Women's Basketball

Aztecs Look to Extend Win Streak Saturday vs. SJSU

The San Diego State women’s basketball team hosts San Jose State Saturday at 1 p.m. for their Pride Game. SDSU has won 10 games in a row, and their 14-3 start is their best since the 1995-96 season (also 14-3).

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Aztecs Look to Extend Win Streak Saturday vs. SJSUAztecs Look to Extend Win Streak Saturday vs. SJSU

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State women’s basketball team hosts San Jose State Saturday at 1 p.m. for their Pride Game.

 

Aztec Tidbits

  • SDSU has won 10 games in a row, and their 14-3 start is their best since the 1995-96 season (also 14-3).
  • Dating back to last year, the Aztecs have won their last 16 games against Mountain West opponents, the eighth-longest active win streak in DI.
  • SDSU’s 10 game win-streak is their longest since the 2012-13 season (17) and the Aztecs are one of nine teams to go undefeated since Thanksgiving.
  • Seven of their 10 wins during their streak have been by double-digits and SDSU has an average margin of victory of 12.6 during that stretch.
  • This is the first time that SDSU has ever started Mountain West play 8-0.
  • The Aztecs are currently predicted as a No. 12 seed in the NCAA tournament by ESPN’s Charlie Creme. Top 12 seeds avoid playing a true road game in the first road.
  • SDSU is listed as the 11th best team in the West by Jeff Metcalfe, and second best among mid-major programs.
  • The Aztecs are coming off a 75-66 overtime win at UNLV last Saturday in what was a battle for first place. SDSU forced UNLV into 24 turnovers, tied for the most the Rebels have committed in a game since Nov. 19, 2019
  • The Aztecs have won three of their last four games against UNLV, who has won the last four Mountain West regular season championships.
  • SDSU is making a Mountain West-best 9.1 three-pointers per game, which would easily set a program record and is the 16th most in the nation. The Aztecs have made more threes than their opponent in all but two games.
  • SDSU has made 10 or more threes in a game eight times this year. Prior to this season, the Aztecs had accomplished that eight times over the past three seasons.
  • SDSU averages just 12.6 turnovers per game, which would be the best in school history and is 18th in the nation. Additionally, their assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.13 would be the best since the 1983-84 season.
  • The Aztecs are shooting 49.6% on two-pointers and have an effective field goal percentage of 51.2%, both of which would be the program’s best in the Mountain West era (since 1999). Their overall 43.7% field goal percentage leads the conference.
  • SDSU has an average margin of victory of 14.0 points in conference play and are shooting 48.0% from the floor and 41.0% from three. Their MW opponents are shooting just 37.2% from the field and 32.0% from three.
  • The Aztecs are 5-0 on the road this year and are 15-4 on the road since the beginning of last year. They are one of 13 teams in the nation that are undefeated on the road.
  • As of Thursday, the Aztecs have a NET ranking of 74, the best in the Mountain West. SDSU is 2-1 in Quad 1 or 2 games.
  • SDSU is the only team in the Mountain West to have five different players have a game with 20+ points in a game this season.
  • The Aztecs set a single game record vs. New Mexico Jan. 14 with 8,054 fans in attendance, topping the previous program record of 6,906 set last year.
  • This is the first time in program history SDSU doesn’t return any scholarship upperclassman (who played last year).
  • The Aztecs have seven newcomers this year, the most ever under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson (13th season). They added five transfers with four of them coming from Mountain West schools.
  • SDSU was picked to finish second in the MW Preseason poll, their highest preseason selection since 2012-13.
  • The Aztecs have had a winning record in non-conference play in each of the last four years. Since the 2022-23 season, the Aztecs are 36-12 (.750) in non-conference games and 22-5 (.815) in non-conference home games.
  • Entering this year, SDSU had 70 wins over the past three seasons, tied for the most in a three-year span in SDSU history (1994-96).

 

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  • SDSU is 12-0 when they hold their opponent under 70 points. They have held their opponents under 40% shooting 10 times and are 10-0 in those games.
  • The Aztecs are 13-1 when they score 60 or more points. They are also 13-1 when they shoot at least 40% from the field.
  • SDSU is 12-0 when they have more assists than their opponent.
  • The Aztecs are 9-0 when they outrebound their opponent.
  • SDSU is 10-1 when they have more points in the paint than their opponent.
  • The Aztecs are 10-1 when they have more steals than their opponent.
  • The Aztecs are averaging 71.2 points per game, which would be their most since the 1993-94 season. Four of SDSU’s top five scoring teams in the Mountain West era (since 1999) have been in the last four years.
  • Since the beginning of last year, SDSU is 30-2 when three or more players score in double-digits (9-0 this year).
  • Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, the Aztecs are 72-11 (.867) when they score 60 or more (13-1 this year) and 48-6 (.889) when they score 70 or more (6-0 this year).
  • Since the beginning of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 45-13 (.776) in home games (8-1 this year).

 

Player Notes

Naomi Panganiban (Sophomore, Guard, San Diego, Calif.)

  • Naomi Panganiban scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting at UNLV last Saturday.
  • She has scored 10 or more points in all but four games, the most on the team.
  • In conference play, she is averaging 15.0 points and shooting 50% from the field, 40% from three and is a perfect 12-for-12 from the line.
  • On the year, she is 28-for-30 on free throws (93.3%).
  • She has improved in every statistical category from last year when she was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team and to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team.
  • Panganiban was named to the preseason All-Mountain West Team after leading all Mountain West true freshmen in scoring last season (10.3 ppg)
  • Playing for the Philippine National Team at the FIBA Asia Cup, she tied for the team lead in scoring (13.2 ppg) despite being the youngest on the team.
  • The Philippines clinched a spot in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament for the first time ever.

 

Kennedy Lee (RS Junior, Forward, Louisville, Ky.)

  • Kennedy Lee leads the team in rebounding during conference play (6.5) and is second in scoring (10.4).
  • She has two games this year making five or more threes.
  • Her seven made 3-pointers vs. CSUN tied for the second most ever made by an Aztec.

 

Nala Williams (Senior, Guard, Long Beach, Calif.)

  • Nala Williams had seven assists, five rebounds and four assists at UNLV last Saturday.
  • Her 2.17 assist-to-turnover ratio is first in the Mountain West and 39th in the nation among qualified players.
  • Williams is shooting 49.2% from the field and 46% from three in conference play.
  • In her career, she has 1,660 points, 575 rebounds, 403 assists and 335 steals in 109 games.
  • Her 335 career steals are the sixth most in the nation across all divisions among active players.
  • She has scored in double-digits in 84 of her 109 career games and has scored 20 or more 30 times. Her career-high is 42.
  • Against Cal State Bakersfield Nov. 15, she became the first Aztec in the Mountain West era (since 1999) to have at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and three three-pointers in a game.
  • Last year at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Nala Williams was named the DII National Player of the Year and the National Defensive Player of the Year after helping her school go 36-2 and make the national title game.
  • She had 152 steals last year (4.0/game), which was the most in the nation across all divisions. No one else had more than 140 steals and only three other players had 130 or more.

 

Bailey Barnhard (Sophomore, Forward, San Diego, Calif.)

  • Bailey Barnhard scored all six of her points in the overtime period at UNLV last Saturday
  • She leads the team in field goal percentage (54.2%) in conference play while scoring 9.5 points per game.

 

Nat Martinez (Sophomore, Guard, San Leandro, Calif.)

  • Nat Martinez scored 19 points at UNLV last Saturday.
  • She is second in the Mountain West among qualified players in free throw percentage (85.5%).
  • She won Mountain West Player of the Week after scoring 22 points at Kansas State prior to the holiday break.
  • It was her third time scoring 20 or more points against a power conference school, and fifth time overall in her career.
  • In her five games against power conference schools, she is averaging 17.0 points per game shooting 55% from the field and 58% from three.
  • She shot 41.9% from three last year, the fifth best in a single season in program history.
  • She was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team a year ago.

 

Opponent Notebook (San Jose State)

  • The Spartans are 3-17 on the year, 1-8 in the MW and 0-11 on the road.
  • They won their first conference game Wednesday, winning 60-57 vs. Nevada.
  • They lead the conference in blocks (3.8 per game).
  • Maya Anderson leads the team in scoring (13.2) and rebounding (6.5).
  • Head coach Jonas Chatterton is in his first year at SJSU.

 

Series History

  • The Aztecs lead the all-time series 30-11
  • SDSU is 16-3 all-time vs. the Spartans at home but lost last year.
  • The Aztecs have won seven of the last eight meetings, outscoring the Spartans by an average margin of 12.3 points over that span.
  • SDSU’s 73.1 win percentage against SJSU is their highest against any Mountain West program.