Spartans Fall to Fresno State in Close Contest at Mountain West TournamentSpartans Fall to Fresno State in Close Contest at Mountain West Tournament

Spartans Fall to Fresno State in Close Contest at Mountain West Tournament

LAS VEGAS - Amiah Simmons, Hennie Van Schaik, Djessira Diawara and Sydni Summers all scored in double figures to lead the No. 11 seed San José State women’s basketball (10-22, 3-16 MW) as they ended their season in a close back and forth 67-62 loss against No. 6 seed Fresno State (18-14, 9-10 MW) in the first round of the 2025 Mountain West Women’s Basketball Tournament from Thomas and Mack Center on Sunday night.

  • Simmons finished with 16 points to go with 9 rebounds and four assists while going 6-for-20 from the field and 4-for-7 from three. 
  • Simmons’ nine rebounds set a new season-high and tied her season-high in assists with four.
  • Simmons closed out her season and career by scoring in double figures in 15 out of her last 16 games.
  • Van Schaik finished with 11 points to go with four rebounds and one assist while going 3-for-6 from the field and 2-for-5 from three.
  • Van Schaik’s two field goals from three tied her season high. 
  • Van Schaik put up four double-digit performances this season. 
  • Diawara scored 11 points with six rebounds while going 4-for-7 from the field.
  • Diawara had 14 double-digit performances this season.
  • Diawara led the team this season in overall rebounds with 195. 
  • Summers added 10 points with one rebound and two assists while going 4-for-11 from the field and 2-for-7 from behind the arc.  
  • Summers had 17 double-digit performances this season. 
  • Summers ends her season at No. 6 on the SJSU all-time single-season three-pointers made list (69).
  • Summers' 69 three-point field goals this season is a program sophomore record.
  • Rylei Waugh added eight points of her own to go with one rebound, three assists, two blocks, and one steal.
  • Waugh set a new career high with two blocks. 
  • Waugh also tied her career high with two three-point field goals made.  
  • The Spartans won the battle of the boards in this game 39-35.
  • SJSU’s bench scored 15 points. 
  • 62 points in a Mountain West tournament game is the most for the Spartans since the 2022-23 season when they scored 62 points in a win over Air Force.  
  • The Spartans have had 11 different players score in double digits once this season. That ties them for the most in a single season in Mountain West history. 
  • There were 18 games this season where the Spartans have had three or more players score in double digits.
  • SJSU’s 10 wins this season is the most since the 2019-20 season.

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