SAN DIEGO STATE BASKETBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 10 years) • Record 11-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 2 | REGULAR-SEASON ROAD OPENER TV: BYU.tv Live Stream: None SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (1-0; 0-0 MW) at BYU Cougars (1-0; 0-0 WCC) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 • 2 P.M. (MT) • THE MARRIOTT CENTER (22,700) • PROVO, UTAH Aztec Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports Inland Empire (IE) 1350 (pregame starts at 12:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Jon Schaeffer (play-by-play) SAN DIEGO STATE BYU Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Mark Pope Career Record: 44-24 (3rd Season) Career Record: 78-56 (5th Season) Record at San Diego State: Same Record at BYU: 1-0 Live Stats: GoAztecs.com Record vs. BYU: 1-0 Record vs. SDSU: 0-0 NEWS AND NOTES (As of Nov. 7) Tickets: Available through the BYU Box Office. Ê San Diego State and Brigham Young, two teams that shared conference affili SERIES INFORMATION ation from 1978 through 2011, meet for just the third time in the last nine Overall BYU, 48-24 Next Media Availability: There will be media availability for both seasons when the Aztecs travel to Provo, Utah to face the Cougars. Current Streak San Diego State, W3 Coach Dutcher and select student-athletes prior to the team’s next Ê San Diego State is looking for just its second 2-0 start to a campaign in the In San Diego BYU, 18-17 game against Grand Canyon. last five seasons. The Aztecs have not opened a campaign with consecutive vic In Provo BYU, 29-3 tories with at least one of those wins coming on the road since the 2010-11 Neutral Sites San Diego State, 4-1 season. That season, SDSU opened the year with wins at Long Beach State and Last Meeting SDSU, 90-81, 12-22-18 SCHEDULE / RESULTS at No. 11/12 Gonzaga en route to a 20-0 start, a 34-3 final record and the Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results school’s first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. Ê Saturday will mark the 74th meeting between the teams which makes it the ninth most frequent series in SDSU school history. O.30 UC SAN DIEGO (Exhibition) W, 86-51 Ê San Diego State has won the last three encounters between the teams which is tied for the longest Aztec win streak in the 73 N.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 77-42 all-time meetings (also: first three games of the series 1940-77 and 2005-06). N.9 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) 2 p.m. MT Ê The Aztecs are just 3-29 against the Cougars in Provo, with victories coming on Jan. 31, 1985, Dec. 31, 1996 and Jan. 8, N.13 GRAND CANYON (STADIUM) 7 p.m. PT 2005. The most recent victory in Provo came when Chris Walton connected on a fadeaway follow shot in the lane as time N.20 at San Diego 8 p.m. PT expired to give SDSU a 59-57 win. The Aztecs have lost their last six games played at the Marriott Center. N.22 LIU 7 p.m. PT Ê Saturday marks San Diego State’s first visit to Brigham Young since the 2010-11 campaign when the top-10 teams met for N.25 TENNESSEE STATE 7 p.m. PT the first of three times that season. The Aztecs entered the game 20-0 and ranked No. 4 nationally in both polls. The Cougars N.28 #vs. Creighton (FS1) 7:30 p.m. PT (17-1), were ranked 9th nationally in both major polls. In front of a sellout crowd of 22,700, the Cougars handed the Aztecs their first loss of the season, 71-58. Both team’s All-Americans were outstanding, with Jimmer Fredette scoring 43 points and N.29 #vs. Texas Tech/Iowa (FS1) TBA PT Kawhi Leonard posting 22 points and 15 rebounds. SDSU would avenge the game in the Mountain West tourney final, winning D.4 *at Colorado State (STADIUM) 7 p.m. MT 72-54, in the championship game. D.8 *SAN JOSE STATE (FSSD) 12 p.m. PT Ê Saturday’s game features one of the nation’s best home teams against an elite road program. Since the start of the 1999-00 D.18 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 7 p.m. PT season, Brigham Young is 276-38 at home (87.9 percent). That ranks sixth nationally in home win percentage during that hat D.21 ^vs. Utah (Pac-12 Network) 3:30 p.m. PT span. Meanwhile, San Diego State is 102-65 in road/neutral contests since the start of the 2010-11 season. That is 15th nation D.28 CAL POLY (FSSD) 4 p.m. PT ally during that period. J.1 *FRESNO STATE (STADIUM) 12 p.m. PT Ê San Diego State opened the 2019-20 campaign in style disposing of a Texas Southern, a program that won 24 games a year J.4 *at Utah State (CBSSN) 8 p.m. MT ago and piled up road wins at Baylor, Oregon and Texas A&M, 86-51. J.8 *at Wyoming (MWN) 7 p.m. MT Ê The Aztecs never trailed, used a 20-0 run in the first half to build a 40-10 advantage in cruising to the season opening win. Ê SDSU played near flawless basketball in the first half. The Aztecs built a 48-13 lead at intermission. The Aztecs made twice as J.11 *BOISE STATE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PT many first half three-point field goals (10), thenexas T Southern had total field goals (5) and limited the Tigers to just 5-of-26 J.14 *at Fresno State (ESPN Networks) 8 p.m. PT field goal shooting (19.2 percent) prior to the break. J.18 *NEVADA (CBSSN) 5 p.m. PT Ê For a program that prides itself on defense, the first half effort still resonated in the record books. The 13 points allowed are J.21 *WYOMING (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT tied for the fourth lowest first-half output for an Aztec opponent in the Brian Dutcher/Steve Fisher era (since 1999-00) and the J.26 *at UNLV (CBSSN) 1 p.m. PT 35-point advantage at intermission matched the highest against a Division I opponent int hat same time period. J.29 *at New Mexico (CBSSN) 7 p.m. MT F.1 *UTAH STATE (CBSSN) 7 p.m. PT ONE-NINE AMONG THE BEST CLASS OF THE MW The longest active 19-win season streak The highest winning percentage since the start The most men’s basketball championships F.8 *at Air Force (CBSSN) 6 p.m. MT entering 2019-20. of the 2010-11 season. (regular-season & tournament) won by current F.11 *NEW MEXICO (ESPN Networks) 8 p.m. MT 1. Kansas 36 1. Gonzaga .849 MW teams. F.16 *at Boise State (CBSSN) 2 p.m. MT 2. Duke 23 2. Kansas .811 1. San Diego State 11 F.22 *UNLV (CBSSN) 4:30 p.m. PT 3. Gonzaga 22 3. Duke .802 2. New Mexico 8 4. Louisville 18 4. Kentucky .798 V 3. UNL 4 F.25 *COLORADO STATE (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT 5. North Carollina 17 5. Wichita State .794 4. Nevada 3 F.29 *at Nevada (ESPN Networks) 5 p.m. PT 6. Michigan State 15 6. Arizona .770 Wyoming 3 M.4-7 +MW Championship (TBD) TBD 7. San Diego State 14 7. Virginia .766 6. Utah State 2 Belmont 14 8. North Carolina .764 7. Air Force 1 # - Continental Tires Las Vegas Invitational (Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas, Brigham Young 14 9. Villanova .763 Boise State 1 Nevada) 10. Saint Mary’s .762 Colorado State 1 ^- Basketball Hall of Fame Classic (STAPLES Center; Los Angeles, California) 11. Belmont .752 Fresno State 1 * - Mountain West Game 12. Cincinnati .745 11. San Jose State 0 + - Mountain West Championship Tournament (Thomas & Mack Center; Las 13. Louisville .736 Vegas Nevada) 14. San Diego State .733 • SDSU has won at least 19 games in 14 straight • SDSU is 14th nationally in winning percentage since seasons, which is tied for 7th-longest active streak the beginning of the 2010-11 season. San Diego State Aztecs in the nation. • Since its founding in 1999, no men’s basketball program has won more Mountain West champion- • SDSU has advanced to the postseason play in 12 2019-20 Record: 1-0 (H:1-0; A: 0-0; N: 0-0) 0-0 MW ships (regular-season and tournament) than San of the last 14 seasons (2006 NCAA, 2007-09 NIT, Diego State’s 11. 11-Time MW Champions, 12 Postseason Berths in Last 14 Years 2010-15 NCAA, 2016 NIT, 2018 NCAA). PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT Notes: Athletic, talented freshman... Only scholarship member of the 2019 class... 19-20 7.0 10.0 -- .250 .143 .000 Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, he averaged 14.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 Keshad Johnson (KEY-shawd) MW -- -- -- -- -- -- assists, 2.3 blocked shots and 1.9 steals as a senior last season at San Leandro High... A Forward, 6-7, 208, Fr.-HS Career Highs: Points: 7, vs. Texas Southern (11/5/19) communications major. 10 Rebounds: , vs. Texas Southern (11/5/19) at Brigham Young Oakland, Calif.