Fresno State Athletics
Wednesday, November 30
Fresno, Calif.
5 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
Menlo College
Photo by: Kiel Maddox
’Dogs host Oaks in Rodney Terry’s 175th game
11/28/2016 10:15:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Game 6: Menlo College (5-4) at Fresno State (3-2)
November 30, 2016 -- 5 p.m. PT -- Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: None
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jr.)
Series History: First Meeting
Next Up: at Drake (Dec. 3 • 12 p.m. PT), at Marquette (Dec. 6 • 4:30 p.m. PT)
Opening Tip
• On Wednesday, Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry will coach his 175th game with the 'Dogs. Terry, who is the Bulldogs' 18th head coach, will be Fresno State's fifth head coach to coach at least 175 games.
• Fresno State is tied for seventh in the nation in steals per game (10.4 spg).
• Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor is tied for 10th in the nation in 3-point shooting (16-for-28, 57.1 percent).
• Fresno State redshirt junior guard Jaron Hopkins is tied for 16th in the nation in steals per game (2.6 spg).
• Fresno State is 10-0 versus non-Division I opponents in Terry's tenure.
• Fresno State has won 24 straight games against non-Division I opponents.
Bulldog Bones
• By winning the 2016 Mountain West Basketball Championship, Fresno State earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001.
• Fresno State has improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons since head coach Rodney Terry arrived in 2011, rising from 3-11 (11-12) to 5-11 (12-13) to 9-9 (13-14) to 10-8 (14-15) to 13-5 (15-16).
• Fresno State is one of eight teams in the nation to have improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons.
• This season, Fresno State was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West by the league's media in a preseason poll in mid-October.
• Before the 2015-16 season, Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll. The Bulldogs went on to win the 2016 MW Championship and earn the MW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
'Dogs host Oaks in Rodney Terry's 175th game
Fresno State (3-2) returns home to host Menlo College (5-4) on Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. The game will only be broadcast live on 940 AM ESPN Radio. Tickets for the game start at $10.
Taylor Ignites 'Dogs to win at Oregon State
Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor scored a career-high 21 points, and also had career-best single-game marks in assists (4), steals (3) and 3-pointers (6) in the Bulldogs' 63-58 road win at Oregon State. Taylor, who transferred to Fresno State from Washington, made five of his six 3-pointers in the first half and converted 60 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts (6-for-10). It was Fresno State's first win over a Pac-12 team since 2011 and first win over Oregon State since 2006.
Terry climbing Bulldogs' All-Time Wins List
When Fresno State hosts Menlo College on Wednesday night, it will be the 175th game coached by Rodney Terry since arriving prior to the 2011-12 season. Terry has 88 wins in his first six seasons at Fresno State and he is one win away from tying Bill Vandenburgh for sixth on the Bulldogs' all-time head coaching wins list. Vandenburgh won 89 games and two conference titles during his six-year tenure (1954-60) with the Bulldogs. Terry, who is the 18th head coach in program history, will be the fifth Fresno State head coach to coach at least 175 games.
The previous four Fresno State head coaches to coach at least 175 games are: Boyd Grant, Ed Gregory, Jerry Tarkanian and Steve Cleveland.
About the Menlo College Oaks
The Menlo College Oaks are a NAIA school out of the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Oaks are led by Jared Wall (14.2 ppg). Menlo College is 5-4 on the season, including an 80-59 victory over UC Merced. This is the first ever meeting between Fresno State and Menlo College.
Bulldogs win 2016 Orange Express Championship
For the second straight season, Fresno State won a nonconference multi-team exempt tournament as the Bulldogs won the 2016 Orange Express with a 3-1 record in the round robin format played at campus sites. In the four-game affair, Fresno State defeated UTSA (69-66), Lamar (83-64) and Oregon State (63-58), and lost to PVAMU (84-78). To win the title, Fresno State won the tiebreaker with Lamar, who also went 3-1 in tournament games, by virtue of the Bulldogs' 83-64 head-to-head win over the Cardinals. Last season, Fresno State won the 2015 Roundball Showcase. Fresno State is now 10-2 since the start of the 2015-16 season in tournament contests.
Watson rises to 28th on All-Time Scoring List
Bulldogs' senior guard/forward Paul Watson - the 2013-14 Mountain West Freshman of the Year - gives Fresno State a versatile option on the wing and the post. Watson played both positions last season, primarily on the wing. Now in his fourth season at Fresno State, he has converted 41.4 percent (355-for-859) of his field goal attempts and 37.0 percent (146-for-395) of his 3-point field goal attempts. He has 1,056 career points to rank 28th on the program's all-time scoring list and currently sits 11 points away from tying Mitch Arnold (1982-85) for 27th (1,067 career points).
Protecting the Yard
• Fresno State is 29-6 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State has won 10 of its last 11 and 20 of its last 23 home games.
• Fresno State recorded a Mountain West-best 16 home wins and the best home winning percentage (16-2, 88.9 percent) by a MW team last season.
• Fresno State was 16-2 at home last season - a new single-season record for most home wins in Save Mart Center history (opened in 2003).
• This was the second time in the Save Mart Center's 13 seasons that Fresno State won at least 15 home games in a single season.
• Fresno State is 145-68 (68.1 percent) all-time at the Save Mart Center.
• This season, Fresno State has been outrebounded on average by 3.8 rebounds per game, but the Bulldogs own a +1.5 rebounding margin in their last four games.
• Last season, the Bulldogs owned a +4.2 rebounding margin at home compared to a -2.5 rebounding margin in road games.
Trending in Terry's Tenure
• Fresno State has won 10 straight games in its next game after a loss, and is 11-1 in its next game after a loss since the start of the 2015-16 season.
(Last back-to-back losses: at Cal Poly • 12/5/16; at Arizona • 12/9/16)
• Fresno State is 32-6 since the start of the 2014-15 season when limiting an opponent to under 70 points.
Fresno State improved to 23-3 since the start of the 2013-14 season when limiting an opponent to under 60 points.
Fresno State improved to 40-11 in head coach Rodney Terry's now six seasons at Fresno State when limiting an opponent to under 60 points.
• Fresno State has won at least 21 games twice in Terry's first five seasons.
Key Situations to Watch
• Fresno State has won 10 straight times in single possession games.
(Last loss: Pacific 71, Fresno State 68 • Stockton, Calif. • 12/20/14)
• Fresno State has won six straight games decided by five points or less.
(Last loss: Nevada 77, Fresno State 72 • Reno, Nev. • 2/13/16)
• Fresno State has won 14 of its last 16 games decided by five points or less.
• Fresno State has won 32 of its last 34 games when leading at halftime.
• Fresno State has won 27 straight games when leading with five minutes remaining in the second half.
(Last loss: Siena 61, Fresno State 57 • Fresno, Calif. • 3/31/14 • CBI Finals)
• Fresno State has won 20 straight games when converting at least 50 percent of its field goal attempts.
(Last loss: Utah 90, Fresno State 77 • Salt Lake City • 12/7/13)
Notable Tidbits
• Fresno State has scored at least 80 points in five of its last 11 games.
• Fresno State has scored 80 or more points once this season.
• Fresno State has won 18 straight games when scoring 80 or more points. (Last loss: Nevada 96, Fresno State 86 [2OT] • Fresno, Calif • 1/22/14)
• Fresno State scored 80 or more points in 12 games last season and the 'Dogs scored 80 or more points three times during the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State is 28-2 when scoring 80 or more points since Terry's arrival in 2011 and 22-1 in those games since the start of the 2013-14 season.
• Fresno State has won five of its last six true road games.
November 30, 2016 -- 5 p.m. PT -- Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: None
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jr.)
Series History: First Meeting
Next Up: at Drake (Dec. 3 • 12 p.m. PT), at Marquette (Dec. 6 • 4:30 p.m. PT)
Opening Tip
• On Wednesday, Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry will coach his 175th game with the 'Dogs. Terry, who is the Bulldogs' 18th head coach, will be Fresno State's fifth head coach to coach at least 175 games.
• Fresno State is tied for seventh in the nation in steals per game (10.4 spg).
• Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor is tied for 10th in the nation in 3-point shooting (16-for-28, 57.1 percent).
• Fresno State redshirt junior guard Jaron Hopkins is tied for 16th in the nation in steals per game (2.6 spg).
• Fresno State is 10-0 versus non-Division I opponents in Terry's tenure.
• Fresno State has won 24 straight games against non-Division I opponents.
Bulldog Bones
• By winning the 2016 Mountain West Basketball Championship, Fresno State earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001.
• Fresno State has improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons since head coach Rodney Terry arrived in 2011, rising from 3-11 (11-12) to 5-11 (12-13) to 9-9 (13-14) to 10-8 (14-15) to 13-5 (15-16).
• Fresno State is one of eight teams in the nation to have improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons.
• This season, Fresno State was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West by the league's media in a preseason poll in mid-October.
• Before the 2015-16 season, Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll. The Bulldogs went on to win the 2016 MW Championship and earn the MW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
'Dogs host Oaks in Rodney Terry's 175th game
Fresno State (3-2) returns home to host Menlo College (5-4) on Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. The game will only be broadcast live on 940 AM ESPN Radio. Tickets for the game start at $10.
Taylor Ignites 'Dogs to win at Oregon State
Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor scored a career-high 21 points, and also had career-best single-game marks in assists (4), steals (3) and 3-pointers (6) in the Bulldogs' 63-58 road win at Oregon State. Taylor, who transferred to Fresno State from Washington, made five of his six 3-pointers in the first half and converted 60 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts (6-for-10). It was Fresno State's first win over a Pac-12 team since 2011 and first win over Oregon State since 2006.
Terry climbing Bulldogs' All-Time Wins List
When Fresno State hosts Menlo College on Wednesday night, it will be the 175th game coached by Rodney Terry since arriving prior to the 2011-12 season. Terry has 88 wins in his first six seasons at Fresno State and he is one win away from tying Bill Vandenburgh for sixth on the Bulldogs' all-time head coaching wins list. Vandenburgh won 89 games and two conference titles during his six-year tenure (1954-60) with the Bulldogs. Terry, who is the 18th head coach in program history, will be the fifth Fresno State head coach to coach at least 175 games.
The previous four Fresno State head coaches to coach at least 175 games are: Boyd Grant, Ed Gregory, Jerry Tarkanian and Steve Cleveland.
About the Menlo College Oaks
The Menlo College Oaks are a NAIA school out of the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Oaks are led by Jared Wall (14.2 ppg). Menlo College is 5-4 on the season, including an 80-59 victory over UC Merced. This is the first ever meeting between Fresno State and Menlo College.
Bulldogs win 2016 Orange Express Championship
For the second straight season, Fresno State won a nonconference multi-team exempt tournament as the Bulldogs won the 2016 Orange Express with a 3-1 record in the round robin format played at campus sites. In the four-game affair, Fresno State defeated UTSA (69-66), Lamar (83-64) and Oregon State (63-58), and lost to PVAMU (84-78). To win the title, Fresno State won the tiebreaker with Lamar, who also went 3-1 in tournament games, by virtue of the Bulldogs' 83-64 head-to-head win over the Cardinals. Last season, Fresno State won the 2015 Roundball Showcase. Fresno State is now 10-2 since the start of the 2015-16 season in tournament contests.
Watson rises to 28th on All-Time Scoring List
Bulldogs' senior guard/forward Paul Watson - the 2013-14 Mountain West Freshman of the Year - gives Fresno State a versatile option on the wing and the post. Watson played both positions last season, primarily on the wing. Now in his fourth season at Fresno State, he has converted 41.4 percent (355-for-859) of his field goal attempts and 37.0 percent (146-for-395) of his 3-point field goal attempts. He has 1,056 career points to rank 28th on the program's all-time scoring list and currently sits 11 points away from tying Mitch Arnold (1982-85) for 27th (1,067 career points).
Protecting the Yard
• Fresno State is 29-6 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State has won 10 of its last 11 and 20 of its last 23 home games.
• Fresno State recorded a Mountain West-best 16 home wins and the best home winning percentage (16-2, 88.9 percent) by a MW team last season.
• Fresno State was 16-2 at home last season - a new single-season record for most home wins in Save Mart Center history (opened in 2003).
• This was the second time in the Save Mart Center's 13 seasons that Fresno State won at least 15 home games in a single season.
• Fresno State is 145-68 (68.1 percent) all-time at the Save Mart Center.
• This season, Fresno State has been outrebounded on average by 3.8 rebounds per game, but the Bulldogs own a +1.5 rebounding margin in their last four games.
• Last season, the Bulldogs owned a +4.2 rebounding margin at home compared to a -2.5 rebounding margin in road games.
Trending in Terry's Tenure
• Fresno State has won 10 straight games in its next game after a loss, and is 11-1 in its next game after a loss since the start of the 2015-16 season.
(Last back-to-back losses: at Cal Poly • 12/5/16; at Arizona • 12/9/16)
• Fresno State is 32-6 since the start of the 2014-15 season when limiting an opponent to under 70 points.
Fresno State improved to 23-3 since the start of the 2013-14 season when limiting an opponent to under 60 points.
Fresno State improved to 40-11 in head coach Rodney Terry's now six seasons at Fresno State when limiting an opponent to under 60 points.
• Fresno State has won at least 21 games twice in Terry's first five seasons.
Key Situations to Watch
• Fresno State has won 10 straight times in single possession games.
(Last loss: Pacific 71, Fresno State 68 • Stockton, Calif. • 12/20/14)
• Fresno State has won six straight games decided by five points or less.
(Last loss: Nevada 77, Fresno State 72 • Reno, Nev. • 2/13/16)
• Fresno State has won 14 of its last 16 games decided by five points or less.
• Fresno State has won 32 of its last 34 games when leading at halftime.
• Fresno State has won 27 straight games when leading with five minutes remaining in the second half.
(Last loss: Siena 61, Fresno State 57 • Fresno, Calif. • 3/31/14 • CBI Finals)
• Fresno State has won 20 straight games when converting at least 50 percent of its field goal attempts.
(Last loss: Utah 90, Fresno State 77 • Salt Lake City • 12/7/13)
Notable Tidbits
• Fresno State has scored at least 80 points in five of its last 11 games.
• Fresno State has scored 80 or more points once this season.
• Fresno State has won 18 straight games when scoring 80 or more points. (Last loss: Nevada 96, Fresno State 86 [2OT] • Fresno, Calif • 1/22/14)
• Fresno State scored 80 or more points in 12 games last season and the 'Dogs scored 80 or more points three times during the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State is 28-2 when scoring 80 or more points since Terry's arrival in 2011 and 22-1 in those games since the start of the 2013-14 season.
• Fresno State has won five of its last six true road games.
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