SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men’s basketball team (5-8, 0-2 MW) will face #RV Utah State (11-1, 2-0 MW) at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Saturday at 1 p.m. PT. The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are looking to return to postseason play for the third time in four years which would be the best stretch in program history
- Last season, the Spartans competed in the NIT for the first time since 1981
- The Spartans' 46 wins over their last three seasons is the most wins since the team won 46 games from 1985-88 while in the Big West conference
- The Spartans are 4-0 when facing Quad 4 opponents, but have not defeated an opponent Quad 3 or higher
- Utah State is the only team in the conference SJSU will not face at home this season. The Spartans will only face SDSU and Utah State once this season while playing every other conference member twice
- The last time the Spartans defeated Utah State came on Feb. 11, 2023 in a 69-64 victory at the PCUEC
- SJSU has not defeated Utah State on the road since Feb. 25, 1982
- The Spartans have not won a true road game yet this season
- Colby Garland is averaging 20.4 points per game, ranking first in the Mountain West and 29th in the nation
- Garland has made 28 free throws in a row. The SJSU record for most free throws made consecutively is 31 set by Carroll Williams in 1955
- Garland has scored 20+ in five consecutive games, 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 12 out of 13 games this season, 20+ in eight games and 30 in two games
- Garland's eight 20 point games so far this season is the most in the Mountain West
- In addition to being first in the conference in scoring, Garland leads the conference in made field goals and is fifth in field goal percentage
- Garland's 95 made field goals so far this season is the 28th most in the nation
- Yaphet Moundi has five double-doubles so far this season ranking second in the Mountain West and 33rd 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
- Moundi had a double-double in three consecutive games (vs. #17 Michigan State, Bethesda & Southern), becoming the first Spartan since Steadman in 2019 to accomplish the feat
- Moundi has improved his free throw percentage from .514 last season to .738 this season
- Adrian Myers leads the Spartans in blocks with eight on the season, including a career-high three blocks against SDSU
- Jermaine Washington is the team's leading three point shooter this season, knocking down 2.1 threes per game, good for the ninth most in the MW
- Washington is averaging the third most minutes per game in the Mountain West this season. His averages of 10.7 points and 3.2 assists per game are big jumps from his freshman season where he averaged 4.4 ppg and 1.0 apg
- Pasha Goodarzi is shooting .450 from three this season
- Over the last five games, Melvin Bell Jr. averaged 9.0 ppg, including a career-high 13 points against San Diego State.
- Marcus Overstreet is averaging 17.1 rebounds per 40 minutes, the highest on the team
- Douglas Langford recorded a career-high seven points and eight rebounds in his second start of the season against SDSU
- Ben Roseborough is currently averaging 10.6 points per game. The last Spartan freshman to average more than 10 points per game was Keith Fisher in 2017-18
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