| San José State (12-7, 3-3 MW) at Utah State (15-4, 4-2 MW) | |
| When | Saturday, January 21 | 4 p.m. MT/3 p.m. PT |
| Location | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Logan, Utah |
| Broadcast & Statistics | Mountain West Network KTRB 860 AM Live Stats |
| Game Notes | San José State | Utah State |
| Rosters | San José State | Utah State |
The Spartans finish up their road trip on Saturday at Utah State. Hear from @CoachMiles as the team prepares to face the Aggies and get back home!#AllSpartans | #RunToTheFight pic.twitter.com/OPC4DGK706
— San Jose State Men's Basketball (@SanJoseStateMBB) January 20, 2023
The Spartans travel to Logan, Utah, for a Saturday afternoon game against Utah State to finish out this two-game road trip. The team is playing their fourth MW road game of this season. The Aggies enter the game with a 15-4 overall record and are tied for fourth place with New Mexico at 4-2.
San José State enters the game with a 12-7 overall record and a 3-3 MW mark, tied with Air Force for sixth place in MW standings. The team fell at New Mexico, 77-57, this past Tuesday night as Omari Moore became the 16th Spartan in school history to score 1,000 career points. Moore finished the game with exactly 1,000 points as he led all players with 24 points. He also dished out five assists for the Spartans. Ibrahima Diallo and Alvaro Cardenas each scored eight points, and Cardenas dished out six assists. Robert Vaihola grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds and had three steals.
ABOUT UTAH STATE: The Aggies enter Saturday's game with a 15-4 overall record and a 4-2 MW mark. The team is tied for fourth place in the MW standings with New Mexico after winning at home against UNLV, 75-71, Tuesday night. Utah State had one common non-conference opponent as the team defeated Santa Clara at home, 96-74, in mid-November. Head coach Ryan Odom is in his second season at the school.
Series Record - 22-68. The two teams first faced each other on December 23, 1935, as the Aggies won 40-36 in San Jose. Since the Spartans won the 1996 Big West Championship, 76-75 in overtime, over the Aggies in Reno, Utah State has won 35 of the past 37 meetings.
Last Two SJSU Wins in Series
70-67, February 18, 2008, San Jose
64-62, February 28, 2018, San Jose - Recap Link
Last SJSU Win in Logan - 55-47, Feb. 25, 1982
Last 10 Series Meetings
12/27/2016 L 86-72 Logan
2/28/2018 W 64-62 San Jose
1/16/2019 L 81-63 San Jose
1/30/2019 L 103-73 Logan
12/4/2019 L 71-59 San Jose
2/25/2020 L 94-56 Logan
12/21/2020 L 107-62 Logan
12/23/2020 L 85-52 Logan
2/3/2022 L 78-62 San Jose
3/4/2022 L 75-52 Logan
MARCH TO MARCH MINI-PLAN: The Spartans have a special 6-game mini-plan available to buy. Buy your tickets and come support your Spartans inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. For more information and to buy the mini-plan, click here.
MOORE JOINS ELITE SPARTAN LIST: January 17, 2023, a day that will live in Omari Moore's memory as he became the 16th player in San José State to score 1,000 career points. There wasn't much fanfare to the 1,000th point as Moore scored the point from the free throw line with 4:14 left in the game at New Mexico. Moore needs just 136 points to join Johnnie Skinner in 10th place at 1,136 points.
SAN JOSE STATE 1,000 CAREER POINTS SCORERS
Player Seasons G FG 3FG FT Points
1. Ricky Berry 1986-88 84 619 113 416 1,767
2. Adrian Oliver 2009-11 80 585 138 442 1,750
3. Stu Inman 1947-50 123 591 0 322 1,504
4. Wally Rank 1977-80 102 562 0 308 1,432
5. Justin Graham 2007-11 119 460 57 295 1,272
6. Ryan Welage 2015-18 91 457 161 183 1,258
7. Chris McNealy 1981-83 81 504 2 226 1,236
8. Coby Dietrick 1968-70 72 465 0 243 1,173
9. Terry Cannon 1990-92, 94 97 414 114 209 1,139
10. Johnnie Skinner 1971-73 73 481 0 174 1,136
11. Ken Mickey 1974, 76-77 82 427 0 271 1,125
12. Sid Williams 1978-81 111 485 0 125 1,095
13. S.T. Saffold 1964-66 72 421 0 205 1,050
13. Olivier St. Jean 1996-97 51 373 44 260 1,050
15. Carroll Williams 1953-55 75 304 0 441 1,049
16. Omari Moore 2020-C 101 385 79 151 1,000
DISHING OUT THE ROCK: The Spartan duo of Omari Moore and Alvaro Cardenas are two of the best to dish out the ball during Mountain West play. Moore has 33 assists in six games, the second-most in conference play. He has dished out five or more assists in five of the six MW games played. Cardenas has 25 assists in the six games, tying for the fifth-highest total as he dished out nine assists in the win over Fresno State.
GET THAT OUT OF MY HOUSE: In 19 games this season, Ibrahima Diallo has blocked 39 shots. That total has put him in a tie for the eighth-highest total in school history. He is tied with Brandon Clarke who blocked 39 shots in 2016 and followed that up with a school-record 77 blocks in the 2016-17 season.
BLOCKED SHOTS (Since 1979)
Name Season Games Blocked Shots
1. Brandon Clarke 2017 30 77
2. Gerald Thomas 1988 29 62
3. Menelik Barbary 2007 30 49
4. Alex Brown 2013 26 49
5. Chris Oakes 2010 31 44
6. Darnell Williams 2000 30 43
7. Chris Oakes 2009 30 40
8. Ibrahima Diallo 2023 19 39
8. Brandon Clarke 2016 31 39
10. Menelik Barbary 2006 31 38
CAREER RANKINGS: Two Spartans ranks among the San José State best in three categories. Omari Moore is in fifth place all-time in assists at 352, sixth in blocked shots at 77, and eighth all-time in steals with 108 and needs one to tie with Chris McNealy for seventh place.
Ibrahima Diallo is ninth in blocked shots with 59 and needs six to move into eighth place with Isaac Thornton.
UP NEXT: The Spartans return home on Tuesday, January 24, to host Air Force at 7 p.m., inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. The game will be broadcast on NBC Sports Bay Area and the Mountain West Network.