San José State (13-9, 4-5 MW) vs. Wyoming (7-14, 2-7 MW) | |
When | Saturday, February 4 | 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 | Wyoming |
Rosters | San José State | Wyoming |
Spartans host Wyoming this Saturday in the only meeting between the two teams. Hear from @CoachMiles #AllSpartans | #RunToTheFight pic.twitter.com/tYHzLrRchi
— San Jose State Men's Basketball (@SanJoseStateMBB) February 3, 2023
San José State returns home this Saturday to host Wyoming this Saturday at 7 p.m., inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. This is the only meeting between the two teams in the Mountain West regular season. San José State has a 13-9 overall record and 4-5 in the MW after falling at San Diego State last Saturday, 72-51 . SJSU currently sits in sixth place in the conference standings.
CELEBRATING 1,000 POINTS: Prior to Saturday's game against Wyoming, Omari Moore will be honored for scoring his 1,000th career point at San José State. He is just the 16th player in school history to reach this milestone.
ABOUT WYOMING: The Cowboys enter Saturday night's game with a 7-14 overall record and a 2-7 MW mark and are in 10th place, a half a game ahead of Colorado State, in the standings. The team defeated Fresno State, 85-62, Tuesday night at home, and the other MW win came against Colorado State, 58-57, on January 21. Head coach Jeff Linder is in his third season at the school with a 46-34 record.
Series Record - 2-20, Wyoming has won previous 12 meetings.
First meeting - The two schools first met in 1965 at Wyoming with the Cowboys winning 92-70.
SJSU Wins in Series
67-62, February 22, 1997, San Jose
62-55, January 13, 2016, San Jose
Last 10 Series Meetings
3/4/2017 L 74-62 Laramie
1/27/2018 L-OT 90-86 San Jose
2/17/2018 L 89-75 Laramie
3/7/2018 L 74-61 Las Vegas
1/23/2019 L 59-46 Laramie
3/6/2019 L 81-71 San Jose
2/2/2020 L 71-66 San Jose
3/10/2021 L 111-80 Las Vegas
1/29/2022 L 84-69 Laramie
2/12/2022 L 74-52 San Jose
NET RANKINGS (as of 2/1): The Spartans are currently ranked 111 in the NET Rankings after games played on January 25. 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 Ball State, Santa Clara and UNLV, Quadrant 3 wins over Colorado State and Air Force and seven Quadrant 4 wins.
QUIRKY FEBRUARY SCHEDULE: The Spartans' February scheudle features road games on most Tuesdays and home weekend games. SJSU will play home games every weekend in the month, starting with Wyoming this Saturday, Utah State on the 11th, New Mexico on Friday the 17th and Boise State on the 25th. The team will play three consecutive road Tuesday games at Fresno State, UNLV and Nevada with the final Tuesday game doubling as the team's final home game of the season against Colorado State.
CONSISTENCY IN STARTING LINEUP: This season, the Spartans have used the same lineup for all 22 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 just one of seven teams nationwide to use the same starting lineup for every game this season (thru 2/1/23).
Gonzaga, Hawaii, Marquette, Marshall, Princeton, Rice & San José State
MOORE MOVING ON UP: Moore moved into 13th place last week after scoring 11 points at San Diego State and now has 1,053 career points. He needs 42 points to move into 12th place, 72 points for 11th place and 83 to join Johnnie Skinner in 10th place.
UP NEXT: The Spartans travel to the Central Valley for a re-match with Fresno State on Tuesday, February 7, beginning at 7 p.m.
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