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Athletics Media Relations Department San José State Contact: Connor Pelton office: 408-924-1229 cell: 503-998-7686 email: [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL website: www.sjsuspartans.com San Jose State Spartans at California Golden Bears Schedule/ResultsSchedule/Results Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 4:00 p.m. - Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion - 11,858) 0-0, 0-05- MW San José State ............ 0-0 (0-0 MW) California ................ 0-0 (0-0 Pac-12) November Last Game ................................................N/A Last Game ...............................................N/A 25 at California 4:00 p.m. Head Coach ..........................Jamie Craighead Head Coach ...........................Charmin Smith 30 at San Francisco TBA December 2019-20 Individual Leaders Broadcast Information 8 UC Irvine 12:00 p.m. Points Per Game................................Ayzhiana Basallo (18.5) Rebounds Per Game ...........................Tyra Whitehead (10.1) Video: Pac-12 Plus 13 Pacific 1:00 p.m. Assists ..................................................Ayzhiana Basallo (133) Live Stats: SJSUSpartans.com 18 at Sacramento State 5:00 p.m. Twitter: @SanJoseStateWBB Steals .......................................................Tyra Whitehead (68) 21 Utah State* TBA Blocks ......................................................Tyra Whitehead (36) 23 Utah State* TBA 2019-20 Team Stat Comparison Series History 31 at Boise State* TBA San Jose State California ALL-TIME RECORD: 9-24 January 74.7 .............................Points/Game ............................... 66.1 Current Win Streak: California - W1 2 at Boise State* TBA 70.9 ..................... Points Allowed/Game ....................... 71.4 Last San José State Win: 68-66, December 9, 2009 8 Fresno State* TBA 36.8 ..........................Rebounds/Game ............................ 37.4 Last California Win: 110-87, November 28, 2014 10 Fresno State* TBA .415 ............................FG Percentage .............................. .390 San José State at Home: 5-10 .765 ............................FT Percentage .............................. .749 San José State at California: 3-14 14 at Colorado State* TBA .365 ....................... 3-PT FG Percentage ......................... .315 Neutral: 1-0 16 at Colorado State* TBA 107 ....................................Blocks .......................................109 21 New Mexico* TBA 327 ....................................Steals ...................................... 209 Last Meeting: San Jose State outscored the host Golden Bears 23 New Mexico* TBA 527 ....................................Assists ...................................... 424 in the second half but was unable to come all the way back in a 469 .................................Turnovers ................................... 480 110-87 defeat that tipped-off the 2014 Cal Classic in Berkeley. 28 at Air Force* TBA 30 at Air Force* TBA February 8 San Diego State* TBA Possible Starters (based on 2019-20 minutes) 10 San Diego State* TBA 13 at Nevada* TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown 2019-20 Statistics Notes 15 at Nevada* TBA 0 Raziya Potter G 5-9 Jr. Tracy, Calif. 9.4 ppg, 2.9 apg Led team in scoring as a freshman 19 at UNLV* 5:00 p.m. 3 Ayzhiana Basallo G 5-5 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. 18.5 ppg, 4.6 apg Preseason All-Mountain West selection 21 at UNLV* 1:00 p.m. 25 Wyoming* TBA 15 Tyra Whitehead F 6-3 Sr. Richmond, Va. 13.9 ppg, 10.1 rpg On Mid-Major Player of the Year watch list 27 Wyoming* TBA 22 Danae Marquez G 5-5 Sr. Fresno, Calif. 6.6 ppg, 3.4 apg Is No. 5 on SJSU's all-time assists list Mountain West Tournament 35 Cydni Lewis F 6-0 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. 6.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg Is No. 5 on SJSU's all-time blocks list March 7-10 TBD Las Vegas, Nev. All times local to the site Home Games In Bold * - Mountain West Game 1 Twitter: @SJSUAthletics, @SanJoseStateWBB Facebook: /SJSUSpartans, /SanJoseStateWBB 2020-21 San José State Women’s Basketball - www.sjsuspartans.com SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS 2020-21 Miscellaneous Stats Wednesday's meeting will also serve as the first game of the season for California. The team is coming off a 12-19 record a year ago but did notch victories over No. 13 Arizona and No. 22 Arizona State for its final two wins of the season. The Golden Bears opened the 2019-20 campaign with seven victories in their first nine games, a stretch that included another ranked win (No. 20 Arkansas). Double-Figure Scoring Games (0) Sophomore Jazlen Green (8.8 points per game) is California's top returning scorer from that campaign. It's sophomore Evelien Lutje Schipholt who tops the team's returners on the boards, pulling down an average of 5.9 Double-Figure Rebounding Games (0) rebounds per game a year ago. Double-Doubles (0) Head coach Charmin Smith guided her program to a 7-10 mark at home last season. Its last win at Haas Pavilion came back on Dec. 29, a 72-53 victory over visiting Grand Canyon. SJSU VS. THE PAC-12 Overall, San José State is 37-91 against the current make up of schools in the Pac-12. The Spartans last victory over a Pac-12 member came on Dec. 9, 2009 at No. 22 California. Chasity Shavers led her team in the 68-66 victory in Berkeley, tallying 32 points while pulling down eight rebounds. This will mark SJSU's only game against a Pac-12 opponent in the 2020-21 regular season. Mountain West Standings (FINAL) PRESEASON POLL MW Games All Games The Spartans were picked second in the Mountain West preseason poll, marking the highest preseason selection in W L PCT. W L PCT. program history (SJSU was No. 3 in the 2005-06 WAC preseason poll). San José State received first-place votes on Fresno State 16 2 .889 25 7 .781 two of the 26 ballots that were submitted. Boise State 13 5 .722 24 9 .727 San Jose State 12 6 .667 19 12 .613 WHITEHEAD, BASALLO NAMED TO MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Wyoming 12 6 .667 17 12 .586 Point guard Ayzhiana Basallo and forward Tyra Whitehead have been named to the Her Hoop Stats Becky San Diego State 9 9 .500 14 17 .452 Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year preseason watch list. In addition to leading the Mountain West in honorees, UNLV 9 9 .500 13 17 .433 SJSU was one of just two teams nationally to place multiple players on the list. Nevada 7 11 .389 15 16 .484 Air Force 7 11 .389 10 21 .323 BASALLO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST New Mexico 6 12 .333 15 17 .469 Ayzhiana Basallo became just the fourth Spartan in school history to be named to a preseason all-conference Colorado State 6 12 .333 12 18 .400 team this month when she was voted Preseason All-Mountain West for the 2020-21 season. The preseason nod is Utah State 2 16 .111 8 23 .258 the program's first since Dezz Ramos was honored in 2017. A junior out of San Francisco, Basallo is the reigning Mountain West Newcomer of the Year. She has earned two AN SJSU WIN WOULD conference superlative awards in two seasons of collegiate basketball, the first coming in 2018 as the Big West Sixth Player of the Year. SPANNING THE GLOBE > Give SJSU its first win over California since 2009 The 2020-21 Spartans will have supporters in plenty of different time zones this season. This year's roster features student-athletes from nine different states (Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, > Mark the program's first win in a season-opener Texas, Virginia) and two countries (Nigeria, United States). since the 2015-16 campaign YOUTH MOVEMENT San José State's turnaround has been a few years in the making as the program had the youngest roster in the > Be better than a loss country for the 2017-18 season, a group that included eight freshmen. Four of the players on that team are now seniors at SJSU. PAC-12 OPENERS This will be San José State's ninth season-opener against a Pac-12 opponent in program history. Its last three such contests came in 2017 (at No. 7 UCLA), 2014 (overtime loss at Utah) and 2008 (one-point loss against Oregon). The Spartans haven't opened a season in Berkeley against California since 1987. PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUN GUIDE AYZHIANA BASALLO (AYE-zhee-ON-ah BUS-all-OH) CYDNI Lewis (Sydney, like the city in Australia) SHAILA Mays (SHY-luh) KALINA Obrey (CUH-lean-UH) ANALYSS BENALLY (anna-LEASE ben-OLLIE) MIYAH Lewis-Hampton (MY-ah) AUTAM Mendez (Autumn, like the season) RAZIYA Potter (rah-ZEE-ah) ALANI Fluker (UH-lawn-E) DANAE Marquez (dah-NAY) Meghan OBERG (OH-burgh) CARLOTTA KLOPPENBURG-Pruitt (CAR-lot-UH KLOPP-in-BERG) 2 Twitter: @SJSUAthletics, @SanJoseStateWBB Facebook: /SJSUSpartans, /SanJoseStateWBB 2020-21 San José State Women’s Basketball - www.sjsuspartans.com A LATE START SJSU 2020-21 Record When The Nov. 25 start date is the latest start to a season for the Spartans since they opened the 1995-96 campaign at Fresno State on Nov. 29. Current San José State SID Connor Pelton was born later that season. Playing at home (0-0) Playing on the road (0-0) TURNAROUND Playing at a neutral site (0-0) No team in the nation had a larger single-season win turnaround than San José State last year. The Spartans went Playing at night (0-0) from six victories in the 2018-19 season to 19 wins on the 2019-20 campaign. Playing in the day (0-0) Leading at halftime (0-0) BEST WIN TURNAROUNDS IN SCHOOL HISTORY Trailing at halftime (0-0) Last year's Spartan team set a school record for the best turnaround in program history: Tied at halftime (0-0) Seasons Wins Increase Leading at end of 3rd quarter (0-0) 2018-19 to 2019-20 6 to 19 +13 Going to overtime (0-0) 1999-00 to 2000-01 3 to 13 +10 Playing in November (0-0) 2010-11 to 2011-12 2 to 11 +9 Playing in