SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s basketball will close out its five game homestand against Colorado State at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Tuesday at 2 p.m. PT on Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are looking for their seventh win in nine games.
- The Spartans are coming off a 73-71 loss to Boise State at home.
- This game marks the final game of the Spartans' five game homestand. SJSU is averaging 96 points per game over its last four games.
- The Spartans are averaging the fewest turnovers per game in the Mountain West (10).
- SJSU's field goal percentage of .478 is third in the conference.
- SJSU is third in the Mountain West in free throw percentage (.757). Four Spartans, Donavan Yap, Will McClendon, Sadaidriene Hall and Josh Uduje, are shooting above 80 percent from the foul line.
- The Spartans' 47 made field goals and 57 rebounds vs. Lincoln (12/9/24) are tied for the most and the most by any team in the Mountain West in a game this season, respectively.
- The Spartans scored 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time in school history (107 vs. Cal Poly & 117 vs. Lincoln).
- The Spartans have recorded at least two 20 point scorers in four games this season, including three of their last five games.
- The Spartans are 6-0 when they out rebound their opponent. They are also 6-0 when shooting above 50 percent and 5-0 when scoring 80 points or more.
- The reigning Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Uduje, currently leads the Spartans with 17.9 points per game which is also good for fourth in the Mountain West.
- Uduje has recorded double digit points in 12 out of 14 games this season. He has also scored 20+ eight times this year which is the most in the Mountain West.
- Uduje has scored 20+ in each of his last five games. He is the first Spartan since Adrian Oliver in 2011 (Jan. 27 - Feb. 15) to record five straight 20 point games. Oliver scored 20+ in six straight games.
- Uduje is averaging 20.4 points over his last ten games (Nov. 17-pres.).
- Uduje has led the Spartans in scoring in nine of 14 games on the season, including in the Spartans' last two games, scoring 22 points vs. Kennesaw State (12/21/24) and Boise State (12/28/24).
- Uduje went 5-5 from three and scored a season-high 25 points at USC (11/20/24). Uduje is the only player in the Mountain West to make five three's on 100 percent 3pt. shooting in a game this season.
- Uduje is second in the conference in field goal percentage at .545 (97-178 & min. 5 FGM/G average).
- Uduje's free throw percentage of .837 is good for fourth in the Mountain West (min. 2.5 FTM/G average). McClendon is ninth at .805.
- Hall recorded 17 points, a season-high 14 rebounds and a career-high three threes against Kennesaw State (12/21/24). Hall has tallied a double-double in two of his last three games.
- Hall has knocked down five threes across his last three games. Coming into this season, he had only hit only eight threes in his entire career.
- Hall recorded a career-high 33 points and 14 made field goals in the Spartans' overtime win vs. Cal Poly (12/14/24). He also notched 11 rebounds, giving him his first double-double of the year.
- Hall is one of two players in the Mountain West to hit 14 field goals in a game this season (Donovan Dent, New Mexico).
- The Spartans are 6-2 since moving Hall into the starting lineup. Hall is averaging 10.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists over those seven games.
- Uduje and Hall both surpassed 1,000 career points this season. Uduje accomplished the feat against UC Santa Barbara (11/17/24) while Hall
achieved it against Kennesaw State (12/21/24). - The Spartans’ have recorded five double-doubles in their last five games (two by Vaihola, two by Hall, one by Uduje).
- McClendon is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game. He has scored double-figures in nine out of 13 games played this season.
- McClendon has hit three or more three pointers in three of his last four games. McClendon leads the Spartans with 25 made threes on the season.
- Robert Vaihola’s 18 rebounds against Lincoln (12/9/24) is the most recorded in a game by any player in the Mountain West this season. Vaihola is also the first Spartan to grab 18 rebounds in a game since Chris Cunningham on Feb. 2, 2013 against Idaho.
- Vaihola leads the team in rebounding with 7.4 boards per game which is also good for fifth in the conference.
- Vaihola is also fourth in the conference with 1.4 blocks per game.
- Yap leads the Spartans with 3.1 assists per game. He also has an assist to turnover ratio of 1.79.
- 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.
- Latrell Davis scored a career-high 21 off the bench in the Spartans' overtime victory vs. Cal Poly (12/14/24). Davis followed his performance up with 20 points off the bench vs. Kennesaw State (12/21/24).
- Davis hit a shot from half court at the first half buzzer vs. Kennesaw State, earning the No. 10 play of the night on ESPN (12/21/24).
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