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Colorado State University Athletics
Tuesday, January 14
San Diego, CA
9:00 PM
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Colorado State men’s basketball takes on San Diego State Tuesday night
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State men's basketball starts a tough two-game road trip traveling to San Diego State on Tuesday night. The Rams and Aztecs will tip-off inside Viejas Arena at 9 p.m. MT on CBS Sports Network.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State extended its win streak to three with an 84-62 win over UNLV at home.
- CSU has won the three games by an average margin of 23.7 points.
- The Rams have won five of it's last six games.
- Colorado State eclipsed the 20 assist mark for the fourth time this year recording 24 on Saturday. It was the second straight game with 20+.
- Rashaan Mbemba scored a career-high 22 points in the win. He was 8-for-9 from the field and perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
- Mbemba is averaging 11.4 points on 74.4% (32-43) shooting over the past seven games.
- Nique Clifford played joined Mbemba scoring 22 points in the win. He matched his career-best marks for made 3s (4), assists (7) and steals (4).
- Clifford is averaging 16.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
- Clifford is third in the nation with 8.56 defensive rebounds per game and 19th for total rebounds at 9.9.
- He was selected to the preseason All-Mountain West team after earning third team honors last season.
- Kyan Evans reached double figures scoring for the fifth time in the past six games with 11 points.
- Evans is averaging 11.2 points shooting 53.8% from 3-point range with 3.8 assists per game in his last six games.
- Jalen Lake is having a strong senior season averaging 12.8 points on 43.9% shooting including 35.4% from behind the arc.
- He scored 13 against UNLV including making a trio pf 3s.
- CSU ranks 20th in the nation making 78.1% of its free throw attemps this season.
- Colorado State's defense has turned it up in conference play. They are allowing just 63.2 points and holding opponnets to 40.0% shooting.
- In conference games only, the Rams ranks second in Bartorvik for adjusted defensive efficency at 91.9 and and KenPom as well at 92.9.
- Tuesday's game is a the lowest elevation CSU has played at this year. San Diego is just a mere 72-feet above sea level compared to 5,003 feet of Fort Collins.
- Head coach Niko Medved is in his seventh year leading Colorado State. He is 127-81 as the Rams' head coach. He has the second most wins in program history trailing only Jim Williams (1955-80) and his 352.
- He became the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins in Fort Collins last year.
- Medved is the only coach in program history to win 20-plus games four times.
- He picked up his 200th career win in November with the Rams' overtime win over TCU.
- CSU has two players currently in the NBA or G League with David Roddy (Atlanta Hawks) and Isaiah Stevens (Miami Heat/Sioux Falls Skyforce).
Scouting the Aztecs
Death, taxes and one of the nations top defenses at San Diego State. Brian Dutcher once again has his team ranked high in nation for defense. SDSU ranks 11th in points against (61.9), second in field goal percentage defense (35.5%) and ninth for 3-point percengate defense (27.7%).
The Aztecs are coming off a tough 62-48 loss at New Mexico on Saturday. They are 10-4 on the year and 3-2 in the Mountain West.
Miles Byrd and Nick Boyd lead San Diego State offensively with 13.4 and 12.7 points per game, respectively.
What's Ahead
CSU heads north of the boarder on Saturday to take on rivals Wyoming at 2 p.m.
Opening Tip
- Colorado State extended its win streak to three with an 84-62 win over UNLV at home.
- CSU has won the three games by an average margin of 23.7 points.
- The Rams have won five of it's last six games.
- Colorado State eclipsed the 20 assist mark for the fourth time this year recording 24 on Saturday. It was the second straight game with 20+.
- Rashaan Mbemba scored a career-high 22 points in the win. He was 8-for-9 from the field and perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
- Mbemba is averaging 11.4 points on 74.4% (32-43) shooting over the past seven games.
- Nique Clifford played joined Mbemba scoring 22 points in the win. He matched his career-best marks for made 3s (4), assists (7) and steals (4).
- Clifford is averaging 16.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
- Clifford is third in the nation with 8.56 defensive rebounds per game and 19th for total rebounds at 9.9.
- He was selected to the preseason All-Mountain West team after earning third team honors last season.
- Kyan Evans reached double figures scoring for the fifth time in the past six games with 11 points.
- Evans is averaging 11.2 points shooting 53.8% from 3-point range with 3.8 assists per game in his last six games.
- Jalen Lake is having a strong senior season averaging 12.8 points on 43.9% shooting including 35.4% from behind the arc.
- He scored 13 against UNLV including making a trio pf 3s.
- CSU ranks 20th in the nation making 78.1% of its free throw attemps this season.
- Colorado State's defense has turned it up in conference play. They are allowing just 63.2 points and holding opponnets to 40.0% shooting.
- In conference games only, the Rams ranks second in Bartorvik for adjusted defensive efficency at 91.9 and and KenPom as well at 92.9.
- Tuesday's game is a the lowest elevation CSU has played at this year. San Diego is just a mere 72-feet above sea level compared to 5,003 feet of Fort Collins.
- Head coach Niko Medved is in his seventh year leading Colorado State. He is 127-81 as the Rams' head coach. He has the second most wins in program history trailing only Jim Williams (1955-80) and his 352.
- He became the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins in Fort Collins last year.
- Medved is the only coach in program history to win 20-plus games four times.
- He picked up his 200th career win in November with the Rams' overtime win over TCU.
- CSU has two players currently in the NBA or G League with David Roddy (Atlanta Hawks) and Isaiah Stevens (Miami Heat/Sioux Falls Skyforce).
Scouting the Aztecs
Death, taxes and one of the nations top defenses at San Diego State. Brian Dutcher once again has his team ranked high in nation for defense. SDSU ranks 11th in points against (61.9), second in field goal percentage defense (35.5%) and ninth for 3-point percengate defense (27.7%).
The Aztecs are coming off a tough 62-48 loss at New Mexico on Saturday. They are 10-4 on the year and 3-2 in the Mountain West.
Miles Byrd and Nick Boyd lead San Diego State offensively with 13.4 and 12.7 points per game, respectively.
What's Ahead
CSU heads north of the boarder on Saturday to take on rivals Wyoming at 2 p.m.
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