{"id":507230,"date":"2026-10-25T05:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507230\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T05:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:18:07","slug":"san-jose-state-defeats-cal-state-east-bay-in-exhibition-game-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507230\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jos\u00e9 State Defeats Cal State East Bay in Exhibition Game &#8211; SJSU Athletics &#8211; Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/player\/mekhi-mason\" title=\"Mekhi Mason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mekhi Mason<\/a> led the Spartans with 20 points and <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/player\/kj-martin-jr\" title=\"KJ Martin Jr.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KJ Martin Jr.<\/a> notched a double-double to lead the San Jos\u00e9 State men\u2019s basketball team in a 82-52 win over Cal State East Bay in an exhibition game Saturday night from Provident Credit Union Event Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans led 33-22 at halftime before erupting for 49 points in the second half. SJSU shot 48.1% from the field and forced 21 turnovers, converting them into 25 points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/player\/zine-eddine-bedri\" title=\"Zine Eddine Bedri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zine Eddine Bedri<\/a> added 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbed six rebounds. Martin Jr. contributed 10 points and 14 rebounds and <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/player\/oliver-kullamae\" title=\"Oliver Kullam\u00e4e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Kullam\u00e4e<\/a> finished with six points, seven assists and three steals.<\/p>\n<p>San Jos\u00e9 State controlled the paint, 36-20, and held an advantage in fast-break points, 15-9. The Spartans also outrebounded Cal State East Bay, 37-30.<\/p>\n<p>San Jos\u00e9 State used a 16-0 run midway through the second half to turn a 11-point halftime lead into a commanding advantage. The Spartans\u2019 largest lead of the night was 34 points.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: The Spartans will open the 2026-27 season against UTSA on Monday, Nov. 2, at 12 p.m. from Provident Credit Union Event Center. The game can be watched on <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.themw.com\/san-jose-state\/?ra=san-jose-state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MW+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#AllSpartans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; Mekhi Mason led the Spartans with 20 points and KJ Martin Jr. notched a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-507230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}