SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San José State men’s basketball team (5-11, 0-5 MW) will host Air Force (3-13, 0-5 MW) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. (PT). The game can be watched on NBC Sports California and Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
The Spartans have won six games in a row over Air Force with their last loss coming in 2022
The Spartans have started 0-5 in conference play for the second consecutive season. Last season, the Spartans would win seven of their last 15 games to finish conference play 7-13
The Spartans are shooting .357 from three so far this season, the 89th best percentage in the nation
The Spartans have used eight different starting lineups so far this season, including four different starting lineups out in five conference games
Colby Garland is averaging 18.9 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West and 55th in the nation
Garland has made 35 free throws in a row, breaking the SJSU record for most consecutive free throws made. The previous record for most free throws made consecutively was 31 set by Carroll Williams in 1955
Garland scored 20+ in five consecutive games (12/5-12/30), joining Adrian Oliver and Josh Uduje as the only Spartans to have scored 20+ in five consecutive games since 2011
Garland has scored 10 or more points in 13 out of 15 games this season, 20+ in eight games and 30 in two games
In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland is second in the conference in made field goals and is third in field goal percentage
Garland’s 101 made field goals so far this season is the 81st most in the nation
Yaphet Moundi has five double-doubles so far this season ranking third in the Mountain West and 47th in the nation
Moundi is averaging 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds so far this season
Moundi’s 7.6 rebounds per game is the fifth most in the Mountain West
Moundi has the most double-doubles in a season for the Spartans since Michael Steadman recorded 11 in 2018-19
Adrian Myers leads the Spartans in blocks with ten on the season, including a career-high three blocks against SDSU
Jermaine Washington is the team’s leading three point shooter this season, knocking down 2.1 threes per game, good for the sixth most in the MW
Washington is averaging the second most minutes per game in the Mountain West this season. His averages of 11.1 points and 3.3 assists per game are big jumps from his freshman season where he averaged 4.4 ppg and 1.0 apg
Washington also leads the Spartans in steals with 1.2 steals per game
Pasha Goodarzi is shooting .441 from three this season
Ben Roseborough is currently averaging 11.3 points per game. The last Spartan freshman to average more than 10 points per game was Keith Fisher in 2017-18
Roseborough became the fourth Spartan to score 20 more points in a game this season at Grand Canyon, scoring a career-high 23
Roseborough’s 23 points at Grand Canyon was the most scored by a Spartan freshman since MJ Amey scored 23 against San Diego State on Feb. 9, 2022
In conference play, Melvin Bell Jr. is averaging 14.2 points per game, the 10th best mark in the MW. Bell scored a career-high 17 points against Grand Canyon
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