SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s basketball will play Nevada at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. PT on Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are coming off a 71-70 victory vs. New Mexico. Latrell Davis scored with two seconds left in the game to secure the SJSU victory.
- The Spartans have won two games in a row. SJSU was trailing at halftime in both games and trailed by as many as 13 to New Mexico.
- The Spartans are 52-67 all time against Nevada and have lost their previous two matchups.
- Six out of seven of the Spartans' conference games have been decided by seven points or less.
- The Spartans are fourth in the Mountain West in scoring, averaging 75.5 points per game.
- The Spartans are averaging the fewest turnovers per game in the Mountain West (10.3).
- SJSU is third in the Mountain West in free throw percentage (.766). Four Spartans, Donavan Yap, Will McClendon, Sadaidriene Hall and Josh Uduje, are shooting over 80 percent from the foul line.
- 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 hit a season-high 14 threes against No. 25 Utah State (1/7/25). SJSU is one of two teams to make 14 threes in a conference game this season.
- The Spartans' 8.71 threes per game in conference play is the second most in the Mountain West. SJSU also has the third highest 3pt. percentage in conference play, shooting .379.
- The Spartans are 6-0 when shooting over 50 percent from the field and 5-0 when scoring 80 points or more. They are also 8-1 when they out rebound their opponent.
- The reigning Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Uduje, currently leads the Spartans with 16.5 points per game which is also good for sixth in the Mountain West.
- Uduje has recorded double digit points in 16 out of 19 games this season. He has also scored 20+ eight times this year which is the most in the Mountain West.
- Uduje became the first Spartan to score 20+ in five consecutive games since Adrian Oliver in 2011.
- 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 third in the conference in field goal percentage at .522 (120-230 & min. 5 FGM/G average).
• McClendon is second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.1 points per game. He has scored double-figures in 14 out of 18 games played this season. - McClendon leads the Spartans with 3.0 assists per game. His assist to turnover ratio of 3.6 is the best in the conference (Minimum 3 AST/G average).
- McClendon's free throw percentage of .850 is good for third in the Mountain West (min. 2.5 FTM/G average). Uduje is fourth at .833.
- McClendon leads the Spartans with 37 made threes on the season. His 2.06 threes per game is good for eighth in the Mountain West.
- In conference play, McClendon is averaging 2.71 threes per game which is the second most in the Mountain West.
- Robert Vaihola scored a season-high 18 points to go along with nine rebounds and a block against New Mexico (1/14/25). Vaihola’s 18 points led the team and also tied his career-high.
- 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 7.1 boards per game which is also good for fifth in the conference. Vaihola's 2.3 offensive rebounds per game also ranks fourth in the Mountain West.
- Vaihola is also fourth in the conference with 1.3 blocks per game.
- Vaihola is one of two players in the Mountain West to average three or more offensive rebounds per game in conference play.
- 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).
- Hall leads the Spartans with 19 steals on the season.
- The Spartans are 8-5 since Hall joined the starting lineup.
- Davis is the Spartans' leading scorer off the bench, averaging 8.3 points per game.
- 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). He hit another deep three pointer at the first half buzzer against New Mexico (1/14/25).
- Yap scored a season-high 22 points and made a career-high six threes against No. 25 Utah State (1/7/25). His six threes are the most made by any Spartan in a game this season. Yap is also the only player in the Mountain West to hit six threes in a conference game this season.
- 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.
- Jermaine Washington scored a career-high 13 points and knocked down a career-high three three pointers against New Mexico (1/14/25).
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