The San Diego State and UC San Diego women’s basketball teams have slightly different priorities Saturday as they approach the ends of the regular season.

The Aztecs (23-4) have already clinched the Mountain West regular-season championship as they host Wyoming in their final home game at Viejas Arena at 1 this afternoon. With only a road game at Air Force Tuesday remaining on the schedule before the conference tournament, the Aztecs could give their reserves more playing time over the final two games.

“Depth has been our secret weapon all year,” coach Stacie Terry-Hutson said.

Meanwhile, the Tritons (19-8, 14-3) are in second place in the Big West Conference with three games to go in the regular season, starting with an afternoon game at Cal Poly.

The Big West’s top two finishers earn a first-round bye in the conference tournament.

PLNU back at home

The Point Loma Nazarene men’s and women’s basketball teams close the regular season Saturday at home against Westmont before hosting the three-day, NCAA Division II PacWest postseason tournament at Golden Gym beginning Thursday.

PLNU’s men (22-5, 17-4) have clinched the PacWest regular season title going into Saturday’s game against second-place Westmont (17-10, 14-7).

The Sea Lions were upset by Hawaii Pacific on Thursday despite a 27-point, six-assist, five-rebound game by St. Augustine High School product Jaden Matingou.

The PLNU women (20-7, 16-5) and Westmont are tied for second in the PacWest behind regular-season champion Vanguard.

Knights, Spartans open playoffs

The fifth-seeded San Diego City College men (23-5) and MiraCosta College women (27-1) come off byes to open their California Community College Athletic Association playoff runs Saturday.

MiraCosta will host Pacific Coast Athletic Conference co-champion Palomar (21-7) at 7 p.m.

The Comets defeated MiraCosta 76-61 in San Marcos on Feb. 20, handing the Spartans their only loss of the season.

Palomar, the No. 12 seed, opened 3C2A state championship play at home Wednesday with a 78-40 victory over Pasadena City College (14-15). Freshman guards Ivorii Seals (Mira Mesa High School), ReeRee Davis (Scripps Ranch High School) and Kami Gillis (Escondido Charter) led the way: Seals had 18 points, Davis added 17 points and six assists and Gillis came off the bench to score 15 points. Sophomore forward Kailani Flournoy (Mater Dei Catholic) finished with 14 rebounds and four steals.

Point guard Anayla Anderson, the PCAC Women’s Player of the Year, paces MiraCosta’s balanced offense.

The SDCC men will be looking for a 15th straight win as the Knights host Saddleback (15-14) at 7 p.m. at Harry West Memorial Gym. The Knights are led by PCAC Player of the Year Dylan Griffin; the University City High School grad is averaging 20.7 points per game.

Two other PCAC teams advanced to the second round.

Benjie Nudo (Del Norte High School) scored 35 points with eight rebounds, six steals and three assists as 16th-seeded Palomar defeated Bakersfield 92-89 in overtime.

The Comets (19-10) play at No. 1 regional seed Fullerton (27-1)  on Saturday.

And 24th-seeded Southwestern College (16-13) scored a 79-74 upset at Riverside College (17-12) behind 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals by sophomore guard Derek Edmond (Victory Christian). Sophomore forward Christian Gamboa (La Jolla High School) added 19 points and eight rebounds. The Jaguars play at eight-seeded West Los Angeles (20-8).