National Basketball Association
San Diego St. 56, Indiana - Purdue 54
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Where: South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials:
# Bruce Benedict, # Rick Crawford, # Alfred Smith
Attendance:
1095
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D.J. Gay scored 18 points, Malcolm Thomas added 12 and No. 7 San Diego State survived its second scare in two nights Wednesday with a 56-54 victory over Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic.
Playing IUPUI for the second time this season, San Diego State improved to 14-0 for the first time in school history despite its second straight shaky performance. The Aztecs were 3 for 20 on 3-pointers, and were outrebounded 24-23.
Sophomore forward Kawhi Leonard, averaging 16.6 points per game, finished with seven points and four rebounds, and was 3 for 10 from the field.
The Aztecs have the nation's second-longest active winning streak behind No. 1 Duke's 21 straight.
IUPUI (5-8), which lost 61-46 to the Aztecs on Nov. 21, was led by Alex Young’s 19 points and eight rebounds. Stephen Thomas added 11 points, and Christian Siakam scored 10.
The Jaguars led 29-27 at halftime, but the Aztecs used a 20-5 run and led by 13 with 13:18 remaining. Tim Shelton (six points) scored with 5:55 remaining to give San Diego State a 10-point lead, but the Aztecs went scoreless for the rest of the game while IUPUI finished with an 8-0 run.
Top Game Performances
| Indiana - Purdue |
|
San Diego St. |
|
Alex Young 19 |
Scoring |
D.J. Gay 18 |
|
John Ashworth 3 |
Assists |
Chase Tapley 5 |
|
Alex Young 8 |
Rebounds |
Malcolm Thomas 9 |
|
Alex Young 5 |
Free Throws Made |
D.J. Gay 2 |
|
Alex Young 2 |
Steals |
Billy White 4 |
|
PJ Hubert 1 |
Blocks |
Tim Shelton 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Indiana - Purdue
|
54 |
47.7 |
4-12 |
8-11 |
8 |
24 |
1 |
2 |
|
| San Diego St.
|
56 |
46.9 |
3-20 |
7-9 |
11 |
23 |
2 |
7 |
|
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