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 1 | REGULAR SEASON OPENER TV: None Live Stream: None TEXAS SOUTHERN TIGERS (0-0; 0-0 SWAC) at SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (0-0; 0-0 MW) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 • 7 P.M. (PT) • STEVE FISHER COURT AT VIEJAS ARENA (12,414) • SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Aztec Radio Network: 101.5 KGB / XTRA 1360 / Fox Sports Inland Empire (IE) 1350 (pregame starts at 6:30 p.m. PT on XTRA) Ted Leitner (play-by-play) SAN DIEGO STATE TEXAS SOUTHERN Jon Schaeffer (pre, half, post) Head Coach: Brian Dutcher Head Coach: Johnny Jones Career Record: 43-24 (3rd Season) Career Record: 322-252 (18th Season) Record at San Diego State: Same Record at Texas Southern: 24-14 Live Stats: GoAztecs.com Record vs. Texas Southern: 1-0 Record vs. SDSU: 0-1 NEWS AND NOTES (Entering 2019-20 regular season) Tickets: Available through GoAztecs.com or at the Viejas Arena ticket Ê San Diego State enters its 99th season of basketball, its 50th season at the SERIES INFORMATION 0ffice. Division I level and the third under the direction of Brian Dutcher on Tuesday Overall San Diego State, 3-0 Nov. 5, with a game against Texas Southern University. Current Streak San Diego State, W3 Next Media Availability: There will be postgame media availabil- Ê San Diego State and Texas Southern will meet for the fourth time in school In San Diego San Diego State, 2-0 ity for both Coach Dutcher and select student-athletes following the history. The Aztecs defeated the Tigers 79-64 on Dec. 6, 1991, 74-62 on Dec. In Houston no meetings game against Texas Southern. 3, 2012 and 103-64 on Nov. 14, 2018. Those games were contested in Austin, Neutral Sites San Diego State, 1-0 Texas, in the Texas Longhorn Classic, and twice in Viejas Arena, respectively. Last Meeting SDSU, 103-64, 11-14-18 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Ê San Diego State has won 13 straight season-openers against unranked teams, a Date SDSU Opp. Opponent (TV/Stream) Time/Results run dating back to the start of the 2005-06 season. SDSU’s last lost to an unranked opponent on opening night came on Nov. 19, 2004, when it came out on the wrong end of a double-overtime 80-72 O.30 UC SAN DIEGO (Exhibition) W, 86-51 loss against UC Santa Barbara. N.5 TEXAS SOUTHERN 7 p.m. PT Ê San Diego State has won six straight season openers and 13 of the last 14 to begin a campaign. The lone blemish came at the N.9 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) 2 p.m. MT start of the 2012-13 season when SDSU fell to No. 9/9 Syracuse on the USS Midway. Taking into account that the Syracuse N.13 GRAND CANYON (STADIUM) 7 p.m. PT game was played outdoors, on the flight deck of the USS Midway, the Aztecs have come out victorious in its last 13 season openers N.20 at San Diego 8 p.m. PT played indoors. N.22 LIU 7 p.m. PT Ê The Aztecs are currently in a nine-game winning streak in season openers that have taken place at home. N.25 TENNESSEE STATE 7 p.m. PT Ê San Diego State prepped for the regular season by winning its 27th consecutive exhibition game with an 86-51 victory over N.28 #vs. Creighton (FS1) 7:30 p.m. PT preseason No. 5 ranked UC San Diego last Wednesday at Viejas Arena. Senior forward Yanni Wetzell scored on a three-point play to open the game and then saw the Tritons tie it at 3-3 and 6-6. SDSU then went on a 6-0 run and never looked back. The team N.29 #vs. Texas Tech/Iowa (FS1) TBA PT led by 25 points at the half before cruising to the 35-point victory. Sophomore forward Aguek Arop and senior forward Nolan D.4 *at Colorado State (STADIUM) 7 p.m. MT Narain were the only two scholarship players that did not play in the game. D.8 *SAN JOSE STATE (FSSD) 12 p.m. PT Ê Head coach Brian Dutcher begins his third season at the helm after guiding San Diego State to a 21-13 record last year and is D.18 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 7 p.m. PT 43-24 in his first two seasons. In 2018, he was the only first-year coach to lead his team to the NCAA tournament and D.21 ^vs. Utah (Pac-12 Network) 3:30 p.m. PT in 96 previous seasons of Aztec basketball, no head coach had won more games and/or won a conference title in his first year D.28 CAL POLY (FSSD) 4 p.m. PT until Dutcher accomplished the feat. In addition, Dutcher is the first Aztecs’ men’s basketball coach to win 20+ games in each of J.1 *FRESNO STATE (STADIUM) 12 p.m. PT his first two seasons. J.4 *at Utah State (CBSSN) 8 p.m. MT Ê Four Aztecs scored in double figures in the win against the Tritons, but only one was among the starting five, Nathan Mensah. The J.8 *at Wyoming (MWN) 7 p.m. MT sophomore forward had 10 points (5-of-8 FG), seven rebounds and a steal. Off the bench freshman forward Keshad Johnson led SDSU with 12 points (3-of-5 FG, 2-of-3 3FG, 4-of-4 FT) in the victory. Matt Mitchell, a junior forward, also totaled 12 points J.11 *BOISE STATE (ESPN3) 7 p.m. PT (5-of-8 FG, 2-of-3 3FG) and Joel Mensah, no relationship to Nathan Mensah, finished with 11 points (5-of-6 FG), five rebounds J.14 *at Fresno State (ESPN Networks) 8 p.m. PT and an assist. J.18 *NEVADA (CBSSN) 5 p.m. PT Ê The class breakdown of San Diego State’s 86 points in the UC San Diego game is: 12 by seniors, 35 by juniors, 25 by sophomores J.21 *WYOMING (CBSSN) 8 p.m. PT and 14 by freshmen. J.26 *at UNLV (CBSSN) 1 p.m. PT Ê The minutes breakdown by class was 40 for the seniors, 85 for the juniors, 52 for the sophomores and 23 by the freshmen. 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 2018-19 Record: 21-13, 11-7 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 who will see playing time for the Aztecs this season... 18-19 -- -- -- -- -- -- Only scholarship member of the 2019 class... Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, he Keshad Johnson (KEY-shawd) MW -- -- -- -- -- -- averaged 14.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.3 blocked shots and 1.9 steals as a Forward, 6-7, 208, Fr.-HS Career Highs: Points: senior last season at San Leandro High... A communications major. Rebounds: Oakland, Calif. (San Leandro HS) Assists: vs. Texas Southern vs. Texas November 5, 2019 0 PPG RPG APG FG 3FG FT Notes: Played in 32 of 34 games during the 2018-19 season (12.2 mpg)..