2020-21 Fresno State Men's Basketball Game Notes
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2020-21 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES Stephen Trembley, Director of New Media • [email protected] Travis Blanshan, Assistant Director of Communications • [email protected] GAME 2: FRESNO STATE (1-0) AT PACIFIC (1-0) Nov. 27, 2020 • 3 p.m. PT • Stockton, Calif. (Alex G. Spanos Center) Multi-Team Event (hosted by Pacific, also includes Fresno State and UC Riverside) Online: TBA Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) Series History: Pacific leads 81-79 (overall) & 50-27 (games played in Stockton, Calif.) Last Meeting: Fresno State 81, Pacific 78 [OT] • (Fresno, Calif. • 11/28/18) Next Up: vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 30); at Pepperdine (Dec. 5); vs. CSUN (Dec. 8) FRESNO STATE PACIFIC WHO’S BACK?? CAMPBELL, DIOUF, HOLLAND & ROBINSON FRESNO STATE HEADS UP HIGHWAY 99 TO FACE TIGERS Four returning letterwinners (Jordan Campbell, Assane Diouf, Anthony Fresno State (1-0) travels a few hours north on Highway 99 to face the Holland and Orlando Robinson) are back for their sophomore seasons at Pacific Tigers (1-0) on Friday at 3 p.m. PT at the Alex G. Spanos Center. No Fresno State. Campbell began his collegiate career at Oregon State and fans will be able to attend the nonconference contest. The game will be Assane Diouf redshirted the 2018-19 season before making their Bulldog on 940 AM ESPN Radio by Paul Loeffler and Marc Q. Jones. The last two debuts last year. Holland (4.1 ppg/4.6 rpg) emerged as a critical piece of meetings have been won in overtime by the Bulldogs, who have won the last Fresno State’s 2019-20 rotation, which saw the Riverside product play in 29 three meetings overall, including a 70-68 overtime road win in 2016. of the Bulldogs’ 30 games - missing just a Jan. 22 road game at Colorado State due to injury. Robinson (12.2 ppg/6.6 rpg) led the team in scoring. BULLDOGS OPEN WITH 40-POINT WIN OVER WARRIORS Fresno State opened the 2020-21 season with an 87-47 win over the William Fresno State played six freshmen during the 2019-20 season and led the Jessup Warriors on Thanksgiving Eve at the Save Mart Center. Fresno State Mountain West with those freshmen averaging a combined 101.7 minutes sophomore forward Orlando Robinson had 16 points with 10 rebounds for per game, which was nearly half of the Bulldogs’ minutes per game average his seventh career double-double, while sophomore guard Isaiah Hill also (49.8 percent). Fresno State’s freshmen accounted for 3,050 of the team’s had 16 points and Deon Stroud added 13 points in their Bulldog debuts. 6,125 total minutes played (49.8 percent). Fresno State’s Orlando Robinson (12.2 ppg) led the way for Fresno State’s six freshmen, who had 1,002 of the FRESNO STATE CONTENDING IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST Bulldogs’ 2,075 points scored for an average of 33.4 points of the team’s Since joining the Mountain West in 2012, Fresno State has won the 2016 69.2 points per game (48.3 percent). Robinson was the only Bulldog to play Mountain West tournament championship and finished as high as second in all 30 games this past season. Three different freshmen scored at least in the regular season. The Bulldogs have finished no lower than seventh in 25 points in a game, including Robinson, who had 27 points in Fresno State’s league play in its first eight seasons in the Mountain West, which includes Dec. 28 nonconference home game against UC Riverside. four top four finishes in the past five seasons. Fresno State is one of four MW programs to win 65 or more MW games in the last six seasons. In the NEW ADDITIONS: OLDER TRANSFERS, TALENTED FRESHMEN last five MW campaigns, the ’Dogs have won an average of 11 MW contests Fresno State fields a 14-man roster for the 2020-21 season, which includes per year, including twice going 13-5 against MW opponents, including 10 new players. Of those 10 additions, five of those newcomers are Hutson’s first season at Fresno State during the 2018-19 season. Division I transfers - junior guard Junior Ballard (Cal Poly), fifth-year grad transfer guard Devin Gage (DePaul), redshirt junior guard Alec Hickman FRESNO STATE PRODUCING NBA DRAFT LOTTERY PICKS, PROS (UC Riverside), sophomore guard Isaiah Hill (Tulsa) and sophomore wing In the last 21 seasons, Fresno State has produced three NBA Lottery picks Deon Stroud (UTEP). Fresno State has one additional Division I transfer - Paul George (No. 10 overall in 2010), Melvin Ely (No. 12 overall in 2002) - returning now sophomore guard Jordan Campbell (Oregon State), who and Courtney Alexander (No. 13 overall in 2000) - while UNLV has two and played in eight games for the Bulldogs last season - to feature a total of San Diego State has one in that same 21-season span. Overall, Fresno six Division I transfers on its roster. Fresno State will also infuse fifth-year State has had 31 players go on to play in the NBA, including 21 being senior forward Christian Gray back into its rotation. During Hutson’s first selected in the NBA Draft with five first-round picks (four since 2000). season (2018-19), Gray played in 27 games and provided an important lift for the team in key games down the stretch. Both Gray and Hickman MOST NBA LOTTERY PICKS (LAST 21 SEASONS • 2000-20) redshirted last season (2019-20) for development purposes. These • Fresno State: 3 newcomers are paired with sophomore guard Kyle Harding (Allan Hancock • UNLV: 2 College) and three incoming freshmen Leo Colimerio (Wasatch Academy), • San Diego State: 1 Braxton Meah (San Joaquin Memorial HS/Middlebrooks Academy) and Destin Whitaker (Romeoville HS) to complete the 2020-21 roster. • REFERENCE: “Fresno State” (Never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply “Fresno”) • ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (1-0) N25 (Wed) William Jessup University (MyTV53/MWN) ........ W, 87-47 F4 (Thurs) Utah State MW ............................................................ TBA N27 (Fri) at Pacific ....................................................................... 3 p.m. F6 (Sat) Utah State MW ............................................................ TBA N30 (Mon) UC Riverside ............................................................. TBA F11 (Thurs) at Air Force .......................................................................TBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F13 (Sat) at Air Force .......................................................................TBA D5 (Sat) at Pepperdine ............................................................... 3 p.m. F18 (Thurs) San Diego State MW .................................................... TBA D8 (Tues) CSUN ........................................................................ TBA F20 (Sat) San Diego State MW .................................................... TBA D12 (Sat) Cal Poly .................................................................... TBA F25 (Thurs) at UNLV MW ........................................................................TBA D19 (Sat) Fresno Pacific ........................................................... TBA F27 (Sat) at UNLV MW ........................................................................TBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D28 (Mon) at Colorado State MW ........................................................TBA 2020 Mountain West Championships (Las Vegas, Nev.) D30 (Wed) at Colorado State MW ........................................................TBA M10 (Wed) MW First Round (If Necessary) .......................................TBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M11 (Thurs) MW Quarterfinals .............................................................TBA J2 (Sat) Wyoming MW .............................................................. TBA M12 (Fri) MW Semifinals .................................................................TBA J4 (Mon) Wyoming MW .............................................................. TBA M13 (Sat) MW Championship Game................................................TBA J8 (Fri) San Jose State MW ..................................................... TBA J10 (Sun) San Jose State MW ..................................................... TBA NOTES: J14 (Thurs) at Nevada MW .....................................................................TBA • All games broadcast on 940 AM ESPN Radio and all times are Pacific J16 (Sat) at Nevada MW .....................................................................TBA • All home games in BOLD and played at Save Mart Center J21 (Thurs) at Boise State MW ..............................................................TBA MW = Mountain West Game J23 (Sat) at Boise State MW ..............................................................TBA J28 (Thurs) New Mexico MW .......................................................... TBA MWN = Mountain West Network (www.GoBulldogs.com/mwn) J30 (Sat) New Mexico MW .......................................................... TBA 6 NCAA APPEARANCES (1981, ’82, ’84, 2000*, ’01 & ’16) • 10 NIT APPEARANCES • 1983 NIT CHAMPIONS | 1 2020-21 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ........................................................................................ Fresno, Calif. 2020-21 Overall Record ................................................................................1-0