ONE FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME: San José State takes a break from Mountain West play, after just one game, to play fellow CSU school Sacramento State this Sunday inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. Both teams enter the day on losing streak as each lost on Wednesday night. The Spartans fell, 83-60, at Wyoming, while the Hornets lost, 61-55, to San Francisco inside the Chase Center.
San José State is looking for its second consecutive win at home after defeating Cal State Monterey Bay, 83-40, on December 11. This will be just the fourth home game of the season for SJSU.
TV: The San José State-Sacramento State game can be seen in the Bay Area on NBC Sports Bay Area with Daniel Barrera and Ashlee Jones on the call.
ABOUT SACRAMENTO STATE: The Hornets enter Sunday’s game with a 6-6 record after falling, 61-55, Wednesday night to San Francisco at the Chase Center. Sacramento State defeated MW foe Nevada 65-45, to start the season, but fell in overtime, 70-67, to future MW school UC Davis. Head coach Aaron Kallhoff is in his third season at the helm of the program.
Series Record - 16-14 (since 1975-76)
First Meeting - L, 95-54, February 19, 1976, San Jose
Last Meeting - L, 66-39, December 15, 2024, Sacramento
Current Spartans Amira Brown and Stella Sgro each scored two points in last year’s meeting.
Last SJSU Win - 73-67, November 17, 2019, San Jose
Current Streak - L2
HEAD COACH JONAS CHATTERTON: San José State head coach Jonas Chatterton is in his first season at the helm of the Spartan program. He recorded his first win as a collegiate head coach on December 11 when the Spartans defeated Cal State Monterey Bay, 83-40, inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: Through December 17, the Spartans rank in the top-100 nationally in five categories.
Blocks PG - 51st 4.5 pg
Three-Point Attempts PG - 52nd 24.8 pg
Rebounds - Defensive - 70th 27.6 pg
Gabriela Pato - Total Blocks - 62nd 17
Gabriela Pato - Blocks per game - 66th 1.55 pg
WHO WANTS TO SCORE TONIGHT? Through 11 games this season, six different Spartans have led the team in scoring. Maya Anderson has led the team in scoring in five games, while Rylei Waugh in has led the team in three games. Amira Brown scored 12 points in the win at CBU, while Gabriela Pato scored 11 to led the Spartans at No. 21 Washington. Katarina Anderson came off the bench at California and scored 10 points to lead SJSU. Stella Sgro scored a career-best 12 points off the bench at Wyoming.
MULTIPLE SPARTANS SCORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES: Four times this season, at least three Spartans have scored in double figures.
BYU - Maya Anderson, 17; Rylei Waugh, 14; Allie Cummins, 10
CBU - Amira Brown, 12; Rylei Waugh, 12; Maya Anderson, 11; Allie Cummins, 10
SMC - Maya Anderson, 18; Allie Cummins, 14; Gabriela Pato, 10
at WYO - Stella Sgro, 12; Carla Fuster, 11; Amira Brown, 10
UP NEXT: San José State returns to the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Sunday, December 28, to face Grand Canyon in the first home Mountain West game of the season.
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