SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State men’s basketball will host No. 25 Utah State at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Tuesday at 7 p.m. PT on Mountain West Network and KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are coming off a 79-73 road loss to UNLV.
- The Spartans are 0-4 in conference play, but have lost three of the four games by six points or less.
- Utah State is ranked No. 25. The Spartans are 23-70 all time against the Aggies and 1-9 in their last ten meetups.
- The Spartans have not beaten a ranked opponent since defeating No. 19 Alabama on Dec. 27, 1996, in a 60-59 overtime victory at the Comerica Cable Car Classic.
- The Spartans are averaging the fewest turnovers per game in the Mountain West (10.0).
- SJSU is third in the Mountain West in free throw percentage (.767). Four Spartans, Donavan Yap, Will McClendon, Sadaidriene Hall and Josh Uduje, are shooting above 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 are 6-0 when shooting over 50 percent from the field and 5-0 when scoring 80 points or more.
- The reigning Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year, Uduje, currently leads the Spartans with 17.2 points per game which is also good for fourth in the Mountain West.
- Uduje has recorded double digit points in 13 out of 16 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 (12/4 - 12/28/24).
- Uduje has led the Spartans in scoring in 10 of 16 games on the season.
- 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 .530 (105-198 & min. 5 FGM/G average). Utah State's Mason Falslev leads the Mountain West, shooting .536.
- Uduje's free throw percentage of .855 is good for third in the Mountain West (min. 2.5 FTM/G average). McClendon is fifth at .840.
- 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 has 15 steals on the season which leads the team.
- The Spartans’ have recorded seven double-doubles on the season (two by Vaihola, two by Hall, two by NgaNga and one by Uduje).
- McClendon is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game. He has scored double-figures in 11 out of 15 games played this season.
- McClendon leads the Spartans with 26 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 7.0 boards per game which is also good for fifth in the conference.
- Vaihola is also fourth in the conference with 1.5 blocks per game.
- Yap leads the Spartans with 2.9 assists per game.
- Sadraque NgaNga recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds at. UNLV (1/4/25), earning his second double-double of the season. He only played 18 minutes in the game.
- 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).
- Steven Vasquez and Pasha Goodarzi have played crucial roles off the bench. Vasquez has a +/- of +46 and Goodarzi has a +/- of +29 on the season.
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