SAN DIEGO STATE BASKETBALL 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances (7 times in last 9 years) s Record 11-Time Mountain West Champion Contacts: Mike May, Senior Associate AD of Communications and Media Relations (e-mail: [email protected] u Lauren Weaver, Media Relations Coordinator (e-mail: [email protected]) LIVE COVERAGE GAME 20 STADIUM; Facebook TV: Live Stream: SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (11-8; 3-3 MW) vs. AIR FORCE FALCONS (9-11; 4-4 MW) Chris Hassel (play-by-play) Wed., Jan. 30, 2019 :: 7 p.m. PT (announced) / 7:06 p.m. PT :: Viejas Arena (12,414) :: San Diego, Calif. Dani Klupenger (analyst) Kristen Balboni (sidelines) SAN DIEGO STATE Marty Tarr (producer) AIR FORCE Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Dave Pilipovich Aztecs Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports In- Career Record: 33-19 (2nd Season) Career Record: 93-124 (7th Season) land Empire (IE) 1350 (pregame starts at 6:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Record at San Diego State: 33-19 (2nd Season) Record at AFA.: 93-124 (7th Season) Ted Leitner (play-by-play) Record vs. Air Force: 2-1 Record vs. SDSU: 4-10 Jon Schaeffer (pre, half, post) SCENE SETTER (through the games of Sun., Jan. 27) n San Diego State concludes a two-game homestand and looks to climb above .500 :: SERIES INFORMATION in the conference standings with a Wednesday game against Air Force. n The Aztecs and Falcons are meeting for the second time in 19 days. Air Force Overall SDSU, 56-24 Live Stats: GoAztecs.com defeated SDSU, 62-48, on Jan. 12 at Clune Arena. The teams are meeting for a Current Streak AFA, 1 (Last 11: SDSU 9-2) second time despite the fact that the Aztecs have yet to play Colorado State, Ne- In San Diego SDSU leads, 32-6, W13 SCHEDULE / RESULTS vada, San José State and Utah State. In USAFA SDSU leads, 20-17, L1 n Record: 11-8 | Home: 9-2, Away: 1-4, Neutral: 1-2 Despite the loss earlier this season, SDSU has won nine of the last 11 games Neutral Sites SDSU leads 4-1, W3 played between the teams - regardless of location. Last Meeting @AFA 62, SDSU 48 (J.12.19) MW Record: 3-3 | Home: 3-0, Away 0-3 n The Aztecs have defeated Air Force the last 13 times in San Diego. That is the Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time / Result longest active home streak SDSU has against any opponent in Viejas Arena (sec- :: McDANIELS EARNS MW POW N.1 rv/-- Chaminade - Exhibition W, 68-63 ond is Wyoming at 11). N.6 rv/-- Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 76-60 n San Diego State has won nine straight home games against Mountain West com- On Monday, San Diego State sophomore N.14 Texas Southern W, 103-64 petition and is 12-1 in its last 13 and is 48-6 in such games since Jan. 26, 2013. Jalen McDaniels became the first San Diego N.19 1/1 #vs. Duke (ESPN2) L, 64-90 During the nine-game win streak, SDSU has outscored their opponents by 178 State men’s basketball player to earn Mountain N.20 #vs. Xavier (ESPN2) W, 79-74 points (+19.8 scoring margin). West Conference Player of the Week honors in N.21 rv/rv #vs. Iowa State (ESPN2) L, 57-87 n On Monday, Jalen McDaniels became the first San Diego State men’s basketball consecutive weeks. N.27 Jackson State (FOX Sports San Diego) W, 87-44 player to win the Mountain West Player of the Week honor in consecutive weeks. McDaniels now has three career honors put- D.1 $at Illinois State (ESPN+) W, 75-65 McDaniels averaged 24.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals in ting him in very rare company, Below is a look D.5 San Diego (STADIUM/Facebook) L, 61-73 two games last week, while connecting on 63.0 percent of his field goal attempts. at the Aztec players to earn the honor the most. n D.8 at California (Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area) L, 83-89 McDaniels has recorded five consecutive double-doubles, matching the school D.12 Cal State Dominguez Hills W, 99-46 record for most consecutive double-doubles in a single season in the Mountain Rk. Student-Athlete Years No. West era. In the last 44 seasons (as far as records are available), Michael Cage 1. Brandon Heath 2004-05-06-07 8 D.22 Brigham Young (CBS Sports Network) W, 90-81 owns the school record with eight straight double-doubles set during the 1983- 2. Kawhi Leonard, 2010-11 5 D.29 Brown (FOX Sports San Diego) L, 61-82 84 season. 3. Jamaal Franklin 2011-12-13 4 J.1 CSUN W, 65-60 n Since Dec. 29, 2018 (which includes McDaniels’ last eight games), the sopho- Malcolm Thomas 2010-11 4 J.5 *at Boise State (CBS Sports Network) L, 64-88 more has averaged 20.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and is shooting 56.5 Aerick Sanders 2001-02-03-04 4 J.8 *Wyoming (CBS Sports Network) W, 84-54 percent from the field. He is one of only two players in the nation that is aver- 6. Jalen McDaniels 2018-19 3 J.12 *at Air Force (ESPN3) L, 48-62 aging 20-10-2 and is shooting at least 50 percent from the field during that Xavier Thames 2012-13-14 3 J.15 *New Mexico (CBS Sports Network) W, 97-77 span. Kyle Spain 2006-07-08-09 3 J.22 *at Fresno State (ESPNU) L, 62-66 n The Aztecs are 9-2 in home games this season with a +195-point scoring margin Randy Holcomb 2001-02 3 J.26 *UNLV (CBS Sports Network) W, 94-77 in the 11 contests at Viejas Arena. J.30 *Air Force (STADIUM/Facebook) 7 p.m. PT n At home, SDSU has significant advantages in field goal shooting (48.2-39.5), three-point field goal percentage (42.6-31.5) and F.2 *at San José State (Mountain West Network) 6 p.m. PT have made more free throws (192) than its opponents have attempted (191). F.5 *at New Mexico (ESPN2) 9 p.m. MT F.9 *Utah State (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PT GOOD TO BE HOME SDSU CAREER SCORING LIST McDANIELS OF LATE F.12 *at Colorado State (ESPN2) 9 p.m. MT Below is a look at cumulative statistics from Below is a list of San Diego State’s all-time Sophomore forward Jalen McDaniels is F.16 *Boise State (CBS Sports Network) 4 p.m. PT San Diego State’s last nine Mountain West scoring leaders. In school history, 33 play- playing the best basketball of his career as F.20 *Nevada (CBS Sports Network) 8 p.m. PT home games. ers have reached the 1,000-point plateau of late. Below is a look at his averages over F.23 *at UNLV (ESPNU) 7 p.m. PT (list current entering today). his last eight games. F.26 *at Utah State (CBS Sports Network) 7:30 p.m. MT Category SDSU Opp. M.2 *San José State (FOX Sports San Diego) 7 p.m. PT Wins 9 0 Rk. School Pct. Stat Average M.6 *Fresno State (CBS Sports Network) 7 p.m. PT Points/Per Game 87.2 67.4 8. Bob Brady, 52-53-54 1,389 Points 20.8 * M.9 *at Nevada (CBS Sports Network) 7:30 p.m. PT FG Percentage 52.1 41.6 9. Steve Copp, 73-74-75-76 1,307 Rebounds 10.1 * 08-09-10-11 M.13-16 +at MW Championship (TBD) TBD 3FG Percentage 41.1 34.1 10. Billy White, 1,294 FGs 65-115 (56.5 pct.) * Rebounds 37.3 28.9 11. Al Skalecky, 66-67-68 1,271 2FGs 60-102 (58.8 pct.) * # - Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center; Lahaina, Hawaii); * Assists 20.2 13.8 12. Tony Ross, 87-88-89 1,259 FTs 31-38 (81.6 pct.) * Turnovers 11.6 14.6 13. Jeremy Hemsley, 16-17-18-19 1,255 Minutes 32.1 - Mountain West game; + - MW Championship (Thomas & Mack Center; Six of the nine victories have been 17 or 14. Xavier Thames, 12-13-14 1,232 * - Indicates team leader or tied for the Las Vegas, Nev.) more points. 15. Kyle Spain, 06-07-08-09 1,230 team lead in that category in the last eight 16. Chad Nelson, 94-95-96-97 1,225 games. • – The Aztecs have won at least 19 games in 13 straight sea- Trends: sons, which is tied for the 7th-longest active streak in the • – SDSU is 9-2 this season and 29-5 under Brian Dutcher when San Diego State Aztecs nation. holding the opposition to 45.0 percent or less FG shooting. • – San Diego State has advanced to postseason play in 12 of • – SDSU 30-4 last 34x when owing a higher FG pct. 2018-19 Record: 11-8 (H: 9-2; A: 1-4; N: 1-2); 3-3 MW the last 13 seasons (2006 NCAA, 2007-09 NIT, 2010-15 • – The Aztecs are 23-1 in the Dutcher era when holding opponents 12 Postseason Berths in Last 13 Years, 11-Time MW Champions NCAA, 2016 NIT, 2018 NCAA). to 45 percent FG shooting and 35 percent 3FG shooting. PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT 1 of 5 players in the nation avg.