SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men’s basketball team (6-11, 1-5 MW) will host UNLV (8-8, 3-2 MW) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (PT). The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans have lost four in a row to UNLV and have not defeated the Rebels since Feb. 14, 2023
- The Spartans are shooting .358 from three so far this season, the 84th best percentage in the nation
- Colby Garland is averaging 18.9 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West and 55th in the nation
- Garland has made 35 free throws in a row, breaking the SJSU record for most consecutive free throws made. The previous record for most free throws made consecutively was 31 set by Carroll Williams in 1955
- Garland scored 20+ in five consecutive games (12/5-12/30), joining Adrian Oliver and Josh Uduje as the only Spartans to have scored 20+ in five consecutive games since 2011
- Garland has scored 10 or more points in 13 out of 15 games this season, 20+ in eight games and 30 in two games
- In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland is second in the conference in made field goals and is fourth in field goal percentage
- Garland became the first Spartan since Adrian Oliver in 2008-09 to score 20+ in each of his first three games of the season
- Yaphet Moundi has five double-doubles so far this season ranking third in the Mountain West and 52nd in the nation
- Moundi is averaging 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds so far this season
- Moundi's 7.6 rebounds per game is the fifth most in the Mountain West
- Moundi has the most double-doubles in a season for the Spartans since Michael Steadman recorded 11 in 2018-19
- Ben Roseborough is currently averaging 12.0 points per game. The last Spartan freshman to average more than 10 points per game was Keith Fisher in 2017-18
- Roseborough became the fourth Spartan to score 20 more points in a game this season at Grand Canyon, scoring a career-high 23
- Roseborough's 23 points at Grand Canyon was the most scored by a Spartan freshman since MJ Amey scored 23 against San Diego State on Feb. 9, 2022
- Adrian Myers recorded a career-high 20 points, eight rebounds and four threes and shot 8-for-11 off the bench in the Spartans' win over San Diego (12/5)
- Jermaine Washington is the team's leading three point shooter this season, knocking down 2.1 threes per game, good for the sixth most in the MW
- Washington is averaging the second most minutes per game in the Mountain West this season. His averages of 11.1 points and 3.3 assists per game are big jumps from his freshman season where he averaged 4.4 ppg and 1.0 apg
- Washington also leads the Spartans in steals with 1.2 steals per game
- Pasha Goodarzi is shooting .452 from three this season
- Goodarzi is averaging 2.2 threes per game in conference play, the sixth most in the conference
- In conference play, Melvin Bell Jr. is averaging 13.5 points per game, the 13th best mark in the MW. Bell scored a career-high 17 points against Grand Canyon
- Bell is the only Spartan to play in every game this season
- Marcus Overstreet is averaging 14.7 rebounds per 40 minutes, the highest on the team
- Douglas Langford was the recipient of the first ever "GATA" belt after recording three blocks and two steals against Air Force
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