San Jose, Calif. – Looking to snap an eight game losing streak and move to .500 in conference play, the San José State women's basketball team hosts the Nevada Wolf Pack on Wednesday Night in The Event Center.
San José State Spartans (1-11, 0-1, MW)
vs.
Nevada Wolf Pack (4-9, 0-2 MW)
Wednesday, January 9, 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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WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY HAVE TO END AN EIGHT-GAME LOSING STREAK...NEVADA
Entering Wednesday's game, the Spartans have fallen to their last eight opponents. The last time San José State lost eight in a row was last season and the team they best to end the streak...Nevada...in The Event Center...57-54.
QUICK LOOK AT NEVADA
The Wolf Pack posted a 4-7 mark in non-conference play and after conference losses to Utah State and New Mexico by a combined five points are 4-9, 0-2 in MW play. Nevada is 1-4 on the road this season with its lone win coming at Long Beach State (11/18). On the road, the Wolf Pack is being outscored by its opponents by an average of 12.4 points. So far this year on the road, Nevada is averaging 67.4 points a game and is giving up 76.8.
Tarae Briggs' 16.8 points per game average paces the Wolf Pack. She also leads the team in rebounds (7.8/g) and blocks (1.2/g). Essence Booker is averaging 3.4 assists and is tied with Briggs for the team lead with 1.5 steals per game.
Amanda Levens is in her sixth season as a head coach and brought a career record of 61-93 in to 2018-19. Last year, in her first season at Nevada, she went 19-17.
SPARTANS IN CONFERENCE HOME OPENERS
Since the 1977-78 season, San José State is 20-21 in conference home openers (NorCal, Nor Pac, PCAA, Big West, WAC and Mountain West).
The Spartans and Wolf Pack have faced off five times, in San Jose, in a conference home opener. In those contests San José State is 4-1 and has outscored Nevada by an average score of 70.6-to-62.8. The meeting in which the Wolf Pack was in San Jose for the Spartans' conference home opener was the 2016-17 season, a 107-84 win for SJSU.
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 12 games the change is paying dividends. Hafoka's scoring average is up to a team-leading 9.5 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 .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-2.7 and 1.2-to-1.7, 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).
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 scoring (10.1/g), rebounds (5.5/g) and blocks (1.3/g). She is the squads third best percentage shooter (.383) 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 43 times.
AIN'T NOTHING BUT A THREE THING
Offensively the Spartans are not shy when it comes to long distance shooting. Nationally, SJSU ranks 48th in three-point attempts, 60th in three-pointers made, 30th in three-pointers per game and is third the Mountain West at 8.8 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 Nevada 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 66 career-threes entering the Nevada game rank 17th all-time and her career .391 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-12 games this season and has made ten starts. In the last four games she is averaging 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals and just under 1.0 blocks. Over those games her shooting percentage is .400 (12-of-30).
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. Kohlhaas has 47 threes in her career. Entering the Nevada game she is one three shy of Gretchen Seeley (1992-94) for 24th place and two away from Emily Vann (2014-16) for 23rd place.
With one blocked shot at Fresno State (1/3), Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) tied Paris Baird (2017-19) and Teoma Taylor (2000-04) for 18th place on the career list giving her 48 in 42 games. 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 18th at .457 (122-of-267).
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) has swatted 33 shots in 63 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 11-of-12 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-4.5 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 4.1/g.
FAST BREAKS
Fieme'a Hafoka (Jr., G, Kihei, Maui) Captain...equaled her career-high with 17 points vs. Santa Clara (12/15) and ranks second on the team in scoring (9.5/g), steals (20) and assists (32).
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 six games.
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) leads the team in blocks (15), rebounds (5.5/g) and points (10.1/g). Ranks third in steals (13).
Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) leads the team with 54 assists (4.5/g) which ranks sixth in the Mountain West. Second on the team (4.1/g) and set a single-game best with eight rebounds against CSUB (11/24). Is 14-of-14 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 (9.2 ppg) and third in assists (2.1/g).
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) has made at least one three-pointer in 34-of-42 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. Ranks 25th on program's career three-point list (47). This season 10-of-11 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). Her .600 shooting percentage in MW games ties for seventh best in the league.