SAN JOSE, Calif. - Colby Garland scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and a season-high six assists and five rebounds to lead the San José State men’s basketball team (1-3, 0-0 MW) in a 110-56 victory over Bethesda Monday night from the Provident Credit Union Event Center.
The Spartans shot 65.2% from the field and 52.2% from three-point range, with ten players scoring and six reaching double figures. Jermaine Washington added a season-high 16 points and a career-high six assists, while Ben Roseborough poured in a career-high 15 points, knocking down five three-pointers.
In the frontcourt, Marcus Overstreet and Yaphet Moundi controlled the paint. Overstreet posted 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Moundi tallied an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double. The Spartans outscored Bethesda 60–18 in the paint and won the rebounding battle 55–18.
Japhet Moupadele contributed 13 points off the bench in his first career game, and Melvin Bell Jr. added six points, six rebounds, and three assists in 29 minutes of play.
Defensively, San José State held Bethesda to 29.5% shooting and just 6-of-23 from beyond the arc. The Spartans also forced 12 turnovers, converting them into 18 fast-break points.
- The 54 point victory was the largest margin of victory for the Spartans since they defeated Bethesda 118-43 on Jan. 8, 2022
- The Spartans scored 110 points for the first time since Dec. 9, 2024 in a 117-80 victory over Lincoln
- The Spartans had six players score in double-figures for the first time since Lincoln in 2024
- The Spartans had 23 assists in the game, the first time recording 20 or more assists since Jan. 7, 2025 against Utah State
- Garland has scored at least 17 points in all four games on the season
- The Spartans had two players record a double-double in the same game since Dec. 14, 2024 when Josh Uduje and Sadaidriene Hall had double-doubles against Cal Poly
- Moundi has three double-doubles in four games on the season, tying him for the most in the Mountain West
- Moundi’s double-double was the ninth of his career
- Moundi knocked down his first career three pointer
- Overstreet’s double-double was the 18th of his career and fifth career double-double in Division I
- Moupadele and Eren Karakaya made their season debuts
- Moupadele, Karakaya, Douglas Langford and Jaden Goodall all made their first career field goal in the game
UP NEXT: The Spartans will host Southern on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. from the Provident Credit Union Event Center. The game can be watched on Mountain West Network.
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