Spartans Head To Fresno State Tuesday

San José State travels to the Central Valley Tuesday night for a Mountain West match-up with Fresno State beginning at 7 p.m. This is the second meeting between the two teams after SJSU won the first meeting 74-64, on January 10. San José State enters the game with a 14-9 overall record and 5-5 MW mark after an 84-64 home win over Wyoming Saturday night. SJSU continues to sit in sixth place in the conference standings.

ABOUT FRESNO STATE: The Bulldogs enter Tuesday night's game with an 8-14 overall record and 4-7 in the MW. The team is tied for seventh in the MW standings with UNLV and are just one game behind the Spartans. Fresno State won at UNLV last Friday, 82-79.  Head coach Justin Hutson is in his fifth season at the school with a 46-34 record.
Series Record - 82-99. Fresno State has won 11 of the past 12 meetings dating back to the 2016-17 season. The two programs first met on the hardwood on December 18, 1916, with SJSU winning 58-32.
Last SJSU Win - 74-64, Jan. 10, 2023, San Jose
Alvaro Cardenas scored a career-best 20 points and dished out a career-high nine assists to lead the Spartans. Omari Moore added 15 points, while Ibrahima Diallo grabbed a team-best eight rebounds in the win.
Save Mart Center Record - Since the building opened in 2004, the Spartans have just a 1-16 record against the Bulldogs. The only win was 71-68 in overtime on January 10, 2009.
Season Series - The Spartans have not won the season series over the Bulldogs since the 2008-09 season when both schools were members of the WAC. Prior to that, SJSU had not won the season series since the 1991 season in the Big West.
1/20/2009 - W-OT, 71-68, Fresno
1/24/2009 - W, 85-79, San Jose
Last 10 Series Meetings
1/2/2019 L 73-53 San Jose
3/9/2019 L 121-81 Fresno
1/4/2020 L 79-64 Fresno
2/12/2020 L-OT 84-78 San Jose
1/8/2021 L 79-64 Fresno
1/10/2021 L 80-65 Fresno
1/11/2022 L 79-59 Fresno
2/1/2022 L 73-43 San Jose
3/9/2022 L-OT 69-67 Las Vegas
1/10/2023 W 74-64 San Jose

NET RANKINGS (as of 2/6): The Spartans are currently ranked 104 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 Santa Clara and Colorado State, Quadrant 3 wins over Ball State, UNLV and Air Force and eight Quadrant 4 wins.

STARTING LINEUP SCORING SUCCESS VS. WYOMING: For the first time this year, all five Spartan starters scored in double figures in the same game. Against Wyoming, Omari Moore led the team with 29 points, followed by Sage Tolbert III with 14 points and Alvaro Cardenas with 13 points. Trey Anderson scored 10 points, his first double-figure game since the Bahamas, while Ibrahima Diallo recorded his first double-double of the year with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

STRONG SHOOTING NIGHT PROPELS SJSU TO WIN: In the only game against Wyoming this season, the Spartans shot 56.6 percent from the field, 30-53. San José State is 4-1 when shooting over 50 percent in a game with wins over Air Force (57.6%), Wyoming, Oakland (55.4%) and Fresno State (54.4%). The only loss came to North Texas in the Bahamas (58.6%).

MOST MW WINS SINCE 2016-17: Heading into the week 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.

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 16.4 points per game and has dished out a team-best 114 assists, including nine in a win over Oakland. He is shooting 44.8 percent from the field (139-310). He has grabbed a team-high 15 steals and averages 35.9 minutes played. Moore led the team in scoring in 14 games this season, the most recent 29 points in a win over Wyoming.

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 last Spartan team to have a .500 or better home record was the 2016-17 team who 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 375, fifth in blocked shots at 81, and seventh all-time in steals with 110. Ibrahima Diallo is ninth in blocked shots with 61 and needs four to move into eighth place with Isaac Thornton.

RECENT 10-WIN SEASONS: The Spartans have won 10 games for the first time since the 2016-17 season when the team finished 14-16 overall. This year, the 10th win came against UNLV on December 28. In the past 30 years, the team has won 10 or more games in just 13 seasons. 
2022-23 14-9, 5-5 MW Tim Miles
2016-17 14-16, 7-11 MW Dave Wojcik
2010-11 17-16, 5-11 WAC George Nessman
2009-10 14-17, 6-10 WAC George Nessman
2008-09 13-17, 6-10 WAC George Nessman
2007-08 13-19, 4-12 WAC George Nessman
2001-02 10-22, 4-14 WAC Steve Barnes
2000-01 14-14, 6-10 WAC Steve Barnes
1999-2000 15-15, 6-8 WAC Steve Barnes
1998-99 12-15, 5-9 WAC Phil Johnson
1996-97 13-14, 5-11 WAC Stan Morrison
1995-96 13-17, 9-9 Big West Stan Morrison
1993-94 15-12, 11-7 Big West Stan Morrison

UP NEXT: The Spartans return home this Saturday night to face Utah State. The game tips at 7 p.m., and will be shown nationally on CBS Sports Network.
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