San Jose, Calif. – The San José State women's basketball team starts back-to-back road games against UNLV aiming to get revenge for a 53-43 loss the Rebels handed the Spartans earlier this season on SJSU's home court.
San José State Spartans (2-20, 1-10 MW)
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UNLV Rebels (8-15, 6-6 MW)
Saturday, February 16, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. (PT)
Las Vegas, Nev. (Cox Pavilion - 2,000)
LIVE STATS
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VIDEO STREAMING
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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COACH CRAIGHEAD AND PLAYER INTERVIEWS
All interview requests for Head Coach Jamie Craighead or any players should be made through the SJSU Athletics Media Relations Office, 408-924-1208, at least 24 hours in advance. Players are available as their class schedules, practices and meetings permit. On game days, players will not be available until post-game. Media members are also required to make arrangements with the SJSU Athletics Media Relations Office to attend any practice session.
QUICK LOOK AT UNLV
The Rebels posted a 2-9 mark in non-conference play, are currently 8-15 overall and sit in fifth place in the Mountain West with a 6-6 record. They snapped a two-game slide on Wednesday night with a 62-47 win at Air Force. UNLV is 6-6 on its home court this season, but have posted a 4-1 home record in conference games. The Rebels are outscoring opponents by an average of 1.5 points (64.0-to-62.5) in its 12 home games, but has upped that margin to 9.4 points per game (67.4-to-58.0) in Mountain West home games.
Katie Powell's 14.5 points per game average paces the Rebels. In addition, Powell leads the team in rebounding (6.8/g) and blocks (0.9/g). Nikki Wheatley is dishing out 2.4 assists and Latecia Smith is at 1.4 steals per game, both team highs.
Kathy Olivier is in her 11th season as the head coach at UNLV, where she brought a 157-158 record into the 2018-19 season. In 25-years as a head coach she entered 2018-19 with a career record of 389-366.
BENALLY MOVES INTO CAREER THREE-POINTERS TOP-10 AT SJSU
With four threes and a single-game scoring high of 17 points against Boise State (2/9), Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) moved into the 10th spot on the Spartans career three-pointers list and entering the New Mexico game has made 103 threes in 68 career games (1.7/g). However, if you take into account that she played sparingly as a freshman (17 games and made just one three-pointer) the numbers are even more impressive. In the last 51 games, Benally has made 102 threes, 2.0 per game. That average would rank third in SJSU history behind Rebecca Woodberry (2013-15) who made 171 in 61 games (2.8/g) and Dezz Ramos (2015-17) 145 in 61 games (2.4/g).
If Benally continues at her pace of the last 51 games she would set the program's career three-pointers mark with 214 passing Kari Steele (1993-97) who currently holds the record with 199.
WILSON EMERGES IN MOUNTAIN WEST PLAY
In the first seven games in which she appeared this season, Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) was shooting just 32.6 percent (17-of-52), averaging 5.5 points and 3.1 rebounds, but since the start of Mountain West play, 11 games ago, things have taken a dramatic turn.
In the last 11 games, all of them starts, Wilson is averaging 8.0 ppg, has gone 38-of-72 (52.8 percent) from the floor and has averaged 6.1 rebounds. In addition, over that stretch, she has eight steals and 12 blocks. In the game at San Diego State (2/2), Wilson recorded the second double double of her career with 16 points and 11 rebounds and two games later, vs. New Mexico, picked up her third and second in three games with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
THE GAME IS SLOWING DOWN FOR POTTER
Raziya Potter (Fr., G, Tracy, Calif.) has scored in double figures in 11-of-21 games this season and has made 16 starts. She is the team's leading scorer in the regular season (9.3 ppg) and in Mountain West play (9.0 ppg). In the last six games, she is averaging 11.0 points and shooting .414 (24-of-58) from the field. Over the same time span she is averaging 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game and has seven steals and three blocks.
DANAE HAVING A SEASON AND AGAINST UTAH STATE...A DAY
Point guard Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.), who had two starts last season, is making a big impact this year, getting starts in 19 of the 21 games in which she has appeared this season, but it goes well beyond that. Marquez has upped her scoring from 5.2-to-7.0 points per game as well as increasing her assists from 3.3-to-4.1 a game. Her steals are up to 1.5 per game from 1.2, and the 5-5 point guard is grabbing 3.0 rebounds per game.
In the team's win against Utah State (1/30), Marquez scored a career-high 21 points, dished out five assists, and grabbed two rebounds and had two steals. She was 6-of-6 from the free throw line down the stretch to secure the victory.
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 22 games the change is paying dividends. Hafoka's scoring average is up to 8.6 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-.416, three-point field goal percentage is .348 this year compared to .243 a year ago and the free throw shooting us up to .750 from .600. In addition, her assists average is up from 1.8-to-2.5. Earlier this season, Hafoka set her career scoring-high with 17 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 rebounds (4.8/g) and blocks (0.9/g), and is its third-leading scorer (8.7/g). She is the squads third best percentage shooter (.376) among those that have attempted at least eight shots per game, leads the team in three-point shooting accuracy (.390) and has gone to the line a team-high 68 times, knocking down 45 of them (.662).
IT'S A THREE THING
Offensively the Spartans are not shy when it comes to long distance shooting. Nationally, SJSU ranks 35th in three-point attempts, 59th in three-pointers made and 48th in three-pointers 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. Entering the UNLV game, her 103 career three-pointers put her in tenth place 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 84 career-threes entering the UNLV game rank 13th all-time and her career .378 three-point shooting percentage is the best in program history.
MORE CAREER-LIST FACTS
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 UNLV game she has 53 threes in her career and sits in 22nd place on the career list and is one from equaling Chasity Shavers (2008-10) for 21st place. Kohlhaas not only launches threes, she makes them at a .333 percentage rate which ranks eighth on the program's career list.
With one blocked shot against New Mexico (2/13), Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) passed Trisha Montgomery (1991-93) and Ta'Rea Cunnigan (2011-15) for 14th place on the career list. She has 54 in 52 games. If she continues on her career per game (1.0/g), she would finish the regular season with 66 career blocks which would slot her into 10th place on the career list.
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) has swatted 42 shots in 73 career games for an average of 0.6 blocks per game which slots her into 22nd place on the blocked shots per game list. With her next block, she will enter the program's career top-25.
With five assists against UNLV (1/19), Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) moved into the program's top-25. Entering today's game has 184 in her Spartans' career and is in 18th place. She is four assists from equaling Natalie St. Mary (1981-83) for 17th place.
FAST BREAKS
Fieme'a Hafoka (Jr., G, Kihei, Maui) Captain...equaled her career-high with 17 points vs. Santa Clara (12/15) and is shooting a team-best .416 from the field.
Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) has hit 125 buckets in her career, 103 of which are three pointers. She leads the team with 42 threes this year and is 18 from equaling her career-high for a season.
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) leads the team in blocks (21), is second in rebounds (4.8/g) which rank tenth and 20th in the MW, respectively.
Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) leads the team with 86 assists (4.1/g) which ranks sixth in the Mountain West. She is fifth on the team (3.0/g) and set a single-game best with eight rebounds against CSUB (11/24). Is 21-of-21 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 leading scorer (9.3 ppg) and third in assists (2.2/g).
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) has made at least one three-pointer in 42-of-52 career-games. Hit a season-high four three-pointers at Air Force (1/26). 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 (.378)
Alexis Harris (Jr., C, Palo Alto, Calif.) set career-highs with 9 rebounds & 4 blocks vs. Southern Oregon (12/20/17). Ranks 22nd on the program's career shots blocked per game list (0.6/g) & swatted two at Air Force (1/26).
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...ranks 22nd on program's career three-point list (53). This season 16-of-18 buckets have been 3-pointers and her .333 three-point field goal percentage is eighth all-time.
Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) is shooting 52.8 percent (. 38-of-72) in the last 11 games.