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NOTES: Fresno State 76, CSU Bakersfield 68
12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Final Score: Fresno State 76, CSU Bakersfield 68
Records: Fresno State 8-3; CSU Bakersfield 6-4
Series History: Fresno State leads 9-4 (overall) and 7-2 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 63, CSU Bakersfield 61 (12/6/14 – Bakersfield, Calif.) Next Game: Sunday, December 20, vs. Evansville, 7 p.m. PT (MWN)
Team Notes
• Fresno State has its best start (8-3) since 2006 when opening 9-2.
• Fresno State has its best home start (7-0) since 2002 when going 12-0.
• Fresno State has won its last nine home games – the second-longest Save Mart Center home win streak in program history since winning 10 straight in 2006.
• Fresno State has won 10 consecutive non-conference home games and are 17-2 in non-conference home games over the last three seasons.
• This is the seventh straight Fresno State win over CSU Bakersfield.
• Fresno State has won 19 of its last 20 games when leading at halftime. The Bulldogs led 35-30 at the half.
• Fresno State has recorded double-doubles in back-to-back games for the fourth time this season, which they did zero times in 2014-15 and four times in 2013-14.
• Fresno State trailed 61-60 with five minutes to play. This is the 11th time out of 81 opportunities in the last five seasons that the Bulldogs have won after trailing with five minutes remaining.
• Fresno State shot 54.2 percent from the floor. This is the second time this season that the Bulldogs have shot over 50 percent in a game and the eighth time in the last two seasons (8-0).
• Fresno State took its first lead in the game with 9:55 to go in the first half. CSU Bakersfield took back the lead with 5:08 remaining in the game before Fresno State used a 13-1 run to take back the lead with 3:40 to go.
• Fresno State is 18-3 overall at home over the last two seasons.
• Fresno State has limited 10 of its 11 opponents to under 80 points.
Player Notes
Marvelle Harris – 20 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers
Harris scored at least 20 points for the 20th time in his career and the fifth time this season … he scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half … he is 2 points shy from tying Lucius Davis for No. 5 on Fresno State's all-time scoring list … he is now No. 6 on Fresno State's all-time steals list, No. 3 on the all-time free throws made list, and No. 4 on the all-time free throws attempted list … Harris tied his season-high in steals (3) and played the most minutes in a game this season (37).
Karachi Edo – 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks
Edo has recorded back-to-back double-doubles for the first time in his career and is the second Bulldog to do so this season (Torren Jones) … his 10 rebounds and one assist tied season-highs … his steal was the first of the season.
Terrell Carter II – 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5-for-5 in field goals
Carter's 13 points, five made field goals and 1 steal were career-highs … his one assist and 22 minutes played tied career-highs … his 3-for-5 free-throw shooting was a season-high … his six rebounds tied a season-high.
