Fresno State Athletics
NOTES: Fresno State 68, San Diego State 63
3/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Final Score: Fresno State 68, San Diego State 63
Records: Fresno State (25-9), San Diego State (25-9)
Next Game: NCAA Tournament - TBD
Team Notes
• Fresno State won its first-ever Mountain West championship in men's basketball and third conference tournament title in program history.
• By earning the MW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, Fresno State will be making its sixth-ever appearance in the Big Dance and first since 2001.
• Fresno State enters the NCAA Tournament on a nine-game winning streak, which is the Bulldogs' longest winning streak since winning 10 in-a-row from Feb. 6-March 13, 1982. It is the longest winning streak in Coach Rodney Terry's tenure.
• Fresno State enters the NCAA Tournament with a 25-9 record, which is the third-most wins by a Bulldogs' squad in program history and the sixth time the Bulldogs have won at least 25 games in a single season.
• Fresno State has won 29 of its last 30 games when leading at halftime.
• Fresno State improved to 18-3 this season when holding an opponent to under 45 percent shooting from the field.
• The Bulldogs hit 10 3-pointers, including six in the first half against San Diego State. In each of the first two games of the Mountain West Tournament, the Bulldogs only hit five triples in each game.
• Fresno State senior guard Marvelle Harris was named the Mountain West Championships Most Valuable Player and junior forward Karachi Edo was also named to the All-Tournament Team.
• Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in the Mountain West by the league's media in a preseason poll in mid-October.
• 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).
Individual Notes
Marvelle Harris – 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals
With 18 points, he became both the first player in school history to score over 2,000 points in a career and he moved into the No. 1 spot on the Fresno State single-season record list with 701 points this season – (surpassing Carl Ray Harris' previous record of 694 points set back in 1994) … named MW Tournament Most Valuable Player and one of two Bulldogs on the all-tournament team … hit four 3-pointers – all in the first half – after hitting just two 3-pointers in the first two games of the MW Championships.
Paul Watson – 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal
Watson scored eight points with five rebounds and one steal in 26 minutes off the bench … had only played a combined 15 minutes in the first two games of the tournament with two total points and three rebounds.
