SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men’s basketball team (5-10, 0-4 MW) will face Grand Canyon (9-5, 2-1 MW) at Global Credit Union Arena on Saturday at 5 p.m. PT. The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
- This is the first ever meeting between SJSU and Grand Canyon
- The Spartans are shooting .359 from three so far this season, the 78th best percentage in the nation
- The Spartans have used seven different starting lineups so far this season. Only Colby Garland and Jermaine Washington have started every game this season
- Garland is averaging 18.9 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West and 56th 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
- Garland's eight 20 point games so far this season is tied for the most in the Mountain West
- In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland leads the conference in made field goals and is fourth in field goal percentage
- Garland's 101 made field goals so far this season is the 47th most in the nation
- Yaphet Moundi is averaging 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds so far this season
- Moundi has five double-doubles so far this season ranking third in the Mountain West and 43rd in the nation
- 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 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)
- Myers leads the Spartans in blocks with nine on the season, including a career-high three blocks against SDSU
- Washington is the team's leading three point shooter this season, knocking down 2.1 threes per game, good for the seventh 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 .433 from three this season
- Over the last four games, Melvin Bell Jr. averaged 13.5 ppg including a career-high 16 points against Fresno State
- Marcus Overstreet is averaging 15.2 rebounds per 40 minutes, the highest on the team
- Ben Roseborough is currently averaging 10.0 points per game. The last Spartan freshman to average more than 10 points per game was Keith Fisher III in 2017-18
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