| San José State (17-12, 8-8 MW) vs. Colorado State (13-16, 5-11 MW) | |
| When | Tuesday, February 28 | 8:00 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 | Colorado State |
| Rosters | San José State | Colorado State |
Final home game Tuesday
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San José State hosts Colorado State Tuesday night inside the cozy confines of the Provident Credit Union Center for the final Mountain West home game of the season. The Spartans enter the game with a 17-12 overall record and 8-8 MW mark after upsetting Boise State, 75-68, in overtime Saturday. SJSU is fifth in the MW standings, one game ahead of the Lobos, but UNM holds the tiebreaker after winning both meetings this season.
SENIOR NIGHT: Three Spartans will be honored prior to Tuesday night's game with Colorado State - Kellen King, Sage Tolbert III and Omari Moore.
ABOUT COLORADO STATE: The Rams enter Tuesday night's game with a 13-16 overall record and 5-11 MW mark. The team defeated Wyoming, 84-71, this past Friday night inside Moby Arena. Head coach Niko Medved is in his fifth season at the helm of the program. He served as an assistant coach for Tim Miles at CSU for five seasons (2007-12).
Series Record - 1-23
The two schools first faced each other on December 22, 1969, in Fort Collins. That was the only game in the series until the two schools were members of the Western Athletic Conference and faced each other twice during the 1996-97 season.
Last SJSU Win - W, 78-70, Dec. 31, 2022, Fort Collins
Last Meeting - W, 78-70, Dec. 31, 2022, Fort Collins
The Spartans broke the 23-game losing streak to the Rams with the first win over Colorado State on New Year's Eve. Omari Moore tied his career high with 29 points in the comeback victory. The Spartans trailed by as many as 14 in the first half.
Last 10 Series Meetings
1/25/2017 L 81-72 Fort Collins
12/30/2017 L 59-52 San Jose
2/10/2018 L 90-79 Fort Collins
2/20/2019 L 91-70 San Jose
1/11/2020 L 81-70 San Jose
2/22/2020 L 78-71 Fort Collins
1/14/2021 L 90-57 Phoenix
1/16/2021 L 88-61 Phoenix
1/15/2022 L 78-42 San Jose
12/31/2022 W 78-70 Fort Collins
NET RANKINGS (as of 2/26): The Spartans are currently ranked 102 in the NET Rankings after games played on February 26. SJSU has one Quadrant 1 win over Boise State, Quadrant 2 wins over Santa Clara, Colorado State, Utah State and UNLV, Quadrant 3 wins over Ball State, UNLV, Air Force, and Northern Colorado and seven Quadrant 4 wins.
MOORE NAMED MW PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2/27: Omari Moore has been named the Mountain West Men's Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Spartans to an overtime win against Boise State.
Moore averaged 18.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. He scored 24 points in the overtime win versus Boise State, his 11th 20+-point game this season and 17th consecutive game in double-figure scoring. He dished out four assists in each game last week. He added 13 points, four rebounds and four assists in the loss at Nevada.
AND THEN THERE WERE SIX STARTING LINEUPS: This season, the Spartans have used the same lineup for all 29 games. This is a change from past years when San José State used 13 different starting lineups for the 2021-22 season.
Spartan Starting Lineup -Alvaro Cardenas, Omari Moore, Trey Anderson, Sage Tolbert III & Ibrahima Diallo
San José State is one of six teams nationwide to use the same starting lineup for every game this season (thru 2/6/23).
Gonzaga Marshall Rice
Marquette Princeton San José State
ANOTHER STREAK SNAPPED IN WIN OVER BOISE STATE: Omari Moore scored 24 points, and Ibrahima Diallo grabbed 15 points in the team's 74-68 overtime win against Boise State on February 26, as the Spartans snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Broncos.
The Spartans trailed by nine with 6:41 remaining at 56-47, and went on an 11-2 run to send the game to overtime. Trailing by four, Alvaro Cardenas hit a three-pointer with the shot clock running down to cut the Bronco lead to 58-57 with 47 seconds left. Robert Vaihola was fouled with six seconds left in regulation, making the first to tie the game at 58-58, but then missed the second to give Boise State one final three-point shot that was blocked by Moore.
Vaihola finished the game with 15 points and 11 rebounds, his third double-double of the season. The Spartans got 28 points from the bench, led by Vaihola's 15. Garrett Anderson scored a career-best 13 points including 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
17 WINS TAKES THE SPARTANS TO NEW HEIGHTS: The Spartans recorded 17 wins in a season for just the second time this century with the team's 74-68 upset of Boise State at home on February 25. Since the 1975-76 season, only six Spartan teams have recorded 17 or more wins.
Seasons With 17+ Wins Since 1975-76
1975-76 17-10
1976-77 17-12
1979-80 17-12
1980-81 22-9
2010-11 17-16
2022-23 17-12
MOST MW WINS EVER/MOST CONFERENCE WINS SINCE 1995-96: With eight Mountain West wins this season, the Spartans have reached another plateau by recording the most MW wins in school history. The 2016-17 team recorded seven MW wins, which stood until SJSU defeated Boise State, 74-68 in overtime on February 25.
SJSU has not won more than seven conference games since 1995-96 when the team went 9-9 in the Big West, won the Big West Tournament and played No. 1 Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament.
Conference Records Over Past 30 years (7+ wins)
1993-94 11-7 Big West
1995-96 9-9 Big West
2022-23 8-8 MW
2010-11 7-11 MW
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME - GUARANTEED WINNING HOME RECORD: For the first time since the 2016-17 season, the Spartans are guaranteed a winning home record as the team has a 11-4 mark inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. The 11 home wins matches the 1998-99 team that finished the season 11-1 inside Provident Credit Union The Event Center.
2-0 IN BATTLES OF MENTOR/MENTEE: Twice this season, San José State head coach Tim Miles faced one of his former assistants and came out victorious. First he faced former assistant and now head coach at Ball State Michael Lewis as SJSU defeated the Cardinals, 67-65, at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship in late November. Lewis was an assistant for Miles for three years at Nebraska, coaching together for the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
On Dec. 31, Miles won again over a former assistant as he faced Ram head coach Niko Medved. The Spartans erased a 14-point deficit en route to a 78-70 win. Medved served as an assistant coach for Tim Miles at CSU for five seasons (2007-12).
SPARTAN REBOUNDING EFFORTS AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION: SJSU has been out-rebounding their opponents by an average of 8.4 rebounds per game, ranking them fourth out of 352 teams ranked nationally. Purdue is the national leader at +11.4 rebounds. The Spartans average 38.07 rebounds per game, ranking 32nd in the nation.
DIALLO AMONG THE NATION'S BEST IN BLOCKED SHOTS: Ibrahima Diallo enters the game ranked 37th nationally with 51 blocked shots and 43rd in blocks per game at 1.76. He has recorded a block in 24 of the 29 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.
MOST REBOUNDS BY A SPARTAN SINCE 2019: Ibrahima Diallo grabbed 15 rebounds in the win over Boise State on February 25, the most by a Spartan player since the 2018-19 season. Listed below are the season highs for the past five years.
2022-23 15 Ibrahima Diallo vs. Boise State, 2/25/23
2021-22 13 Ibrahima Diallo, vs. Air Force, 3/1/22
13 Omari Moore, vs. Fresno State, 3/922
2020-21 14 Ralph Agee, vs. Air Force, 1/30/21
2019-20 14 Christian Anigwe, vs. Oregon State, 11/27/10
2018-19 17 Michael Stedman, vs. Air Force, 2/23/19
G. ANDERSON LIKES OVERTIME GAMES: What could be a mere coincidence, Garrett Anderson has recorded two of his best games of the season in the overtime wins against UNLV and Boise State. Against the Broncos, he played 26 minutes and scored a career-high 13 points, was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line and had a block and a steal.
In the win over UNLV in December, he made key contributions off the bench. Late in the first half, he helped the Spartans expand the lead over UNLV from sixth to nine points as he stole the ball, dunk it and drew the foul for a made free throw and the three-point play. In overtime, he scored the final three Spartan points as he was 3-for-4 from the free throw line.
UP NEXT: The Spartans finish the MW schedule this Saturday at Air Force beginning at 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT. Fans can watch on Altitude or the Mountain West Network. After the game, 2023 MW Championship bracket will be announced and the Spartans first opponent and game time will be announced then. The men's tournament takes place March 8-11 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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