Yap Scores Career-High as Spartans Take Down Fresno State on Senior DayYap Scores Career-High as Spartans Take Down Fresno State on Senior Day

Yap Scores Career-High as Spartans Take Down Fresno State on Senior Day

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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Donavan Yap recorded a career-high 30 points and Robert Vaihola recorded a 13 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks to lead the San José State men’s basketball team (14-18, 7-13 MW) in a 92-68 victory over Fresno State (6-25, 2-18 MW) at Provident Credit Union Event Center. 

  • With the victory, the Spartans swept Fresno State for the first time since 2009.
  • The 24 point margin of victory is also the largest margin of victory for the Spartans over the Bulldogs since Feb. 27, 2010 when they won by 27.
  • Yap scored his 30 points on 11-for-14 shooting from the field and 5-for-7 shooting from three. 
  • Yap’s 11 made field goals was also a career-high.
  • Yap also tallied four rebounds, three assists and two steals in the game.
  • Vaihola earned his third double-double of the season, marking the tenth total double-double of the season for the Spartans.
  • Vaihola’s 19 rebounds set a new career-high. His 19 rebounds is also the second most recorded in a game by any player in the Mountain West this season.
  • Of Vaihola’s 19 rebounds, eight were offensive, tying his career-high. Vaihola came into the game averaging 2.4 offensive rebounds per game which ranks third best in the Mountain West.
  • Vaihola is the first Spartan to record 19 rebounds since Wil Carter grabbed 20 rebounds against Hawai’i on Jan. 7, 2012.
  • Vaihola’s 19 rebounds also tied a Provident Credit Union Event Center Record. Three other Spartans have recorded 19 rebounds at the PCUEC, including Marion Thurmond in 2001, Will Trawick in 1998 and Marmet Williams in 1997.
  • Jermaine Washington scored 19 points, also setting a new career-high. Washington also went a perfect 7-for-7 from the foul line.
  • Josh Uduje notched 16 points. Uduje has scored in double-figures in 24 out of his 30 games played on the season.
  • Latrell Davis tallied seven assists in the game.
  • The Spartans outrebounded the Bulldogs 45-28.
  • The Spartans celebrated four seniors, Uduje, Yap, Chol Marial and Sadaidriene Hall, for Senior Day.

UP NEXT: The Spartans will face Wyoming in the opening round of the Mountain West Tournament on Wednesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. PT at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and listened to on KTRB 860 AM.

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