Spartans Drop Matchup with UNLV on New Year's DaySpartans Drop Matchup with UNLV on New Year's Day

Spartans Drop Matchup with UNLV on New Year's Day

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Amira Brown led with a season-high 15 points, Sydni Summers scored 14 points and Rylei Waugh added 10 points to lead San José State women’s basketball (7-8, 0-2 MW) in a New Year’s Day 90-70 loss against UNLV (10-4, 2-0 MW) from Provident Credit Union Event Center on Wednesday afternoon.

  • Brown scored a season-high 15 points to go with one rebound, and two assists while going 4-for-5 from the field and 3-for-4 from behind the arc. 
  • Brown set a new career high in three-point field goals made with three in this game. 
  • Summers finished with 14 points, four rebounds, four assists, and one steal while going 5-for-12 from the field and 4-for-9 from behind the arc. 
  • This is the fourth game this season Summers has had four or more assists.
  • Waugh finished with 10 points to go with seven rebounds,  and two assists while going 3-for-7 from the field and 1-for-1 from behind the arc.
  • Waugh’s seven rebounds set a new career high for the sophomore transfer. 
  • Marisa Davis-Jones contributed nine points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field as well as seven rebounds and two assists.
  • Davis-Jones set new season highs in rebounds and assists. 
  • Djessira Diawara added eight points of her own with 10 rebounds, three blocks, and two assists.
  • Diawara set new career highs in assists, blocks and steals. 
  • Diawara now has 19 rebounds over her last two games and now has four games this season with 10 or more rebounds.
  • This is the Spartans’ third consecutive game with three players or more scoring in double digits. 
  • The Spartans outrebounded the Lady Rebels 44-34.
  • SJSU scored 37 points off of the bench; this is the sixth game this year the Spartans have scored 30 or more off the bench.   

UP NEXT:  The Spartans will head back out on the road to continue Mountain West play against Colorado State on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 12:00 p.m. (PT) from Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo. You can watch the game on the Mountain West Network.

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