National Basketball Association
San Diego St. 60, Utah St. 45
When: 11:05 PM ET, Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Where: Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego, California
Officials:
# Michael Irving, # Hal Lusk, # Tommy Nunez Jr.
Attendance:
12414
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 7 San Diego State 60, Utah State 45: Freshman forward Matt Shrigley scored a career-high 15 points as the Mountain West-leading Aztecs routed the visiting Aggies.
Josh Davis finished with 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds and Skylar Spencer added 10 points and four blocks for San Diego State (23-2, 12-1). The Aztecs increased their conference lead to 1 1/2 games over second-place New Mexico (19-5, 10-2), which plays at UNLV on Wednesday night.
Jarred Shaw and Spencer Butterfield each scored 10 points to lead Utah State (15-11, 5-9), which fell to 1-6 in Mountain West road games. The Aggies, who came into the contest ranked second in the Mountain West shooting 46.6 percent from the floor, connected on just 17-of-50 shots.
Unlike the first meeting between the two schools on Jan. 25 at Utah State that saw the Aztecs rally for a 74-69 overtime win, San Diego State took control early. Shrigley came off the bench to spark a 15-2 run with a trio of 3-pointers over a two-minute span to put the Aztecs up 19-7 after nine minutes, and San Diego State led by as many as 18 points en route to a 35-22 halftime lead.
Utah State managed just three field goals in the first 13 minutes of the second half as the Aztecs built a 49-31 advantage. A jumper by Davis gave San Diego State its largest lead at 60-35 before the Aggies ended the game with a 10-0 run against the Aztec reserves.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Utah State's 22 first-half points were a season low. ... San Diego State improved to 113-0 in their last 113 games when leading with five minutes to play. ... Utah State, which came into the game leading the Mountain West in 3-point field goal shooting percentage (41.4), finished 5-of-13 beyond the arc.
Top Game Performances
| Utah St. |
|
San Diego St. |
|
Spencer Butterfield 10 |
Scoring |
Matt Shrigley 15 |
|
Preston Medlin 3 |
Assists |
Xavier Thames 5 |
|
Jarred Shaw 7 |
Rebounds |
Josh Davis 8 |
|
Spencer Butterfield 2 |
Free Throws Made |
J.J. O'Brien 2 |
|
Preston Medlin 2 |
Steals |
Xavier Thames 2 |
|
Spencer Butterfield 1 |
Blocks |
Skylar Spencer 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Utah St.
|
45 |
34.0 |
5-13 |
6-9 |
8 |
29 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
| San Diego St.
|
60 |
43.1 |
5-13 |
5-9 |
14 |
31 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
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