2019-20 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 GAME NOTES Stephen Trembley, Director of New Media • 559-278-6178 (office) • 559-270-4291 (cell) • [email protected] Taylor Martinez, Communications Assistant • 559-278-4881 (office) 559-394-6492• (cell) • [email protected] Julia Vella, New Media Assistant • 559-278-6178 (office) • [email protected] GAME 9: FRESNO STATE (2-6) AT CALIFORNIA (5-4) Dec. 11, 2019 • 7 p.m. PT • Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) TV: Pac-12 Networks (Guy Haberman/Mike Montgomery) Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) Series History: California leads 6-2 (overall) & 3-0 (games played in Berkeley, Calif.) Last Meeting: Fresno State 95, California 73 (Dec. 19, 2018 • Fresno, Calif.) Next Up: at Cal Poly (Dec. 14); vs. IUPUI (Dec. 20); vs. San Francisco (Dec. 23) Fresno State’s 2018-19 Final NCAA NET Ranking: No. 82 FRESNO STATE CALIFORNIA OPENING TIP FRESNO STATE RETURNS TO BAY AREA TO TAKE ON CAL • Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is in his second season after Fresno State visits the California Golden Bears on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT. winning 23 games in his first season back home in the San Joaquin alley.V The game will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks and 940 AM ESPN Radio. • Hutson was named the 2018-19 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year. This will be the Bulldogs’ fourth-ever road game at Cal and second contest • Hutson, a Bakersfield native, had spent 12 seasons (San Diego State and this season against a Pac-12 opponent. Fresno State is in the middle of a UNLV) as one of the most respected assistant coaches in country. three-game road swing, which will finish on Saturday evening at Cal Poly. • Fresno State has won at least 20 games in each of the past four seasons (five of the past six seasons) and joined the Mountain West in 2012. FRESNO STATE & CALIFORNIA: ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY Fresno State has defeated the California Golden Bears twice, including a ’DOGS PLAYED THREE PRESEASON AP TOP 25 TEAMS EARLY 95-73 victory last season at the Save Mart Center on Dec. 19, 2018. In last • Fresno State was one of two teams (Michigan State) in the nation that had year’s game, Fresno State’s New Williams scored a game-high 19 points, three teams ranked in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll on its schedule for the with Nate Grimes adding 17 points and Noah Blackwell posting 13 points, first eight games of the 2019-20 regular season. a career-high nine assists and seven rebounds. Blackwell was named the • Fresno State opened the season at Oregon (No. 15) on Nov. 5, and then Mountain West’s Player of the Week for his combined effort in the win over played Saint Mary’s (No. 20) in Sacramento at Golden 1 Center on Nov. 20 Cal, and a victory over UT-Martin later in the week. The Bulldogs’ previous and visited Utah State (No. 17) on Dec. 7 (AP Top 25 preseason rankings). win over the Golden Bears was a 82-70 win in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament, with the game played in Memphis, Tenn., on March 16, A PROVEN WINNER AND CONSISTENT CONTENDER IN THE MW 2001. California leads the all-time series 6-2, including a 3-0 record against • Fresno State has won the second-most MW games in the last three-plus Fresno State in Berkeley, Calif. Fresno State is seeking its first road win over seasons (35), which is since the start of the 2016-17 season. a Pac-12 team since winning 63-58 at Oregon State on Nov. 25, 2016. This • Fresno State is one of three programs (Nevada and San Diego State) with is Fresno State’s first road game at Cal since a 67-56 loss on Dec. 14, 2013. 58 or more MW wins in the last five seasons. • Fresno State is the only program to earn a MW Tournament first-round bye BULLDOG BONES in each of the past five seasons. • During the Justin Hutson era, Fresno State has outscored autonomy- • Fresno State is one of two programs, along with San Diego State, with a five conference schools (TCU, Northwestern, Miami, Cal and Oregon) by a .500 record or better in MW play in each of the last six seasons. combined score of 375-358 (+17). • Fresno State is the only team to win at least 10 MW games in each of the • Fresno State is coming off playing back-to-back overtime games for the last five seasons. second time since 2013 (first time in Hutson’s tenure. Fresno State last played back-to-back overtime games during the 2017-18 season. BULLDOG BONES • Fresno State’s overtime game against then-No. 25 Utah State was the • Fresno State is opening the season by playing seven of its first 10 games Bulldogs’ first overtime contest when playing an Associated Press Top 25 away from the Save Mart Center (six road games + one neutral site game). opponent since 2015 (then-No. 25 Wyoming). • Fresno State leads the MW in blocked shots per game (4.5 bpg). • Fresno State will play its next seven games in the state of California, • Fresno State senior guard Noah Blackwell is second in the Mountain West which includes four home games at the Save Mart Center. in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.0 A-TO ratio, 24-8). • Fresno State senior forward Nate Grimes leads the Mountain West in • REFERENCE: “Fresno State” blocked shots (1.9 blocks/game). (Never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply “Fresno”) • Fresno State is 19-4 when leading at halftime during Hutson’s tenure. • ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS 2019-20 SCHEDULE / RESULTS (2-6, 0-2 MW) O30 (Wed) Dominican (Exhibition) ......................................... W, 86-57 F1 (Sat) New MexicoMW [AT&T] ............................................ 2 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F4 (Tues) Colorado StateMW [CBSSN] ...................................... 6 p.m. N5 (Tues) at No. 15/14 Oregon [Pac-12 Networks] ..................L, 57-71 F8 (Sat) at UNLVMW [ESPNU] ...................................................... 5 p.m. N10 (Sun) Winthrop [MWN] ................................................. W, 77-74 F12 (Wed) at San Jose StateMW [MWN] ......................................... 7 p.m. N12 (Tues) at San Diego [WCC Network] ............................ L, 66-72 (OT) F15 (Sat) Utah StateMW [ESPN2 or ESPNU] ............................. 7 p.m. N17 (Sun) CSUSB [MWN] .................................................... W, 92-47 F19 (Wed) Air ForceMW [ESPN3] ............................................... 7 p.m. N20 (Wed) vs. Saint Mary’s College^ [ESPNU] ............................L, 58-68 F22 (Sat) at NevadaMW [ESPN2 or ESPNU] .................................. 7 p.m. N30 (Sat) at CSUN [BWTV] .........................................................L, 72-73 F29 (Sat) WyomingMW [KAIL-TV/MWN] .................................. 4 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D4 (Wed) UNLVMW [AT&T] ...........................................L, 80-81 (2OT) 2020 Mountain West Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) D7 (Sat) at No. 25 Utah StateMW [AT&T] .......................... L, 70-77 (OT) M4 (Wed) MW Opening Round [MWN] .............................................. TBD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M5 (Thurs) MW Quarterfinals [CBSSN] ............................................... TBD D11 (Wed) at California [Pac-12 Networks] .................................. 7 p.m. M6 (Fri) MW Semifinals [CBSSN] ...........................6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. D14 (Sat) at Cal Poly [BWTV] ....................................................... 7 p.m. M7 (Sat) MW Championship [CBS]..........................................2:30 p.m. D20 (Fri) IUPUI [KAIL-TV/MWN] ............................................ 7 p.m. D23 (Mon) San Francisco [KAIL-TV/MWN] ............................... 7 p.m. NOTES: D28 (Sat) UC Riverside [KAIL-TV/MWN] ................................. 6 p.m. • All games broadcast on 940 AM ESPN Radio and all times are Pacific ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • All home games in BOLD and played at Save Mart Center J1 (Wed) at No. 25 San Diego StateMW [STADIUM/Facebook] .....12 p.m. MW = Mountain West Game J4 (Sat) San Jose StateMW [KAIL-TV/MWN] .......................... 4 p.m. ^ = Game played at a neutral site in Sacramento, Calif. at Golden 1 Center. J7 (Tues) at New MexicoMW [ESPN2 or ESPNU] .......................... 8 p.m. J14 (Tues) No. 25 San Diego StateMW [ESPN2 or ESPNU] ......... 8 p.m. AT&T = AT&T Sports Net J18 (Sat) at WyomingMW [MWN] .................................................. 3 p.m. CBSSN = CBS Sports Network J22 (Wed) at Colorado StateMW [ESPN3] ....................................... 6 p.m. BWTV = Big West TV (www.bigwest.tv) J25 (Sat) Boise StateMW [AT&T] ............................................. 5 p.m. MWN = Mountain West Network (www.GoBulldogs.com/mwn) J28 (Tues) at Air ForceMW [AT&T] ................................................... 6 p.m. KAIL-TV = My Central Valley (Channel 7.1/53) 6 NCAA APPEARANCES (1981, ’82, ’84, 2000*, ’01 & ’16) • 10 NIT APPEARANCES • 1983 NIT CHAMPIONS | 1 2019-20 FRESNO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ........................................................................................ 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