SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men's basketball team visits South Bay rival Santa Clara on Wednesday for a 7 PM tipoff at the Leavey Center.
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS (3-8, 0-2 MW)
PPG: 64.1 | FG%: 38.8 | 3FG%: 26.8 | FT%: 66.0
Notes: The Spartans are in the midst of an incredibly difficult schedule, facing three Pac-12 teams and the top two teams in the Mountain West over its last five contests. Most recently, the Spartans fell, 78-58, to Stanford on Saturday at the Event Center. Guard Seneca Knight is averaging a team-best 12.5 points per game. Forward Christian Anigwe leads the Spartans with 6.0 rebounds per game and 13 total blocked shots.
SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (10-2, 0-0 WCC)
PPG: 76.9 | FG%: 47.2 | 3FG%: 32.8 | FT%: 75.1
Series: The Spartans trail, 31-80, all-time
Last: SJSU lost, 71-63, last year in San José
Notes: Santa Clara has won two straight games since falling to MW foe Nevada. The Broncos defeated Cal, 71-52, on Dec. 7 and Sacramento State, 60-58, on Dec. 14. Sophomore Guglielmo Caruso, a native of Naples, Italy, leads Santa Clara in both scoring (11.2) and rebounding (5.5). Junior DJ Mitchell is averaging 10.7 ppg while shooting 46.4 percent from three.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - None
Stream - wccsports.com/watch
Radio - Justin Allegri on the call through TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app. Search TuneIn for "San Jose St. Basketball".
HEARTBREAK AT SAN DIEGO STATE
- The Spartans suffered a heartbreaking loss at San Diego State on Dec. 8. Up by a point with five seconds remaining, the Spartans saw SDSU point guard Malachi Flynn hit a deep three-pointer at the buzzer for the win.
- Forward Ralph Agee posted his first double-double for the Spartans with 12 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
- The Spartans held SDSU to just 31.7 percent shooting.
- SJSU matched a season-low with 11 turnovers.
SPARTANS STYMIE GRAMBLING STATE
- Grambling State entered the game on Nov. 20 with the nation's No. 1 scoring offense, averaging 114 points over its first three games.
- The Spartans held the Tigers 38 points under their average in an 83-76 win at the Provident Credit Union Event Center.
- Grambling State was 1-of-10 shooting on three-pointers.
BALANCED EFFORT IN WIN VS. SIMPSON
- The Spartans had 13 different players score in an 85-60 win over Simpson on Nov. 17.
- Guard Zach Chappell came off the bench to score a season-high 14 points, including a pair of three-pointers.
- Guard Seneca Knight was 6-of-8 shooting for 15 points.
- Forward Craig LeCesne added 13 points in 19 minutes.
- Forward Ralph Agee posted 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
- Freshman walk-on Harminder Dhaliwal made his collegiate debut and had two points and two rebounds in six minutes.
SPARTANS STUN HOFSTRA IN SEASON-OPENER
- San José State opened the 2019-20 season with a bang, defeating Hofstra on the road, 79-71, on Nov. 6.
- Hofstra won 27 games last year, SJSU lost 27 games.
- In his Spartan debut, JC transfer and former Wake Forest guard, Richard Washington, posted a team-high 23 points off the bench on 8-of-13 shooting. He scored 12 of his 23 points in the final four minutes, including a stretch of three straight three-pointers to put the game away.
- Senior forward Craig LeCesne had his first career double-double with a career-high 19 points plus 11 rebounds.
- It was SJSU's first win in a road opener since 2010-11 when the Spartans topped Eastern Washington, 67-60.
- The Spartans snapped a 21-game road losing streak dating back to the 2017-18 campaign.
- SJSU won on the East Coast for the first time since 2001-02, when the Spartans defeated Fairleigh Dickinson at the BCA Tournament hosted by NC State in Raleigh, N.C.
