Spartans Return Home for Contest Against New Orleans
Spartans Return Home for Contest Against New OrleansSpartans Return Home for Contest Against New Orleans

Spartans Return Home for Contest Against New Orleans

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men's basketball team (5-5, 0-0 MW) will host the New Orleans Privateers (4-4, 0-0 SLC) inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Click here to purchase tickets. 

  • The Spartans are undefeated at home this season with a 3-0 record.
  • In the Spartans' most recent game, an overtime loss at North Dakota State, Alvaro Cardenas recorded 22 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.
  • Also in the loss at NorthDakota State, Adrame Diongue had a dunk which was featured on ESPN's SportsCenter as the No. 4 play of the day.
  • The Spartans registered 44 points in the second half and have started the 2023-24 season by scoring more than 40 points in a half seven times.
  • Tibet Görener is fifth all-time for most 3-pointers made at SJSU with 131. He is three away from tying Rashad Muhammad (2013-15) for fourth at 134. 
  • Cardenas has dished out 50 assists this season. He has 251 assists in his two-plus years at San José State and needs just eight to crack the SJSU all-time assists list. This season, he is averaging five assists per game which is sixth in the conference.
  • Trey Anderson ranks fourth in school history in three-point percentage (among players who have played in at least 50 games and averaged one or more three-point attempts per game). His career mark from beyond the arc is 42.1 percent, connecting on 106 of 252 attempts. 
  • Diongue has recorded at least one block in nine straight games.
  • The Spartans are second in the Mountain West Conference in three-pointers made per game at 8.60. They are also fourth in the conference in three-point percentage at .345.

VS. NEW ORLEANS

  • The Privateers are coming off a 79-65 win over Belhaven on Tuesday to improve to 4-4 on the season.
  • The Privateers head coach, Mark Slessinger, is in his 13th season in charge of the program and has a career record of 165-203 (.448).
  • The Spartans are 1-1 all-time against the Privateers with a 72-68 loss in 2012 and a 71-64 win in 2013.

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