San Jose, Calif. – ALERT: With winter weather conditions forecast for Boise, Idaho late on Saturday, the tip off for the San José State versus Boise State women's basketball game has been moved up one hour to 1:00 p.m.
The Spartans are looking for revenge against the Broncos who defeated them last month in Boise.
San José State Spartans (2-18, 1-8 MW)
vs.
Boise State Broncos (18-3, 9-1 MW)
Saturday, February 9, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. (PT)
San Jose, Calif. (The Event Center - 5,000)
LIVE STATS
Fans can view live stats of all San José State women's basketball games, home and away, by accessing the Live Stats feature at www.sjsuspartans.com. Click on the link on the women's basketball schedule page to follow the action.
VIDEO STREAMING
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Keep up with Spartans women's basketball on all our social media platforms. The team's Twitter handle is @sjswbb, Facebook page is /SanJoseStateWBB and Instagram is sjsu_wbb.
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 San José State's Athletics Media Relations Office to attend any practice session.
QUICK LOOK AT BOISE STATE
The Broncos posted a 9-2 mark in non-conference play and have kept it going with a 9-1 conference mark entering Saturday's game. The lone league loss came at Wyoming two weeks ago and the only other teams to get the better of them were Louisville and Washington State. On the road, Boise State is 8-2 and outscoring its opponents by an average of 1.2 points per contest, 70.6-to-69.4 points per game. Overall, the Broncos are averaging 75.0 points a game and is giving up 62.5.
Junior Riley Lupfer's 12.0 points per game leads the team. Joyce Harrell, a senior, is grabbing 5.7 rebounds and junior Jayde Christopher is dishing out 5.3 assists per game, both team-highs. A'Shanti Coleman, a junior leads the team with 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per outing.
Gordie Presnell is in his 32nd season as a head coach and brought a career record of 639-294 in to 2018-19. In 13 years at Boise State he has a 243-167 mark.
BRONCOS AND SPARTANS SHARE THE WEALTH
In a poll of Division I women's basketball media relations contacts, both San José State and Boise State are among the top-10 in the number of games in which a different player or players led its team in scoring this season. As of February 6, the Spartans are tied for ninth on the list with seven different players who have led them in scoring in a game. Boise State, along with South Carolina, lead the nation with 10 different players who have led them in scoring in a game.
WILSON CAPS NINE-GAME ROLL WITH DOUBLE DOUBLE AT SDSU
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 in the last nine games things have taken a dramatic turn. In the last nine games, all of them starts, Wilson is averaging 7.2 ppg, has gone 27-of-53 (50.9 percent) from the floor and has averaged 5.2 rebounds. In addition, over that stretch, she has seven steals and ten blocks. In her last game, at San Diego State (2/2), Wilson recorded the second double double of her career with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
THE GAME IS SLOWING DOWN FOR POTTER
Raziya Potter (Fr., G, Tracy, Calif.) has scored in double figures in ten-of-20 games this season and has made 15 starts. She is the team's leading scorer in the regular season (9.5 ppg) and in Mountain West play (9.3 ppg). In the last four games, she is averaging 12.8 points and shooting .431 (19-of-44) from the field. Over the same time span she is averaging 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game and has five steals and two 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 17 of the 19 games in which she has appeared this season, but it goes well beyond that. Marquez has upped her scoring from 5.2-to-6.7 points per game as well as increasing her assists from 3.3-to-4.1 a game. Her steals are up to 1.9 per game from 1.2, but perhaps the biggest surprise is she is fourth on the team in rebounding. The 5-5 point guard is grabbing 3.1 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 20 games the change is paying dividends. Hafoka's scoring average is up to 9.2 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-.425, three-point field goal percentage is .371 this year compared to .243 a year ago and the free throw shooting us up to .750 from .600. In addition, her assists and steals averages are up from 1.8-to-2.4 and 1.2-to-1.3, respectively. 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 (1.0/g), and is its third-leading scoring (8.8/g). She is the squads third best percentage shooter (.368) among those that have attempted at least eight shots per game, leads the team in three-point shooting accuracy (.378) and has gone to the line a team-high 63 times, knocking down 42 of them (.667).
IT'S A THREE THING
Offensively the Spartans are not shy when it comes to long distance shooting. Nationally, SJSU ranks 41st in three-point attempts, 64th in three-pointers made and 46th 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. Coming into the San Diego State game, her 99 career three-pointers place her two 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 80 career-threes entering the Boise State game rank 13th all-time and her career .392 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 Boise State game she has 51 threes in her career and sits in 23rd place on the career list and is one from equaling Nyre Harris (2014-16) for 22nd place. Kohlhaas not only launches threes, she makes them at a .327 percentage rate which ranks eighth on the program's career list.
With one blocked shot at San Diego State (2/2), Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) moved into a tie with Trisha Montgomery (1991-93) and Ta'Rea Cunnigan (2011-15) for 14th place on the career list. She has 53 in 50 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 41 shots in 71 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 five assists against UNLV (1/19), Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) moved into the program's top-25. Entering today's game has 176 in her Spartans' career and is in 20th place. She is two assists from equaling Myosha Barnes (2005-08) for 19th place.
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 .425 from the field.
Analyss Benally (Jr., G, Shiprock, N.M.) has hit 119 buckets in her career, 99 of which are three pointers. She leads the team with 38 threes this year.
Cydni Lewis (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) leads the team in blocks (20), rebounds (4.8/g) which rank ninth and 19th in the MW, respectively.
Danae Marquez (So., PG, Fresno, Calif.) leads the team with 78 assists (4.1/g) which ranks sixth in the Mountain West. She is fourth on the team (3.1/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 (9.5 ppg) and third in assists (2.2/g).
Megan Anderson (So., G, Fresno, Calif.) has made at least one three-pointer in 40-of-50 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 (.392)
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...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 (51). This season 13-of-15 buckets have been 3-pointers and her .327 three-point field goal percentage is eighth all-time.
Nefer León (Fr., G, Vitoria, Spain) scored a season-best five points at USD (12/21) and equaled it at Boise State (1/12).
Mikaylah Wilson (So., F, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) is shooting .509 (27-of-53) in the last nine games.