| San José State (14-10, 5-6 MW) vs. Utah State (19-6, 8-4MW) | |
| When | Saturday, February 11 | 7 p.m. PT |
| Location | Provident Credit Union Event Center | San Jose, Calif. |
| Broadcast & Statistics | CBS Sports Network DirecTV 221, CBSSports.com, Hulu, Fubo, and YouTube TV KTRB 860 AM Live Stats |
| Game Notes | San José State | Utah State |
| Rosters | San José State | Utah State |
San José State hosts Utah State this Saturday evening inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center as the Spartans look to avenge a 75-74 loss to the Aggies in mid-January. The Aggies are coming off a 63-61 home loss to San Diego State Wednesday night. San José State enters the game with a 14-10 overall record and 5-6 MW mark after falling at Fresno State, 70-62, Tuesday evening as Omari Moore led all scorers with 22 points. SJSU continues to sit in sixth place in the conference standings.
ABOUT UTAH STATE: The Aggies enter the game with a 19-6 overall record and 8-4 MW mark. The team is currently fourth in the MW standings, just two games behind leader San Diego State. Utah State fell to the Aztecs, 63-61, Wednesday evening at home. Nationally, the Aggies are the top three-point shooting team at 41.4 percent and ninth in three-pointers made at 10.04 per game. The team is also 22nd nationally in field goal percentage at 48.3 percent. Head coach Ryan Odom is in his second year at the helm of the program.
Series Record - 22-69. 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 36 of the past 38 meetings.
Last Two SJSU Wins in Series
70-67, February 18, 2008, San Jose
64-62, February 28, 2018, San Jose
Earlier Meeting - 75-74, Utah State in Logan, 1/21/23
Tibet Görener came off the bench to lead the Spartans in scoring with a season-high 20 points as he was 6-for-9 from three-point range. Sage Tolbert III led the Spartans with eight rebounds. The Aggies' Max Shulga hit a free throw with 5.8 second left to give Utah State the win. The Spartans had a shot come up just short as the horn sounded in Logan.
Last 10 Series Meetings
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
1/21/2023 L 75-74 Logan
NET RANKINGS (as of 2/10): The Spartans are currently ranked 110 in the NET Rankings after games played on February 9. After the win at Santa Clara, the Spartans jumped up from 191 to 132, with the win over the Broncos. SJSU has Quadrant 2 wins over Santa Clara and Colorado State, Quadrant 3 wins over Ball State and UNLV and nine Quadrant 4 wins.
MOORE JOINS ELITE SPARTAN LIST & NOW MOVING ON UP: January 17, 2023, a day that will live in Omari Moore's history as he became the 16th player in San José State history 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 moved into 12th place Tuesday night at Fresno State as he led all scorers with 22 points and enters the game with 1,104 career points. He needs 21 points for 11th place and 32 to join Johnnie Skinner in 10th place.
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. Omari Moore 2020-C 106 420 91 173 1,104
MOST MW WINS SINCE 2016-17: Heading into the game with five Mountain West wins, this Spartan team has recorded the second-most MW wins in school history. The Spartans would need two more wins to match the 2016-17 team who went 7-11 in MW play that season. The 2015-16 team finished 4-14 in the MW as the only other team to win more than three conference games since SJSU joined the MW in 2013-14.
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN MW PLAY: The 30-point win over Air Force on January 24, (82-52) is the largest margin of victory for San José State in a Mountain West game since joining the conference in 2013-14. Ironically, the previous largest margin was 21 against Air Force on January 30, 2016.
DOING MOORE FOR THE SPARTANS: Omari Moore continues to prove why he is a captain on this Spartan team as he leads the team in scoring at 16.7 points per game and has dished out a team-best 119 assists, including nine in a win over Oakland. He is shooting 44.5 percent from the field (145-326). He has 16 steals and averages 36 minutes played. Moore led the team in scoring in 15 games this season, the most recent 22 points at Fresno State.
GUARANTEED WINNING HOME RECORD: For the first time since the 2016-17 season, the Spartans are guaranteed a winning home record. The 82-52 win over Air Force gave SJSU eight home wins with five home games to go on the season. The Spartans are currently 9-2 inside the friendly confines of the Provident Credit Union Event Center. The 2016-17 Spartan team finished 9-7 at The Event Center and 14-16 overall.
CAREER RANKINGS: Two Spartans rank among the San José State best in three categories. Omari Moore is in fifth place all-time in assists at 380, fifth in blocked shots at 81, and tied for sixth all-time in steals with 111.
Ibrahima Diallo is ninth in blocked shots with 63 and needs two to move into eighth place with Isaac Thornton.
IRONMEN: Alvaro Cardenas and Omari Moore are the only two Spartans this season to play all 40 minutes in a regulation game. Cardenas has done it in six games - Alabama State, at Northern Colorado, Ball State, Fresno State (twice) and at Utah State. Moore played all 40 minutes in wins over Ball State, Santa Clara, Fresno State and Wyoming and in the losses at Boise State, Utah State and Fresno State. Moore was the only player in the UNLV game for either bench to play more than 40 minutes as he saw 41:33 of action.
GET THAT OUT OF MY HOUSE: In 24 games this season, Ibrahima Diallo has blocked 41 shots, tying him with Darnell Williams for the sixth-highest season total in school history. Current Memphis Grizzlies player Brandon Clarke set the school record with 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. Ibrahima Diallo 2023 24 43
6. Darnell Williams 2000 30 43
8. Chris Oakes 2009 30 40
9. Brandon Clarke 2016 31 39
10. Menelik Barbary 2006 31 38
DIALLO AMONG THE NATION'S BEST IN BLOCKED SHOTS: Ibrahima Diallo enters the game ranked 39th nationally with 43 blocked shots and 42nd in blocks per game at 1.79. He has recorded a block in 19 of the 24 games played. His eight blocks against Alabama State are the most in a single game in the Mountain West this season and tied for the second-most in a game nationally.
UP NEXT: The Spartans travel to Sin City for a Valentine's Day matchup at UNLV. Tip is set for 7 p.m., inside the Thomas & Mack Center. Fans unable to attend can watch on the Mountain West Network.