2.6 and 1.2-to-1.5, 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).
SETTLING IN NICELY
Raziya Potter (Fr., G, Tracy, Calif.) has scored in double figures in seven-of-16 games this season and has made 12 starts. In the last three games, she is averaging 9.3 points and shooting .380 (11-of-29) from the field. Over the same time span she is averaging 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
CYD IS NO KID
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) has emerged as one of the Spartans most dangerous threats...inside and outside, on offense and defense. Lewis ranks first on the team in rebounds (4.8/g) and blocks (1.0/g), and is its leading scoring (9.4/g). She is the squads third best percentage shooter (.364) among those that have attempted at least eight shots per game, leads the team in three-point shooting accuracy (.424) and has gone to the line a team-high 53 times, knocking down 34 of them (.642).
IT'S A THREE THING
Offensively the Spartans are not shy when it comes to long distance shooting. Nationally, SJSU ranks 31st in three-point attempts, 53rd in three-pointers made, 36th in three-pointers per game and is third the Mountain West at 8.3 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 Wyoming game, her 90 career three-pointers place her 11 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 72 career-threes entering the Wyoming game rank 16th all-time and her career .385 three-point shooting percentage is the best in program history.
MORE CAREER-LIST FACTS
In addition to Benally and Anderson, who are firmly planted on the SJSU women's basketball all-time lists, three other Spartans appear in the career record book.
With a pair of three-pointers at Fresno State (1/3), Andrea Kohlhaas (Sr., F, Besigheim, Germany) moved into the top-25 on the program's three-point list. Entering the Wyoming game she has 50 threes in her career and sits in 23rd place on the career list and is two from equaling Nyre Harris (2014-16) for 22nd place.
With one blocked shot against UNLV (1/19), Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) passed Paris Baird (2017-19) and Teoma Taylor (2000-04) for 18th place on the career list giving her 49 in 46 games. If she continues on her career per game pace for this season (1.0/g), she would finish the regular season with 66 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 26th at .440 (132-of-300).
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) has swatted 37 shots in 67 career games for an average of 0.6 blocks per game which slots her into 21st place on the blocked shots per game list.
With five assists against UNLV (1/19), Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) moved into the program's top-25 and now has 160 dimes for her Spartans career. She is one assist from equaling Hulett Brooks (1989-90, 91-94) for 24th place.
MORE ON MARQUEZ
Point guard Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.), who had two starts last season, is making a big impact this year, getting starts in 13-of-15 games this season, but it goes well beyond that. Marquez has upped her scoring from 5.2-to-6.0 points per game as well as increasing her assists from 3.3-to-4.1 a game. Her steals are up to 1.6 per game from 1.2, but perhaps the biggest surprise is she is third on the team in rebounding. The 5-5 guard is grabbing 3.5 rebounds per game.
FAST BREAKS
Fieme'a Hafoka (Jr., G, Kihei, Maui) Captain...equaled her career-high with 17 points vs. Santa Clara (12/15) and shooting a team-best .420 from the field.
Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) has hit 107 buckets in her career, 90 of which are three pointers. She leads the team with 29 threes this year.
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) leads the team in blocks (16), rebounds (4.8/g) which rank seventh and 19th in the MW, respectively.
Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) leads the team with 62 assists (4.1/g) which ranks sixth in the Mountain West. Third on the team (3.5/g) and set a single-game best with eight rebounds against CSUB (11/24). Is 15-of-15 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 (8.6 ppg) and third in assists (2.1/g).
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) has made at least one three-pointer in 37-of-46 career-games. Hit a season-high three three-pointers at San Diego (12/21) and again at Utah State (1/16). 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. Program's best career three-point shooter (.385)
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) set career-highs with 9 rebounds & 4 blocks vs. Southern Oregon (12/20/17). Ranks 21st on the program's career shots blocked per game list (0.6/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. Ranks 23rd on program's career three-point list (50). This season 13-of-15 buckets have been 3-pointers.
Nefer León (Fr., G, Vitoria, Spain) scored a season-best five points at San Diego (12/21) and equaled it at Boise State (1/12).
Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) .593 shooting percentage in MW games is fourth in the league. In the last six games she is shooting .606 (20-of-33).