Spartans to Host Air Force on NBC Sports Bay Area Presented by El Camino HealthSpartans to Host Air Force on NBC Sports Bay Area Presented by El Camino Health

Spartans to Host Air Force on NBC Sports Bay Area Presented by El Camino Health

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s basketball (10-12, 3-7 MW) will host Air Force (3-18, 0-10 MW) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Saturday at 2 p.m. PT on NBC Sports Bay Area, Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM, presented by El Camino Health.

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  • The Spartans are coming off a 71-68 loss at San Diego State.
  • The Spartans' 15 made threes at San Diego State (1/28/25) was the most ever made threes against SDSU in a Mountain West Game.
  • The Spartans have won three of their last five games.
  • The Spartans have won the previous five games over the Air Force Academy.
  • Eight out of ten of the Spartans' conference games have been decided by single digits.
  • The Spartans are fourth in the Mountain West in scoring, averaging 74.3 points per game.
  • The Spartans are averaging the fewest turnovers per game in the Mountain West (10.4).
  • The Spartans are holding opponents to .325 percent from beyond the arc, the second lowest in the conference.
  • The Spartans scored 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time in school history (107 vs. Cal Poly & 117 vs. Lincoln).
  • SJSU is third in the Mountain West in free throw percentage (.759). Four Spartans, Donavan Yap, Will McClendon, Sadaidriene Hall and Josh Uduje, are shooting over 80 percent from the foul line.
  • The Spartans hit a season-high 15 threes at San Diego State (1/28/25).  They also knocked down 14 threes vs. No. 25 Utah State (1/7/25).
  • The Spartans' 9.00 threes per game in conference play is the third most in the Mountain West. SJSU also has the third highest 3pt. percentage in conference play, shooting .386. 
  • The Spartans have recorded at least two 20 point scorers in six games this season.
  • The Spartans are 8-1 on the season when they shoot better than their opponent. They are also 9-1 when they out rebound their opponent.
  • The reigning Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Uduje, currently leads the Spartans with 15.9 points per game which is also good for seventh in the Mountain West.
  • Uduje has recorded double-digit points in 18 out of 22 games this season. He has also scored 20+ nine times this year.
  • Uduje became the first Spartan to score 20+ in five consecutive games since Adrian Oliver in 2011.  
  • Uduje is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at .510 (131-257 & min. 5 FGM/G average). 
  • Uduje's free throw percentage of .841 is good for fifth in the Mountain West (min. 2.5 FTM/G average). McClendon is sixth at .818.
    • McClendon is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.2 points per game. 
  • McClendon leads the Spartans with 40 made threes on the season. His 1.9 threes per game is good for eighth in the Mountain West. 
  • In conference play, McClendon is averaging 2.2 threes per game which is the sixth most in the Mountain West.
  • Latrell Davis is the Spartans' leading scorer off the bench, averaging 9.8 points per game.
  • Davis' 9.8 points per game is the second most in the Mountain West among players who play predominantly off the bench, trailing only Boise State's Javan Buchanan (11.0).
  • Davis scored a career-high 23 points against San Diego State (1/28/25), setting a new career-high in points in back-to-back games after previously scoring 22 against Wyoming (1/25/25).
  • Davis has now scored a combined 45 points on 15-22 shooting from the field and 8-11 from three in his past two games.
  • Robert Vaihola is tied for first in the Mountain West with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game in conference play.
  • Vaihola leads the team in rebounding with 7.1 boards per game which is also good for fifth in the conference. Vaihola's 2.33 offensive rebounds per game also ranks third in the Mountain West.
  • Vaihola is also fourth in the conference with 1.3 blocks per game. His average of 1.4 blocks per game in conference play is second best in the Mountain West.
  • 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 24 steals on the season.
  • The Spartans are 9-7 since Hall joined the starting lineup. 
  • 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 one of three players in the Mountain West to hit six or more threes in a conference game this season.

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