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SAN DIEGO STATE BASKETBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 10 years) • Record 12-Time Mountain West Conference Champion Contacts: Mike May, Senior Associate AD of Communications and Media Relations (e-mail: [email protected]) • Richard Stern, Assistant Media Relations Director (e-mail: [email protected]) LIVE COVERAGE GAME 26 TV: CBS Sports Network Stream: CBS Sports Network No. 4/4 (25-0; 14-0 MW) (17-9; 9-5 MW) Dave Ryan (play-by-play) SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS at BOISE STATE BRONCOS Steve Wolf (analyst) Sun., Feb. 16 • 2 p.m. MT (announced) / 2:05 p.m. MT (tip+5 min. slide) • ExtraMile Arena • Boise, Idaho Heather Cox (Sideline) Kevin Smollon (producer) SAN DIEGO STATE BOISE STATE Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Leon Rice Aztec Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports Career Record: 68-24 (3rd Season) Career Record: 195-124 (10th season) Inland Empire (IE) 1350 / Sirius/XM Channel 81 (pregame starts at Record at San Diego State: Same Record at Boise State: Same 12:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Record vs. Boise State: 3-2 Record vs. SDSU: 7-12 Ted Leitner (play-by-play) Jon Schaeffer (pre, half, post) OFF THE TOP (through games of Feb. 12) SERIES INFORMATION f Having secured a record 12th Mountain West Conference men’s basketball cham- pionship, San Diego State looks to continue its historic run Sunday afternoon when Overall San Diego State leads, 13-7 Live Stats: GoAztecs.com Current Streak San Diego State, W2 the Aztecs travel to Boise, Idaho, to face Boise State. Recently SDSU is 5-4 in last 9 Next Media Availability: Date, Time and location to be deter- f With its victory over New Mexico Tuesday and Utah State’s win at Colorado State In San Diego San Diego State, 7-2 mined. the same day, SDSU won its seventh regular-season MW title (2006, 2011*, 2012*, In Boise Boise State, 5-3 2014, 2015*, 2016 and 2020). * - indicates shared title Neutral Sites San Diego State, 3-0 SCHEDULE / RESULTS f San Diego State assistant coach Chris Acker returns to Boise. Acker served as an Last Meeting SDSU, 83-65, 1-11-20 assistant coach the previous two seasons at Boise State. Record: 25-0 | Home: 13-0, Away: 9-0, Neutral: 3-0 f The Aztecs lead the all-time series 13-7, but are just 3-5 lifetime at Boise. SDSU has lost its last three road games to the Broncos MW Record: 14-0 | Home: 7-0, Away: 7-0 and have not won at ExtraMile Arena (formerly Taco Bell Arena) since Jan. 16, 2016. The Aztecs have not swept the season series since the 2013-14 campaign. Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results f Winning streaks that are on the line Sunday: O.30 UC SAN DIEGO (Exhibition) W, 86-51 Streak No. School Active DI N.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 77-42 Overall 25 record longest active win streak N.9 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) W, 76-71 Conference Win Streak 14 record 2nd-longest active win streak (New Mexico State 28) N.13 rv/-- GRAND CANYON (STADIUM) W, 86-61 Road/Neutral Win Streak 12 record longest active win streak N.20 rv/rv at San Diego (Fox Sports West) W, 66-49 Road Win Streak 10 record 2nd-longest active win streak (Gonzaga, 17) N.22 rv/rv LIU (MWN) W, 81-64 Best Start to Season 25-0 record best start by any DI team since Gonzaga, 29-0 (2016-17) N.25 rv/rv TENNESSEE STATE (MWN) W, 62-49 Best Start to Conference 14-0 record best start by any team in Mountain West Conference history N.28 rv/--v --/r #vs. Creighton (SF) (FS1) W, 83-52 N.29 rv/-- #vs. Iowa (CH) (FS1) W, 83-73 CHAMPIONS (through games of Feb. 12) D.4 rv/rv *at Colorado State (STADIUM) W, 79-57 f As previously mentioned, San Diego State clinched the outright regular-season title on Tuesday night. The Aztecs became the first D.8 rv/rv *SAN JOSE STATE (FSSD) W, 59-57 team in the nation to clinch its regular-season title this season and became the first team in the nation to clinch its outright regu- D.18 20/20 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN (MWN) W, 92-48 lar-season title with four games remaining since Steph Curry’s Davidson team in 2007-08. D.21 20/20 ^vs. Utah (Pac-12 Network) W, 80-52 f San Diego State became the fourth team this century to clinch a regular season outright championship with four games to play. D.28 15/14 CAL POLY (FSSD) W, 73-57 Team Year Conference Gms. Remaining when Clinched Final Record NCAA Result J.1 13/12 *FRESNO STATE (STADIUM) W, 61-52 San Diego State 2019-20 Mountain West 4 J.4 13/12 rv/rv *at Utah State (CBSSN) W, 77-68 Davidson 2007-08 Southern 4 29-7 Elite Eight J.8 7/7 *at Wyoming (MWN) W, 72-52 Stanford 2003-04 Pac-10 4 30-2 Second Round J.11 7/7 *BOISE STATE (ESPN3) W, 83-65 Cincinnati 1999-00 Conference USA 4 29-4 Second Round J.14 7/6 *at Fresno State (ESPN2) W, 64-55 f San Diego State’s 14-0 conference record is the best start for a Mountain West team in the history of the league. J.18 7/6 *NEVADA (CBSSN) W, 68-55 f SDSU is one of five unbeaten teams in conference play (also: Baylor (11-0), Dayton (11-0), Gonzaga (11-0) and J.21 4/4 *WYOMING (CBSSN) W, 72-55 New Mexico State (10-0). J.26 4/4 *at UNLV (CBSSN) W, 71-67 f San Diego State has won its most recent two match-ups with every Mountain West Conference opponent. J.29 4/4 *at New Mexico (CBSSN) W, 85-57 LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STRKS BEST SCORING MARGIN CAREER SCORING F.1 4/4 *UTAH STATE (CBSSN) W, 80-68 Below is a look at the longest active win streaks Below is a look at the highest scoring margin Junior Matt Mitchell became the 34th player F.8 4/4 *at Air Force (CBSSN) W, 89-74 in the nation. for Division I teams this season. in school history with 1,000 career points at F.11 4/4 *NEW MEXICO (ESPN2) W, 82-59 SDSU. Below is a look at San Diego State’s F.16 4/4 *at Boise State (CBSSN) 2 p.m. MT Rk. School Strk. Next Game Rk. School W-L Pct. +/- career scoring list. F.22 *UNLV (CBSSN) 4:30 p.m. PT 1. San Diego State 25 at Boise State 1. Gonzaga 25-1 .962 +21.7 F.25 *COLORADO STATE (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT 2. Baylor 21 West Virginia 2. San Diego State 25-0 1.000 +17.7 Rk. Player Seasons Points F.29 *at Nevada (ESPN Networks) 5 p.m. PT 3. Gonzaga 17 at Pepperdine 3. Duke 21-3 .875 +16.5 28. Milton Phelps 39-40-41 1,043 4. Dayton 13 at UMass 4. Dayton 22-2 .917 +16.0 29. Dave Miller 66-67-68 1,034 M.5-7 +MW Championship (TBD) TBD New Mexico State 13 Seattle 5. Liberty 23-3 .885 +15.8 30. Leonard Allen 82-83-84-85 1,019 # - Continental Tires Las Vegas Invitational (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, 6. Vermont 10 Binghamton 6. Kansas 21-3 .875 +14.5 31. Tony Bland 2002-03 1,012 Nevada) 7. Kansas 9 Oklahoma 7. E. Tenneesee St. 22-4 .846 +14.3 32. Matt Mitchell 2018-19-20 1,007 ^- Basketball Hall of Fame Classic (STAPLES Center; Los Angeles, California) Stephen F. Austin 9 Central Ark. 8. UNC Greensboro 20-6 .769 +13.8 33. Kim Goetz 1978-79 1,005 * - Mountain West Game 9. Yale 17-5 .773 +13.5 34. Randy Holcomb 2001-02 1,002 + - Mountain West Championship Tournament (Thomas & Mack Center; Las 10. Baylor 22-1 .957 +13.2 35. Kawhi Leonard 2010-11 990 Vegas Nevada) f SDSU has won at least 19 games in 15 straight seasons. f SDSU is 12th nationally in winning percentage since the f SDSU has advanced to postseason play in 12 of the last beginning of the 2010-11 season. No. 4/4 San Diego State 14 seasons (2006 NCAA, 2007-09 NIT, 2010-15 NCAA, 2016 f Since its founding in 1999, no men’s basketball program NIT, 2018 NCAA). has won more Mountain West championships (regular-season 2019-20 Record: 25-0 (H: 13-0; A: 9-0; N: 3-0) 14-0 MW f SDSU has won 29 straight gms. when leading at the half. and tournament) than San Diego State’s 12. 12-Time MW Champions, 12 Postseason Berths in Last 14 Years f SDSU has won 31 straight when having a higher FG pct. PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT Athletic, talented freshman... Only scholarship member of the 2019 (KEY-shawd) 19-20 1.9 1.7 0.2 35.3 4/18 6/16 class... Played in 18 gms... Has 20 pts. in his last 62 mins. on the court (11 Keshad Johnson MW 1.2 0.7 0.0 4/9 1/5 2/6 games)... 34 points and 30 rebounds in 106 minutes of action... Played ExtraMile Arena Forward, 6-7, 208, Fr.-HS Career Highs: Pts: 7, vs. Texas Southern (11-5-19) | Rebs: 10, vs.