SAN JOSE, Calif.- The San José State men’s basketball team (5-5, 0-0 MW) will host Stanford (7-2, 0-0 ACC) at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Saturday at 4 p.m., presented by Provident Credit Union. The game can be watched on the CBS Sports Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.
- The Spartans are looking to return to postseason play for the third time in four years which would be the best stretch in program history
- Last season, the Spartans competed in the NIT for the first time since 1981
- The Spartans’ 46 wins over their last three seasons is the most wins since the team won 46 games from 1985-88 while in the Big West conference
- This is the final game of a four-game home stand for the Spartans. SJSU will play eight of 11 games at the Provident Credit Union Event Center from Nov. 11 – Jan. 17
- The Spartans last defeated Stanford on Dec. 3, 1992 in a 56-52 victory. Stanford has taken the last six meetings between the two sides
- The last time the Spartans defeated a power conference opponent came on Nov. 27, 2016 in an 88-76 victory at Washington State
- The last time the Spartans defeated a school in the ACC was in an 83-79 victory over Virginia on Dec. 21, 1979
- Colby Garland is averaging 18.8 points per game, ranking second in the Mountain West
- Garland has scored 10 or more points in nine out of ten games this season, scored 20+ in five games and 30 in one game
- In addition to being second in the conference in scoring, Garland leads the conference in made field goals and is sixth in field goal percentage
- Garland’s 71 made field goals so far this season is the 17th most in the nation
- Garland became the first Spartan since Adrian Oliver in 2008-09 to score 20+ in each of his first three games of the season.
- Yaphet Moundi has five double-doubles so far this season ranking first the Mountain West and 10th in the nation
- Moundi has the most double-doubles in a season for the Spartans since Michael Steadman recorded 11 in 2018-19
- Moundi is averaging 12.3 points and 8.5 rebounds so far this season
- Moundi’s 8.5 rebounds per game is the third most in the Mountain West and 45th in the nation
- Moundi had a double-double in three consecutive games (vs. #17 Michigan State, Bethesda & Southern), becoming the first Spartan since Michael Steadman in 2019 to accomplish the feat
- Moundi’s 66 attempted free throws are the second most in the Mountain West and 49th most in the nation
- Moundi has improved his free throw percentage from .514 last season to .727 this season
- Adrian Myers recorded a career-high 20 points, eight rebounds and four threes and shot 8-for-11 off the bench in the Spartans’ win over San Diego (12/5)
- Jermaine Washington has a .407 three point percentage and leads the team in made threes with 24
- Washington is averaging the third most minutes per game in the Mountain West this season. His averages of 12.2 points and 3.3 assists per game are big jumps from last season when he averaged 4.4 ppg and 1.0 apg
- Sadraque NgaNga is averaging 5.6 rebounds per game. Combined with Moundi, the Spartans starting frontcourt averaged 13.7 rebounds per game
- Marcus Overstreet is averaging 17.0 rebounds per 40 minutes, the highest on the team
- This is the Spartans’ final non-conference game of the season
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