SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s basketball will host UC Santa Barbara at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are coming off a 93-56 win over Life Pacific at the Outrigger Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
- The Spartans and Gauchos matchup for the first time since 2006 and just the second time this century.
- Sadraque NgaNga tallied 29 points and 12 rebounds on 12-14 shooting against Life Pacific, all of which were career highs. It was also his first career double-double and the first double-double of the season for SJSU.
- Donavan Yap was named to the Outrigger Rainbow Classic All-Tournament Team. Yap hit six threes across the tournament's three games, including three against Hawai'i, one of which was an and-one.
- Will McClendon scored a career high 14 points against Pacific. He also went 10-11 from the foul line, setting a new career high in free throws made.
- The reigning Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Josh Uduje, currently leads the Spartans in points (11.8) and rebounds (4.8) per game.
- The Spartans currently have the best free throw percentage (.786) in the Mountain West. SJSU is also averaging the fewest turnovers per game in the conference (7.25).
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