SAN DIEGO \u2013 The Aztec women\u2019s basketball team hosts Cal State Bakersfield Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on KUSI and simulcast on the Mountain West Network.<\/p>\n
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Aztec Tidbits<\/p>\n
The Aztecs are coming off a 91-70 win over CSUN Wednesday night. SDSU outscored the Matadors 65-26 in the second and third quarters and made 11 of their 13 three-pointers in those two quarters. \u00a0<\/p>\n Player Notes<\/p>\n Naomi Panganiban<\/a> (Sophomore, Guard, San Diego, Calif.)<\/p>\n Naomi Panganiban<\/a> has 10 assists and just one turnover in 79 minutes so far this season. Her 10-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio is fourth in the country. \u00a0<\/p>\n Nat Martinez<\/a> (Sophomore, Guard, San Leandro, Calif.)<\/p>\n Nat Martinez<\/a> was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team a year ago. \u00a0<\/p>\n Nala Williams<\/a> (Senior, Guard, Long Beach, Calif.)<\/p>\n In her career, she has 1,515 points, 510 rebounds, 352 assists and 313 steals in 95 games. \u00a0<\/p>\n Kennedy Lee<\/a> (RS Junior, Forward, Louisville, Ky.)<\/p>\n Kennedy Lee<\/a> set career highs for points (24) and three-pointers (7) Wednesday vs. CSUN. Alyssa Jackson<\/a> (RS Sophomore, Forward, Fairfield, Calif.)<\/p>\n Alyssa Jackson<\/a> had a career-high three assists vs. CSUN Wednesday. \u00a0<\/p>\n Kaelyn Hamilton<\/a> (Sophomore, Guard, McKinney, Texas)<\/p>\n Kaelyn Hamilton<\/a> tied a career-high with 11 points vs. UCLA in the season opener. \u00a0<\/p>\n Kendall Mosley<\/a> (Freshman, Guard, Prosper, Texas)<\/p>\n Kendall Mosley<\/a> was named the preseason Mountain West Freshman of the Year. \u00a0<\/p>\n CJ Latta<\/a> (Sophomore, Guard, Paul, Idaho)<\/p>\n CJ Latta<\/a> made 26 starts as a freshman at Utah State last year. \u00a0<\/p>\n Opponent Notebook (Cal State Bakersfield)<\/p>\n The Roadrunners are 0-3 on the year. \u00a0<\/p>\n Looking Back at Last Year\u2026<\/p>\n San Diego State went 25-10 last year and won the Mountain West Tournament championship to advance to their first NCAA Tournament since 2012.
\nKennedy Lee<\/a> had a career-high 24 points with seven three-pointers, five of which came in the second quarter.
\nNala Williams<\/a> added 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting and had six assists and five steals.
\nThis followed SDSU\u2019s 95-35 win over Cal State San Marcos last Saturday. It\u2019s the first time the Aztecs have had back-to-back 90+ point games since the 1991-92 season.
\nThe Aztecs\u2019 13 three-pointers tied for the second most ever in a game under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson<\/a> (13th season).
\nSDSU is averaging 11.3 made threes per game, the seventh most in the nation.
\nThe Aztecs have made at least 10 threes in all three of their games. They hit 10 or more just four times last year, while being the highest scoring SDSU team in 30 years.
\nSDSU is shooting 41.3% from three, the best in the Mountain West and 23rd in the country.
\nSeven different Aztecs have already scored in double-digits at least once.
\nSince the beginning of last year, SDSU is 23-2 when three or more players score in double-digits.
\nSince the beginning of the 2022-23 season, the Aztecs are 61-10 (.859) when they score 60 or more and 40-6 (.870) when they score 70 or more.
\nSince the beginning of the 2022-23 season, SDSU is 39-12 (.7605 in home games.
\nSDSU was picked to finish second in the MW Preseason poll, their highest preseason selection since 2012-13.
\nEntering 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).
\nThis is the first time in program history that SDSU doesn\u2019t return a single scholarship upperclassman (who played last year).
\nThe Aztecs have seven newcomers this year, the most ever under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson<\/a> (13th season). They added five transfers with four of them coming from Mountain West schools.
\nSDSU has set a program record for attendance in each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n
\nPanganiban had a career-high four steals vs. Cal State San Marcos last Saturday.
\nPanganiban was named to the preseason All-Mountain West Team.
\nLast year, she was named to the Mountain West All-Freshman Team and to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team.
\nHer 10.3 points per game led all MW true freshmen last season.
\nShe averaged 12.3 points in the Mountain West Tournament and scored 17 points on 7-for-14 shooting in 46 minutes in the championship game.
\nShe was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week three times, tied with Nat Martinez<\/a> for the school record.
\nPlaying 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.
\nThe Philippines clinched a spot in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament for the first time ever.<\/p>\n
\nShe shot 41.9% from three last year, the fifth best in a single season in program history.
\nShe was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week three times, tied with Naomi Panganiban<\/a> for the school record.<\/p>\n
\nHer 313 career steals are the fourth most in the nation across all divisions among active players.
\nShe has scored in double-digits in 77 of her 95 career games and has scored 20 or more 29 times. Her career-high is 42.
\nNala Williams<\/a> is shooting 58.6% from the floor this year.
\nLast year at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Nala Williams<\/a> was named the DII National Player of the Year and the National Defensive Player of the Year.
\nShe helped her school go 36-2 and make the national title game.
\nShe 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.
\nShe shot a career-best 40% from three last year and made 76 three-pointers.<\/p>\n
\nHer seven made three-pointers tied for the second most ever made by an Aztec.
\nShe became the first Aztec to make seven threes in a game since Jan. 15, 2022 (Mallory Adams<\/a>).
\nShe became the fifth Aztec to make seven threes in a game under head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nShe scored a career-high 11 points on 4-for-4 shooting vs. CSUSM last Saturday.
\nJackson redshirted last year after playing every game in 2023-24 as a true freshman.<\/p>\n
\nShe also set new career-highs for made field goals (4) and made threes (3).<\/p>\n
\nShe scored 11 points with three three-pointers vs. CSUSM last Saturday.
\nShe was the 2024-25 6A MVP in Texas.
\nShe was named the District 5-6A Offensive MVP each of the last two years.<\/p>\n
\nHer 9.1 points per game were the third most in the Mountain West by a true freshman, trailing only current teammate Naomi Panganiban<\/a> (10.3) and former USU teammate Taliyah Logwood (9.7).
\nShe led the Aggies in three-pointers (56), assists (2.3), and assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.28).
\nShe ranked third all-time at USU with six games of 15 points or more as a freshman.<\/p>\n
\nThey have already played two Mountain West teams (Fresno State, 74-51 and Utah State 68-65).
\nThey went 2-28 last year.
\nChrishawn Coleman is averaging 15.7 points per game.
\nTena Ikidi is averaging 8.0 rebounds per game.
\nHead coach Ari Wideman is in her second season. She was previously an assistant coach at Toledo.
\nThe Aztecs lead the all-time series 2-1. SDSU beat the Roadrunners 88-46 on the road last year.<\/p>\n
\nThe Aztecs\u2019 25 wins last year was their most since the 2012-13 season (27).
\nSDSU scored 68.8 points per game last year, their highest average in 30 years. They also had their best field goal percentage in 15 years.
\nThe Aztecs had 15 wins away from home last year, a school record. They also had 10 true road wins, which tied the program best.
\nSDSU won 11 non-conference games last year, their most since the 1983-84 season.
\nLast year, SDSU held their opponent under 40% shooting in 20 games (18-2) and under 60 points 15 times (14-1).
\nThe Aztecs went 21-3 (.875) last year when scoring 60 or more points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2013 The Aztec women\u2019s basketball team hosts Cal State Bakersfield Saturday at 1 p.m. The game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[303,151,153,152,300,306,304,301,308,309,302,307,305],"class_list":["post-53334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-aztecs","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-san-diego-state","tag-san-diego-state-athletics","tag-san-diego-state-aztecs","tag-san-diego-state-university","tag-san-diego-state-university-athletics","tag-san-diego-state-university-aztecs","tag-sdsu","tag-sdsu-athletics","tag-sdsu-aztecs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53334","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=53334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}