Fresno State Athletics
Postgame Notes: Fresno State 55, Utah State 47
3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Fresno State Postgame Notes
- Tuesday was the first meeting between Fresno State and Utah State in MW Tournament play, Fresno State leads the all-time series 17-2, including 16 in a row against the Aggies.
- No. 2 Fresno State advances to the semifinals Wednesday at 9 p.m. The No. 2 seed is now 29-11 all-time in MW Tournament play.
- Fresno State improves to 8-1 in MW Tournament play, while Utah State drops to 1-3 all time.
- With Fresno State's win the No. 2 seed has advanced to the semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. - Fresno State's Bego Faz Davalos posted her 13th double-double of the season and 15th of her career. She finished the game with 23 points and 12 rebounds.
- With 4 blocks in tonight's game, Fresno State's Bego Faz Davalos improves her season total to 123 just 2 behind the national leader at 125.
- With the victory Fresno State has now advanced to the MW Tournament semifinals in every year since joining the conference.
- Fresno State's win gives them their 9th consecutive 20-win season, 17 of those wins have come when holding their opponent to under 60 points.
- Bego Faz Davalos' recorded her 13th double-double of the season with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Her 12 rebounds are the most ever by a Bulldog in the Mountain West tournament and her 23 points rank as the second-most scored by a `Dog, behind Bree Farley's 26 points that she scored against Colorado State in the 2014 championship game victory.
- Bego Faz Davalos' double-double tied her for the most in a single season in school history with Yvette Roberts, Omelogo Udeze and Janee Young.
- The 23-point game was Faz Davalos' third 20-point game of the season, and second highest scoring game of her career.
- This is the ninth-straight season the Bulldogs have recorded a 20-win season.
- Fresno State held Utah State to 47 points, its 17th victory this season holding the opposition to under 60 points.
- Fresno State's seven turnovers are the lowest of the season for the team.
- The Bulldogs held Utah State to just 8 points on 2-of-13 shooting and forced 7 turnovers in the fourth quarter where the `Dogs outscored the Aggies 17-8.
- Fresno State forced the Aggies into 21 turnovers, which ties for the second-most turnovers forced by the `Dogs in a Mountain West Tournament game. After Tuesday's win, Fresno State has forced its opponents into an average of 17.6 turnovers per game in nine Mountain West Tournament games.
