SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San José State men’s basketball team (6-19, 1-13 MW) will host Nevada (17-8, 9-5 MW) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. (PT). The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are on a five game losing streak to Nevada with their last win coming in the 2023 Mountain West Tournament Quarterfinals
- The Spartans' last win against Nevada at home came on Jan. 8, 2020 in a 70-68 victory
- The Spartans faced Nevada earlier this season with the Wolfpack taking the game 87-54
- Colby Garland did not play in the Spartans' game against Nevada earlier this season. Melvin Bell Jr. led SJSU with 15 points in the game
- Garland is averaging 18.8 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West and 58th in the nation
- Garland is averaging the most points per game for the Spartans since Richard Washington averaged 19.5 in 2020-21
- The Spartans have used 12 different starting lineups so far this season, including eight different starting lineups out in 14 conference games
- The Spartans have turned the ball over seven or less times in four consecutive games
- 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 20 or more in his last four games
- Garland has scored 10 or more points in 19 out of 21 games this season, 20+ in 12 games and 30 in two games
- In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland is seventh in field goal percentage, fourth in assists per game, and fifth in assists/turnover ratio
- Bell scored a career-high 22 points against UNLV and has scored in double-figures in nine out of 11 conference games
- Bell is the only Spartan to play in every game this season
- Bell is second in the conference in minutes per game in conference play, three times playing all 40 minutes
- Adrian Myers leads the Spartans in blocks with 14 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 2.4 threes per game, good for the seventh most in the MW
- Washington has made four threes in each of his last three games that he has played
- Washington is averaging the second most minutes per game in the Mountain West this season. His averages of 11.9 points and 2.8 assists per game are big jumps from his freshman season where he averaged 4.4 ppg and 1.0 apg
- Pasha Goodarzi is averaging 2.1 threes per game in conference play, the eighth most in the conference
- Goodarzi is shooting .412 percent from three on the season
- Goodarzi has made multiple threes in the last five consecutive games
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