Fresno State Athletics
Saturday, December 10
Fresno, Calif.
4 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
Cal Poly
Photo by: Kiel Maddox
Fresno State Men's Basketball: ’Dogs host Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon
12/9/2016 10:33:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Tickets are available starting at $15 for adults, and youth tickets are $5 with the purchase of an adult ticket. It’s Junior Bulldog Kids Club Day with special kids events on the concourse.
Game 9: Cal Poly (5-4) at Fresno State (5-3)
December 10, 2016 -- 4 p.m. PT -- Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: Mountain West Network (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jr.)
Series History: Fresno State leads 30-8 (overall) and 18-2 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Cal Poly 77, Fresno State 65 (Dec. 5, 2015 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Holy Names University (Dec. 14 • 7 p.m. PT), at Pacific (Dec. 17 • 7 p.m. PT)
Opening Tip
• 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 junior guard Jahmel Taylor is fifth in the nation in 3-point shooting (26-for-46, 56.5 percent).
• Fresno State is tied for tenth in the nation in steals per game (9.8 spg).
• Fresno State redshirt junior guard Jaron Hopkins is tied for 15th in the nation in steals per game (2.6 spg).
• Fresno State has won three of its last four games (two straight home wins).
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 Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon
Fresno State (5-3) starts a two-game homestand when the Bulldogs host the Cal Poly Mustangs (5-4) on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast live on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Tickets are available starting at $15 for adults, and youth tickets are $5 with the purchase of an adult ticket. It's Junior Bulldog Kids Club Day with special kids events on the concourse.
About the Cal Poly Mustangs
The Cal Poly Mustangs (Big West Conference) are 5-4 on the season, with wins in its last two games when hosting UTSA (59-47) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (82-70). Cal Poly is led by Kyle Toth (12.4 ppg), who currently ranks eighth in the nation in 3-point shooting (29-for-53, 54.7 percent). Fresno State leads the all-time series with Cal Poly 30-8 with wins in 16 of the last 18 meetings. However, the Bulldogs lost 77-65 to the Mustangs in last year's meeting inside Mott Gym in San Luis Obispo.
Two Top 10 3-point shooters to face off
Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor and Cal Poly redshirt senior Kyle Toth are both ranked in the Top 10 nationally in 3-point shooting. Taylor is currently fifth (26-for-46, 56.5 percent) and Toth is eighth (29-for-53, 54.7 percent) in 3-point field goal percentage. Neither Taylor or Toth played in last year's contest as Taylor was sitting out as a mid-year Division I transfer from Washington (and only played the second half of the season) and Toth utilized his redshirt year in between his junior and senior seasons.
Fresno State nearly upsets Big East's Marquette
Fresno State had its three-game win streak snapped in losing 84-81 on the road to the Marquette Golden Eagles on Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Fresno State feverishly fought back from a 22-point first-half deficit and pulled within 78-76 on senior guard/forward Paul Watson's 3-pointer with 39 seconds remaining in the second half. The Bulldogs' comeback bid ran out of time as the Golden Eagles went 6-for-8 at the free throw in the final 36 seconds to close out the narrow victory. Fresno State junior center Terrell Carter II scored a career-high 21 points, with 15 of his 21 points coming in the second half. Carter converted 71.4 percent of his field goal attempts (10-for-14), and also had four rebounds and two assists.
Protecting the Yard
• Fresno State is 30-6 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State has won 11 of its last 12 and 21 of its last 24 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.
Watson rises to 27th 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 41.8 percent (372-for-889) of his field goal attempts and 37.4 percent (151-for-404) of his 3-point field goal attempts. He has 1,094 career points to rank 27th on the program's all-time scoring list and currently sits nine points away from tying Charles Bailey (1972-74) for 26th (1,103 career points).
• REFERENCE: "Fresno State" (never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply "Fresno"); ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS
December 10, 2016 -- 4 p.m. PT -- Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: Mountain West Network (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jr.)
Series History: Fresno State leads 30-8 (overall) and 18-2 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Cal Poly 77, Fresno State 65 (Dec. 5, 2015 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Holy Names University (Dec. 14 • 7 p.m. PT), at Pacific (Dec. 17 • 7 p.m. PT)
Opening Tip
• 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 junior guard Jahmel Taylor is fifth in the nation in 3-point shooting (26-for-46, 56.5 percent).
• Fresno State is tied for tenth in the nation in steals per game (9.8 spg).
• Fresno State redshirt junior guard Jaron Hopkins is tied for 15th in the nation in steals per game (2.6 spg).
• Fresno State has won three of its last four games (two straight home wins).
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 Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon
Fresno State (5-3) starts a two-game homestand when the Bulldogs host the Cal Poly Mustangs (5-4) on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast live on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Tickets are available starting at $15 for adults, and youth tickets are $5 with the purchase of an adult ticket. It's Junior Bulldog Kids Club Day with special kids events on the concourse.
About the Cal Poly Mustangs
The Cal Poly Mustangs (Big West Conference) are 5-4 on the season, with wins in its last two games when hosting UTSA (59-47) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (82-70). Cal Poly is led by Kyle Toth (12.4 ppg), who currently ranks eighth in the nation in 3-point shooting (29-for-53, 54.7 percent). Fresno State leads the all-time series with Cal Poly 30-8 with wins in 16 of the last 18 meetings. However, the Bulldogs lost 77-65 to the Mustangs in last year's meeting inside Mott Gym in San Luis Obispo.
Two Top 10 3-point shooters to face off
Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor and Cal Poly redshirt senior Kyle Toth are both ranked in the Top 10 nationally in 3-point shooting. Taylor is currently fifth (26-for-46, 56.5 percent) and Toth is eighth (29-for-53, 54.7 percent) in 3-point field goal percentage. Neither Taylor or Toth played in last year's contest as Taylor was sitting out as a mid-year Division I transfer from Washington (and only played the second half of the season) and Toth utilized his redshirt year in between his junior and senior seasons.
Fresno State nearly upsets Big East's Marquette
Fresno State had its three-game win streak snapped in losing 84-81 on the road to the Marquette Golden Eagles on Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Fresno State feverishly fought back from a 22-point first-half deficit and pulled within 78-76 on senior guard/forward Paul Watson's 3-pointer with 39 seconds remaining in the second half. The Bulldogs' comeback bid ran out of time as the Golden Eagles went 6-for-8 at the free throw in the final 36 seconds to close out the narrow victory. Fresno State junior center Terrell Carter II scored a career-high 21 points, with 15 of his 21 points coming in the second half. Carter converted 71.4 percent of his field goal attempts (10-for-14), and also had four rebounds and two assists.
Protecting the Yard
• Fresno State is 30-6 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season.
• Fresno State has won 11 of its last 12 and 21 of its last 24 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.
Watson rises to 27th 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 41.8 percent (372-for-889) of his field goal attempts and 37.4 percent (151-for-404) of his 3-point field goal attempts. He has 1,094 career points to rank 27th on the program's all-time scoring list and currently sits nine points away from tying Charles Bailey (1972-74) for 26th (1,103 career points).
• REFERENCE: "Fresno State" (never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply "Fresno"); ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS
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