SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team hosts Utah State Saturday at 1 p.m. SDSU beat the Aggies 85-66 in Logan on Jan. 18. They made 12 threes, six of which came from freshman Nat Martinez.
Aztec Tidbits
- SDSU lost at first place UNLV 75-65 Wednesday night. It was just the third time the Aztecs lost when scoring 60 or more points this season (13-3).
- Wednesday was the Aztecs’ fifth straight game against a team that is ahead of them or equal to them in the standings. They went 3-2 in those games.
- SDSU is 8-3 on the road. Their eight road wins are SDSU’s most in a season since 2012-13 (10). Their 73% win percentage on the road would be their highest since the 1996-97 season.
- The Aztecs are holding opponents to 60.9 points, 39.5% shooting from the field and 29.7% from three, all of which are top three in the Mountain West.
- The Aztecs have held their opponent under 60 points 12 times (11-1) and under 40% shooting in 13 games (11-2).
- SDSU commits just 13.1 turnovers per game (29th in the nation).
- The Aztecs are 11th in the nation in bench points per game (28.6). 41.8% of SDSU's scoring comes from their bench.
- 10 Aztecs average at least 10 minutes per game and seven different players have led the team in scoring in a game.
- Five Aztecs average between eight and 11 points per game. SDSU is 14-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
- The Aztecs are 13-3 when scoring 60 or more points. Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, they are 51-10 (.836) when they score 60 or more and 32-6 (.842) when they score 70 or more.
- SDSU’s 11 non-conference wins were their most since the 1983-84 team that went 13-0.
- The Aztecs have six players in their 4th year or later, five of them in the 5th year or later (Clark, Fiso, Green, Quezada and Villalobos).
- SDSU was one of 21 schools (6%) that didn’t lose any players to the transfer portal in the offseason.
- The Aztecs began the season 8-0, their best start since the 1988-89 season when SDSU started 14-0.
- Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 34-12 (.739) in home games.
Player Notes
- Veronica Sheffey scored a season-high 20 points and made a career-high four three-pointers at UNLV Wednesday. Her eight made field goals tied her career-high that she set against the Aztecs last year while playing for the University of San Diego.
- Sheffey is averaging a team-high 13.0 points per game in conference play. She is shooting 48% from the field and 53% from three (10-for-19).
- Sheffey has scored in double-digits 16 times, the most on the team.
- Sheffey is 45-for-50 (90%) from the line during conference play, second in the Mountain West.
- Adryana Quezada is one of three players nationally to have over 1,500 points & 700 rebounds while shooting at least 50% from the field and 75% from the line.
- Kim Villalobos has played in a school record 145 games.
- Villalobos has only missed five games in her career and has played in 104 straight and made 95 consecutive starts.
- Villalobos had a season-high 17 points at UNLV Wednesday. It was her 56th time scoring in double-digits.
- Villalobos is one of five players in the nation with at least 1,100 points, 750 rebounds, 200 assists, 175 steals and 100 blocks in her career.
- Villalobos is in the top ten in SDSU history in games, rebounds and blocks.
- Nat Martinez was predicted to win Mountain West Freshman of the Year by CBS Sports’ Kelly Burke.
- Martinez is shooting 44.4% from three on the year.
- Martinez has won the Mountain West Freshman of the Week three times. The Aztecs have won a conference-best five MW FOTW awards (Naomi Panganiban, 2). Combined with the men’s program, SDSU has won the award 11 times, the next closest is CSU with five.
- Cali Clark is fourth in the nation among active players in rebounds per minute (minimum 100 games). She was second in the nation last year.
- In Clark’s 109 games at Colorado State, she had double-digits rebounds six times and one double-double. This season she has 10 games with 10 or more rebounds and six double-doubles.
- Clark is third in the Mountain West in blocks and rebounds.
- Erin Houpt is the only player in the nation to shoot at least 40% from three and 90% from the line in her career.
- Houpt is 92.7% (164-177) from the line in her career, the best in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt’s 42.0% career three-point percentage is 9th in the nation (minimum 150 made).
- Houpt is shooting 46.3% (25-for-54) from three this season, which would be a school record (minimum 50 attempts).
- Naomi Panganiban has won Mountain West Freshman of the Week twice.
- Meghan Fiso tied a career-high with three assists at UNLV Wednesday.
Opponent Notebook (Utah State)
- The Aggies are 2-22 on the year and 1-11 in conference play.
- They are 1-11 on the road.
- They make 8.5 threes per game, the most in the Mountain West.
- They force 16.8 turnovers per game, second most in the Mountain West.
- Cheyenne Stubbs leads the team with 14.4 points per game.
- First year head coach Wesley Brooks was most recently an assistant at Ohio State. Prior to that, he was an assistant at Michigan where he coached current Aztec Meghan Fiso.
Series History
- The Aztecs lead the all-time series 16-7.
- SDSU is 8-2 against the Aggies at home.
- The Aztecs have won the last seven meetings. The average score over that span is 76.0-59.6.