SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San José State men’s basketball team (8-21, 3-15 MW) will face Fresno State (12-17, 6-12 MW) at the Save Mart Center on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. (PT). The game can be watched on Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
The Spartans are coming off a 85-73 loss to Colorado State at the Provident Credit Union Event Center, but have won two of their last four with wins over Nevada and Air Force
The Spartans fell to Fresno State 70-55 in San Jose earlier this season. Colby Garland only played 10 minutes in the game
Last season, the Spartans swept Fresno State for the first time since 2008-09. The Spartans defeated Fresno State at the Save Mart Center in a 94-91 double overtime game last season
The Spartans are shooting .365 from three this season, the 51st highest in the nation
The Spartans are averaging 9.5 threes per game on .386 shooting in their last 10 games
The Spartans are averaging 10.5 turnovers per game, the second fewest in the Mountain West and 76th in the nation
Garland was named Mountain West Player of the Week last week, becoming the first Spartan to receive the award since Omari Moore in February, 2023
In his POTW campaign, Garland led the Spartans to a 1-1 record, including a 16 point win over Nevada. Garland averaged 25.5 points, seven assists and 2.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 55.9 percent (19-for-34) from the field and 44.4 percent (4-of-9) from long range
Garland is averaging 19.9 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West and 33rd in the nation
Garland has scored 20 points or more in his last eight games, the longest streak for the Spartans since Olivier Saint-Jean who had a 14 game streak in 1996-97
Garland is averaging the most points per game for the Spartans since James Kinney averaged 20.6 in 2012-13
At 33rd in the nation, Garland is on track to join Ricky Berry, Olivier Saint-Jean, Adrian Oliver and Richard Washington as the only players to finish a season top-50 nationally in points per game in SJSU history
Garland has scored 10 or more points in 23 out of 25 games this season, 20+ in 16 games and 30 in two games
In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland is fifth in field goal percentage, second in assists per game, and third in assists/turnover ratio
Garland is shooting .494 from the field, .385 from three, and .858 from the line this season
Adrian Myers scored a career-high 34 points on 11-of-18 shooting, knocking down 8-of-9 from beyond the arc at Air Force
Myers’ eight threes tied the SJSU single game three point record, joining Trey Smith and Noah Baumann as the only Spartans to make eight threes in a game in program history
Of those three players, Myers made eight threes on the fewest attempts
Myers is averaging 20.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and shooting .514 from three in his last five games
Myers leads the Spartans in blocks with 18 on the season
Melvin Bell Jr. is the only Spartan to play in every game this season
Jermaine Washington is knocking down 2.3 threes per game
Pasha Goodarzi is averaging 2.1 threes per game in conference play, the eighth most in the conference
Goodarzi is shooting .407 percent from three on the season
Sadraque NgaNga is averaging 11.5 points per game and shooting .405 from three in his last 10 games
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