CSU Opens 2021-22 Season Hosting Oral Roberts Nov. 9

2021-22 Colorado State Men's Basketball
Game #1 - Colorado State (0-0) vs. Oral Roberts (0-0)
Nov. 9, 2021 • 7:30 p.m. MT • Moby Arena (8,038) - Fort Collins, Colo.

Video: Stadium (Play-by-Play: Ari Wolfe /  Color Analyst: Doug Gottlieb)
Radio: Colorado State Sports Network (Play-by-Play: Brian Roth /  Color Analyst: Adam Nigon)
       Flagship: KARS 102.9 FM (Fort Collins) / Affiliates: KQKS 98.1 FM/107.5-3 HD (Denver), KNAB 1140 AM (Burlington), KMTS 99.1 FM (Glenwood Springs), KEXO 96.5 FM/1230 AM (Grand Junction), KBGV 101.3 FM/1240 AM (Monte Vista), KMTS 103.7 FM (New Castle), KMTS 105.5 FM (Old Snowmass), KMTS 102.3 FM (Red Stone), KMTS 99.5 FM (Rifle), KRFD 100.1 FM (Sterling), KMTS 97.1 FM (Thomasville), KNEC 100.9 FM (Yuma)
Live Stats: Colorado State
Complete Game Notes: Colorado State / Oral Roberts

Opening Tip
• For the first time in 619 days, the Rams will take to Moby Arena in front of fans for a regular-season game, opening the 2021-22 season against Oral Roberts on Tue., Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast by Stadium, including online coverage on Facebook, with Ari Wolfe handling play-by-play duties and former Oklahoma State standout Doug Gottlieb as the analyst.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call. CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices). Fans can use the app for instant access to free gameday audio streams and receive push notifications to remind them of games starting or upcoming audio broadcasts.
• The game will also have live stats on CSURams.com.

2021-22 Rams Quick Hits
• Colorado State is under the direction of fourth-year head coach Niko Medved, who took over the helm of the Rams' program in 2018-19. In his ninth season as a head coach, Medved has a 131-127 record overall but improved on the previous season's winning percentage in each of his eight years as a head coach, including both years now at CSU.
• The 2021-22 season marks the 117th in the history of the Colorado State men's basketball program. The Rams are 1,302-1,292 (.502) in 2,594 games all-time.
• CSU concluded the 2020-21 season in the National Invitation Tournament, advancing to the final four and finishing 20-8 overall record, including 14-4 in MW play, an three-game improvement over 2019-20 and 11 games over 2018-19.
• The Rams earned their eighth invitation for postseason play in the last 11 years, though postseason events were eventually cancelled due to the CoVID-19 virus worldwide pandemic.
• CSU returns all five starters and nine letterwinners to this year's squad along with four newcomers.
• For broadcasting quick hits, current averages and career highs on individual players, go to the back page of the notes for a Radio/TV chart that includes that information.
The Leaders
• Colorado State Head Coach Niko Medved (Minnesota, '97) is in his fourth season at CSU as head coach with a 52-40 mark and has an 131-127 overall record is in his ninth season as a head coach.
• Oral Roberts Head Coach Paul Mills (Texas A&M, 1996) is in his fifth season with the Golden Eagles and as a college head coach with a 57-67 record.

A Familiar Face In Fort Collins
• While he may be in just his fourth season in charge of the program, head coach Niko Medved was already a familiar face around Fort Collins and to Ram fans. Medved previously was on the coaching staff from 2007-13 under two different coaches. He was a key part of recruiting players that helped the Rams to four consecutive postseason appearances, the last two in the NCAA Tournament that included a win over Missouri in 2013.

A Quick Look at Oral Roberts
• Returning three starters and nine total letterwinners this year, Oral Roberts posted an 18-11 overall record in the 2020-21 campaign, finished fourth in the regular season at 10-5, won The Summit League Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16,
• Picked to finish third in the league's preseason poll, the Golden Eagles are led by preseason First Team All-America and Summit League Player of the Year Max Abmas, who led the country in scoring last season at 24.5 points per game. He also shot 47.7 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent on threes while handing out a team-high 106 assists.

History Versus Oral Roberts
• This will be the fifth meeting between the two schools, with CSU holding a 3-1 lead, including 2-0 at home.
• The last meeting was Feb. 11, 1989, with CSU winning in Tulsa, 76-70. The Rams also won the last meeting Moby Arena, Dec. 17, 1988, a 102-89 victory.
• Against The Summit League members, CSU is 106-75, including 68-31 on its home court.
• This is Medved's first time coaching against ORU and is 4-5 overall against members of The Summit League, including 3-2 in his time at Colorado State.

ORAL ROBERTS - 3-1
Home: 2-0 / Away: 1-1
     Date               Loc.        W/L        Score      Att.
     12/4/1981        Away         L           68-81      7161
     12/2/1982       Home        W          61-46     4615
     12/17/1988      Home        W         102-89   6520
     2/11/1989        Away        W          76-70     6414

Medved vs. Oral Roberts -- First Meeting

CSU vs. The Summit League
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Denver                   94-70       57-29      35-41      2-0
IPFW                        2-0          2-0           -          -
North Dakota             1-0           1-0           -          -
North Dakota State      2-1          2-0          0-1         -
Omaha                     3-0          3-0           -          -
Oral Roberts              3-1          2-0          1-1         -
South Dakota             0-1           0-1           -          -
South Dakota State     1-2           1-1            -         0-1
Totals                   106-75      68-31      36-43      2-1

CSU Preseason MW Favorites
• For the first time in program history, the Colorado State men's basketball team has been picked to win the Mountain West in the annual preseason media poll, announced today prior to the league's Media Days.
• As part of that, juniors David Roddy and Isaiah Stevens were named to the Preseason All-Mountain West squad.

Season Openers
                             Total       Home      Away    Neut.
Overall                   89-28       64-15       23-13      2-0
   - Modern Era          66-17        51-7        13-10      2-0
Openers by Loc.          --         92-25      49-64      --
   - Modern Era            --          70-12      34-46      --
Modern NCAA Division I Era (starts 1937-38)

• CSU has won 13 straight season openers, with the last loss on Nov. 9, 2007, a 75-39 loss at Montana.
• The Rams have won 40 consecutive home openers (just one going to overtime), with the last home opening loss occurring Dec. 8, 1980, a 79-64 loss to Oklahoma State.

Postseason History
• Colorado State made its 21st postseason appearance in school history last year.
• This was the 10th appearance in the National Invitation Tournament, having gone 9-11 overall.
• Last year, the Rams defeated Buffalo and NC State to advance to the Final Four. From there, CSU lost to eventual champion Memphis in the semifinals and then dropped a heartbreaker to Louisiana Tech in the third-place game.
• The most successful run was in 1988, when CSU went to the semifinals in New York City, losing to Ohio State in that game and then defeating Boston College for third.

Mountain West Record
• Colorado State - a charter member of the Mountain West - is now 152-190 (.442) in regular-season action against MW foes since the formation of the league in 1999-2000.
CSU vs. Mountain West Conference
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Air Force                 84-33       46-11       34-18      4-4
Boise State               12-15         9-5         2-9        1-1
Fresno State            23-18        17-3        3-13       3-2
Nevada                   10-16         6-4         4-11       0-1
New Mexico             49-78       36-26      12-50      1-2
San Diego State        42-46       26-14       14-28      2-4
San Jose State          22-0         9-0         9-0       4-0
UNLV                      19-41        14-16       5-24       0-1
Utah State               40-60      28-20      12-37      0-3
Wyoming                98-137      54-56      42-76     3-5
Totals                  399-444   244-155   137-266 18-23

Improvement Always
• Head coach Niko Medved has had extensive success wherever he has coached, both as a head and an assistant.
• As an assistant coach, he helped turn around the CSU program to improving its win totals from his first year in each successive year, ending in four straight postseason appearances.
• He continued that trend at Furman and Drake, improving both programs' win totals from the previous year in each of his five seasons as a head coach, finishing his last three years in postseason play.
• In his first year at CSU in 2018-19, he led the Rams to surpass the previous season's win totals at CSU, both overall and in Mountain West play.
• In 2019-20, the Rams had nine non-conference wins, betterring 2018-19's total of five. The squad also won 20 games overall, improving on 2018-19's total of 12.
• The five-game win streak during the 2020-21 season was the longest for CSU since the Rams won seven straight during 2016-17.
• In 2020-21, Medved led the Rams to their best conference record in program history with the 14-4 mark. The 14 wins were most CSU wins in any conference in history.

The Improvement Under Medved
Year       School             Overall   Win%   Conf.      Post
2012-13   Furman**            6-24     .200     3-15
2013-14   Furman              9-21     .300     3-13
2014-15   Furman              11-22     .333     5-13
2015-16   Furman              19-16     .543     11-7         $
2016-17    Furman              23-11     .676     14-4         $

2016-17    Drake**              7-24     .226     5-13
2017-18    Drake                17-17     .500     10-8         $

2017-18    Colorado State**   11-21     .343     4-14
2018-19   Colorado State    12-20     .375     7-11
2019-20   Colorado State    20-12    .625     11-7        $*
2020-21   Colorado State!    20-8     .714    14-4#        $
** Seasons prior to Medved taking over program
# School record for conference wins in a season
$ Postseason action for the program (2020 postseason canceled due to COVID-19)
! Season shortened due to COVID-19 protocols)

The Road Is Unique This Year
• Because of six neutral site games in non-conference play (though Birmingham will hardly be neutral for Alabama on Dec. 21), Colorado State's first "true" road game in an opponent's home arena is not until Dec. 28 at The Pit vs New Mexico, 49 days from the start of the season.
• This is the longest time from the opening of the season until Colorado State played a true road game in the program modern history.
• The last time CSU played its first road game of the year this late was in the 1971-72 season (which wasn't allowed to start until Dec. 1), when the Rams played Arizona in Tempe on Jan. 14, 1972 (a 78-74 UA win). CSU finished 15-9 that year.

Challenging Schedule
• CSU has six guaranteed opponents and two other possible opponents that played in postseason in 2020-21 on this year's schedule, combining for up to 10 games.
• Alabama, San Diego State, Oral Roberts and Utah State all competed in the NCAA Tournament.
• Saint Mary's and Mississippi State were in the NIT with Colorado State.
• CSU could also see Creighton (NCAA) and Colorado (NCAA) in the Paradise Jam in November.

Medved vs. 2021-22 Opponents
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Air Force                  6-0          4-0         2-0         -
Alabama                           First Meeting
Arkansas-Pine Bluff     1-0           1-0           -          -
Boise State                2-4          1-2          1-1        0-1
Bradley                     2-1           1-0          1-0        0-1
Brown                              First Meeting
Colorado                  0-3          0-1          0-1        0-1
Creighton                         First Meeting
Duquesne                         First Meeting
Fresno State              6-1          4-0          1-1        1-0
Little Rock                         First Meeting
Mississippi State                 First Meeting
Nevada                     1-4           1-1          0-3         -
New Mexico               3-1          3-0          0-1         -
Northeastern                     First Meeting
Northern Colorado      0-1            -           0-1         -
Oral Roberts                      First Meeting
Peru State                         First Meeting
Saint Mary's (CA)         0-1            -           0-1         -
San Diego State          1-4          0-2          1-2         -
San Jose State           5-0          1-0          2-0       2-0
Southern Illinois          1-2          0-2          1-0         -
Tulsa                        1-0            -             -         1-0
UNLV                       3-3          3-1          0-2         -
Utah State                 1-6          0-2          1-3        0-1
Wyoming                  5-3          2-0         3-2       0-1
TOTALS                 38-34       21-11       13-18      4-5

CSU vs. 2021-22 Opponents
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
Air Force                 84-33       46-11       34-18      4-4
Alabama                   0-1            -             -         0-1
Arkansas-Pine Bluff     3-0          3-0           -          -
Boise State               12-15         9-5         2-9        1-1
Bradley                             First Meeting
Brown                              First Meeting
Colorado                 38-91       28-37       9-54       1-0
Creighton                  1-3           1-1          0-2         -
Duquesne                 0-1            -           0-1         -
Fresno State            23-18        17-3        3-13       3-2
Little Rock                 0-2          0-1          0-1         -
Mississippi State         1-0           1-0           -          -
Nevada                   10-16         6-4         4-11       0-1
New Mexico             49-78       36-26      12-50      1-2
Northeastern              1-0            -             -         1-0
Northern Colorado    69-36       50-12       18-24      1-0
Oral Roberts              3-1          2-0          1-1         -
Peru State                         First Meeting
St. Mary's (Calif.)         2-2            -            1-1        1-1
San Diego State        42-46       26-14       14-28      2-4
San Jose State          22-0         9-0         9-0       4-0
Southern Illinois          1-3           1-1          0-1        0-1
Tulsa                       3-3           1-1          1-2        1-0
UNLV                      19-41        14-16       5-24       0-1
Utah State               40-60      28-20      12-37      0-3
Wyoming                98-137      53-56      42-76     3-5
TOTALS                521-587   331-208   167-353 23-26

CSU vs. 2021-22 Conference Foes (-MW)
School                  Overall     Home      Away    Neut.
American Athletic       11-19         6-4         2-10       3-5
Atlantic 10                 4-4          1-0          1-1        2-3
Big East                    2-4           1-1          0-2        1-1
Big Sky                  140-75      99-21       38-51      3-3
Colonial Ath. Assoc.    3-2           1-1            -         2-1
Ivy League                3-0          1-0          1-0        1-0
Missouri Valley          13-13         8-1          3-9       2-3
Pac-12                   124-251      79-90      36-151     9-10
Southeastern            10-8          5-2         2-5       3-1
Southwestern Athletic 9-0          8-0           -         1-0
Sun Belt                   13-5         10-2         2-2        1-1
Summit League        106-75       68-31      36-43      2-1
West Coast              66-110      42-34      14-67     10-9
Divison II/Other        200-91     149-36      42-49     9-6
TOTALS                704-657   478-223 177-390 49-44

2020-21 Awards
• National Association of Basketball Coaches
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team
• US Basketball Writers Association All-District
- Niko Medved, Coach of the Year
- David Roddy
- Isaiah Stevens
• All-Mountain West from the league's coaches
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team
- Adam Thistlewood, Honorable Mention
• All-Mountain West from the league's media
- Niko Medved, Coach of the Year
- David Roddy, First Team
- Isaiah Stevens, Second Team

2020-21 Season Quick Hits
• CSU had back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2011-12/2012-13, when Niko Medved was an assistant coach on the staff. This was also just the fourth time that the mark has been reached in program history.
• This was also the fourth time that the Rams have won multiple postseason games in a year.
• Colorado State picked up its 14th conference win March 3, the most wins in any conference season in program history.
• The Rams were the only team in the Mountain West not to get swept in a season series and had five series sweeps.

Experience Gained=Success in '21-'22?
• In 2020-21, CSU ranked 311th in terms of experience and youth in NCAA Division I basketball, yet finished among the top 70 teams in the nation.
• This year, CSU returns all five starters and nine total letterwinners from the 2021 NIT run.
• Here is a look at what CSU returns in production, making many optimistic about what the season could hold.
2021-22 Returners Production Breakdown (Total (%))
Category       So. (4)         Jr. (5)          Sr. (2)          Total
> Points        241 (11.6)     1,211 (58.4)     539 (26.0)     1,991 (96.1)
> Rebounds   134 (15.0)     551 (61.8)     180 (20.2)     938 (97.2)
> Assists       45 (11.0)      260 (63.7)      65 (15.9)      370 (90.7)
> Steals        20 (12.2)      76 (46.3)      55 (33.5)       151 (92.1)
> Blocks       20 (26.7)      34 (45.3)      20 (26.7)       74 (98.7)
> Minutes     809 (14.4)   2,800 (50.0)   1,623 (29.0)   5,232 (93.4)

Roddy Named To Malone Watch List
• Junior David Roddy was named to the Karl Malone Award Watch List, announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. One of 20 named to the initial watch list, this honor recognizes the top power forward in men's college basketball.
• A 2021 First-Team NABC All-District and All-Mountain West selection as well as a 2021-22 preseason All-MW pick, Roddy showed his development in his second year. As a sophomore, he increased both his scoring and rebounding averages, going from 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds a game last season to a team-bests of 15.9 points and 9.4 rebounds. Those numbers were even higher in MW play at 16.6 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, ranking, fourth and second, respectively, in the league. One of the toughest matchups in the Mountain West, Roddy hit 55.3 percent of his shots from the field, also second in the Mountain West, and ranked 13th in assists at 2.83 per game. Roddy's best game was in the 22-point win over Boise State, where he recorded career bests of 27 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. He also was just shy of the program's first triple-double when he had 12 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists in the March 3 win over New Mexico. He has recorded 10 double-doubles this season, nine of them coming in conference play, with the two against Fresno State and the double-double in the comeback win at SDSU earning him Mountain West Player of the Week honors.

Defense Setting A Tone
• CSU showed an improved defensive effort and shows clearly in the stats, despite having the 311th club in the country in terms of experience entering the 2020-21 year.
• In 2020-21, the Rams were ranked in the top 75 nationally in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, three-point field goal percentage defense and defensive rebounds.
• CSU held opponents under 60 points for five consecutive games. The last time CSU held opponents each under 60 points that many consecutive games was in 2012-13 (NCAA Tournament bid and win over Missouri season), where they held six straight opponents under 60.
• The Rams had back-to-back games holding an opponent under 50 points on Feb. 27 and March 1. This was the first time it has happened since the 2014-15 season and the first time it has happened in head coach Niko Medved's eight-year career spanning three schools.
• Colorado State also gave up just 44 points to Air Force March 1, the lowest opponent output since Jan. 17, 2015, a 70-41 win at San Jose State. It was also the third-lowest overall opponent scoring total in Medved's career (second lowest vs Division I school).

Getting Offensive (Fouls Drawn That Is)
• Part of CSU's improved defense is drawing offensive fouls on its opponents.
• The Rams averaged 3.5 offensive fouls drawn on their opponents in 2020-21 and had at least 3 in 23 of the 28 games.
• CSU's season high was seven in the home win over Fresno State on Dec. 28 and the Feb. 27 win over Air Force.

Starters Get It Going
• CSU's starters getting the scoring going was big last year, as the Rams were 17-2 last year when that group scored at least 54 points.

More Improvement To See
• Basketball is a game where the numbers generally tell the story. For the Rams, here are some of the categories with NCAA rankings that they have improved on from 2018-19 to 2020-21 that demonstrate why.
CSU's Team Rankings    18-19    19-20     NCAA    20-21 NCAA
Scoring Def.               75.2    72.09     252nd    65.8    54th
Scoring Margin            -0.4    +3.44     133rd     +8.9    42nd
FG Percentage Def.      45.5     44.3      251st     41.2    60th
FT Percentage            69.4     67.9     272nd     79.2     6th
3-Pt. Percentage Def.     35.5     34.2     252nd    30.3    27th
Turnovers Forced         11.06    12.69     219th    13.68   140th
Defensive Rebounds    25.78   26.84      85th     27.40   48th

Hitting From Deep
• Last year's squad that ranked in the top 70 in the country in three-point field goals made features three of the most prolific three-point shooters in school history (who are all back this year).
• Junior Isaiah Stevens and seniors Kendle Moore and Adam Thistlewood are all in CSU's top-30 for 3-point field goal percentage.
9.        .422    Andy Birley           (232-550)       1999-03
10.       .411     Antwan Scott        (97-236)          2014-16
11.        .406    Sean Morris          (89-219)         2004-06
12.       .403    Isaiah Stevens      (96-238)     2019-pres.
13.       .400    A.Masinton-Bonner (100-250)        2016-19
14.       .398    Ryan Yoder          (123-309)        1990-94
15.       .397    Keith Bonds          (114-287)         1991-93
16.       .397    Tyson Maroney      (73-184)          1990-94
17.       .397    Andre Mcfarland    (144-363)         2007-11
18.       .394    Jameel Mahmud    (117-297)         1994-98
19.       .389    David Evans          (150-386)        1994-96
20.      .388    Adam Nigon         (124-320)         2007-11
23.      .382    Adam Thistlewood (161-422)    2018-pres.
27.      .376    Kendle Moore      (142-378)    2018-pres.

National Rankings (Team/Players)
(Final 2020-21)
Team (Top 75 of 350 Division I teams)
Free Throw Percentage                          79.2          6th
Free Throws Made                                407         33rd
3-Pt. Field Goals Attempted                    666        38th
3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Def.               31.1         49th
Field Goal Percentage                            46.5         51st
Scoring Margin                                     +7.2        58th
3-Pt. Field Goals Per Game                      8.4          68th
Defensive Rebounds                             26.89      68th
Scoring Defense                                   66.8        73rd
Free Throw Attempts                             514          74th
Players (top 100 nationally)
Isaiah Stevens
Total Assists                                        152          11th
Assists Per Game                                  5.4          29th
Free Throw Percentage                          86.5        39th
Minutes Per Game                                 35:08      65th
Total Points                                         429         97th
David Roddy
Double-Doubles                                   12            15th
Defensive Rebounds Per Game                7.29         16th
Rebounds Per Game                              9.4          26th
Total Rebounds                                    264         15th
Free Throws Made                                116          28th
Free Throw Attempts                             147         35th
Total Points                                         446         68th
Field-Goal Percentage                            51.2          71st
Total Field Goals Made                           155         86th

Conference Only Rankings
• Here are the team categories the Rams' ranked in the top three in Mountain West only games and where the individual players appeared in the rankings in 2020-21.
                                                                   (2020-21 final)
CSU's Team Rankings                 Rank   Avg.
Scoring Offense                        1st      77.00
Field Goal Percentage                 1st       49.1
Free Throw Percentage               1st      80.8
3-Point FG Percentage Defense    1st       31.1
3-Point Field Goal Percentage       2nd     37.3
3-Point Field Goals Made             2nd     9.22
Assists                                    2nd    15.50
Defensive Rebounds Per Game     2nd    27.28
Rebounding Defense                  3rd     31.22
Scoring Margin                          3rd     +9.89

Individual Mountain West ONLY RankS (CSU only)
Scoring                        4.    David Roddy          16.56
                               t-10.    Isaiah Stevens        15.00

20. Kendle Moore 10.94

Rebounding 2. David Roddy 9.94

19. Isaiah Stevens 4.61
Field Goal Percentage 2. David Roddy 55.3

Free Throw Percentage 4. Isaiah Stevens 84.1

5. David Roddy 77.1

3-Pt. FG Made t-8. Kendle Moore 2.06
t-10. Adam Thistlewood 1.89

t-10. Isaiah Stevens 1.89

Assists 2. Isaiah Stevens 5.94

13. David Roddy 2.83
Assist-to-Turnover 6. Isiaah Stevens 1.62

Blocked Shots t-12. Adam Thistlewood 0.72
t-12. David Roddy 0.72

                                 14.    James Moors          0.67
Steals                        t-9.    Kendle Moore          1.29
Offensive Rebounds       6.    David Roddy           2.39

Defensive Rebounds 1. David Roddy 7.56

13. Isaiah Stevens 4.11

Minutes Played 4. Isaiah Stevens 34.84

12. David Roddy 31.16

Closing In On A Historic Mark (x4)
• Barring injuries, Colorado State will have four players reach the 1,000-point career mark during this season, as only 30 have reached that mark previously for the Rams. Shown are where the four players currently are and their current ranking on CSU's all-time scoring chart.
• Junior Isaiah Stevens - 853 points (#52)
• Senior Kendle Moore - 847 points (#55)
• Senior Adam Thistlewood - 827 points (#56)
• Junior David Roddy - 811 points (#58)

Double-Doubles
• The Rams have two players that have combined for 17 double-doubles in their young careers, including three via points-assists, as the program total is now 657 since 1965-66.

David Roddy                                        14 (12 in 2020-21)
Isaiah Stevens                                     3 (2 in 2020-21)

Points/Assists Double-Double Career Leaders
(18 total in history)
1.         Ryan Yoder (1990-94)                  6
2.        Isaiah Stevens (2019-pres.)          3

DOUBLE-DOUBLE RANKINGS TOTAL
(105 Players since 1965-66)
1.         Nico Carvacho (2015-20)              49
2.        Mike Childress (1969-71)               35
3.        Emmanuel Omogbo (2016-18)        28
4.        Jason Smith (2004-07)                 24
5.        Tim Hall (1971-75)                        23
11.       David Roddy (2019-pres.)            14
          two tied at                                14

Moving On Up
• Seniors Kendle Moore and Adam Thistlewood are looked at to help lead this team as two of the five returning starters.
• For their careers, the fourth-year roommates have played in a combined 180 of a possible 184 games (171 starts) and contributed 18.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and better than 37.8 percent from the three-point arc as a duo.
• Both are now in the career top 20 for CSU in three-pointers as Thistlewood is fifth at 161 and Moore has 142 and is 15th. Moore is also fifth in career steals with 121.

Career 3-Pointers List
3.        197      Dorian Green        (130 Games)   2009-13
4.        167      J.D. Paige             (124 Games)    2015-19
5.        161      Adam Thistlewood (89 games)   2019-pres.
6.        158     Daniel Bejarano     (100 Games)    2011-15
7.        154     Mark Meredith       (59 Games)     1989-91
8.        152     Prentiss Nixon       (94 Games)     2015-18
9.        150     David Evans         (55 Games)    1994-96
          150     Joe De Ciman       (123 Games)    2012-16
11.        149     Gian Clavell          (70 Games)     2014-17
12.       148     Wes Eikmeier        (96 Games)    2009-13
13.       144     Andre McFarland (114 Games)     2007-11
          144     Bryan Christiansen (79 Games)    1995-98
15.       142     Kendle Moore       (91 games)    2019-pres.

Career Steals
3.        128     Brian Greene                           1999-03
4.        121      Adam Nigon                             2007-11
          121      Kendle Moore      (91 games)   2019-pres.

Career Free-Throw Percentage
10.       .814     Adam Thistlewood (89 games)   2019-pres.

Career 3-Point Field Goal Percentage
23.      .382    Adam Thistlewood (89 games)   2019-pres.
27.       .376    Kendle Moore (91 games)          2019-pres.

Junior Class Continuing Impact
• The junior class of guards Isaiah Stevens and John Tonje, forward David Roddy and center Dischon Thomas are showed the growth in their second year of collegiate basketball.
• Roddy was first in scoring at 15.9 points per game and the top rebounder at 9.4 (2nd in MW), while Stevens was second in scoring at 15.3 points and first with 5.4 assists (#2 MW) per game. Roddy was a NABC First Team All-District, USBWA All-District, First Team All-MW pick while Stevens was named to the USBWA All-District squad as well as second team for the NABC All-District and Mountain West.
• Tonje was fifth at 6.6 points per game (having averaged 3.6 as a freshman in 2019-20), while Thomas averaged 5.2 points and 3.1 boards a contest (up from 3.8 and 2.2 respectively).

CSU Career Ranks
Isaiah Stevens
Assists Per Game                                       2nd      5.0
Free Throw Percentage                               8th     .836
3-Point Field Goal Percentage                       14th    .397

Career Assists
1.         530     Ryan Yoder                              1990-94
10.       293     Rich Strong                              1982-86
11.        290     J.D. Paige                                  2015-19
12.       285     Isaiah Stevens                        2019-pres.

The Historic Comeback at SDSU
• CSU's rally from 26 points down at #23 San Diego State on Jan. 2 made history in several ways.
• It is the largest comeback in both school and Mountain West history. The previous largest comeback in CSU history occurred under Medved last season, as the Rams rallied from 19 down at Wyoming to earn a 77-70 win on Feb. 15, 2020.
• It is the largest comeback win in Division I men's basketball this season and one of just five road comebacks of 26 points or more in a game between Division I opponents over the past 10 seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
• This was the first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 29, 2012, a 66-59 win over #17 UNLV at Moby Arena.
• This was the first road win over a ranked opponent since Jan. 5, 1973, a 93-86 win at #15 BYU.
• CSU had lost 28 straight games on the road against ranked teams before the win.
• CSU moved to 3-0 in Mountain West play for the first time in the 22-year history of the league.

Looking Ahead
• The Rams will be back in action quickly, hosting Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Friday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the women's squad.
• The game will be televised on KCDO 3 in Denver along with on the Mountain West Network
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon handling the broadcast.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the Varsity Network app (free on all Apple and Android devices). Fans can use the app for instant access to free gameday audio streams and receive push notifications to remind them of games starting or upcoming audio broadcasts.

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