Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Arkansas Pine Bluff
’Dogs host Golden Lions on Wednesday night
12/12/2017 4:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Fresno State’s 11-game winning streak when playing in the state of California is the second-longest of any Division I team from California - one shy of UCLA’s 12-game win streak when playing in the Golden State.
Dec. 13, 2017 -- 7 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/Octavio Duarte)
Series History: Fresno State leads 1-0
Previous Meeting: Fresno State 82, Arkansas Pine-Bluff 55 (11/21/06 • Fresno, Calif.)
Looking Ahead: vs. Oregon (Saturday); vs. CSUMB (Dec. 18); vs. Nevada (Dec. 27)
Opening Tip
• Fresno State is one of eight schools in the West to have made back-to-back postseason appearances (NCAA or NIT).
• Fresno State is 45-7 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season, including a 22-3 record against nonconference opponents in that stretch.
• Fresno State will play its next five games at the Save Mart Center. This will finish a 10-game Golden State stretch. The Bulldogs are 5-0 to start the span and have won 11 consecutive games played in the Golden State.
• Fresno State's 11-game winning streak when playing in the state of California is the second-longest of any Division I team from California - one shy of UCLA's 12-game win streak when playing in the Golden State.
• Fresno State is on a six-game winning streak (third time in Terry Era).
• Fresno State has won 12 straight home games played on a Wednesday.
• Fresno State has won eight consecutive home games and nine straight nonconference home games.
The 'Dogs are off and running
• Fresno State has scored at least 75 points in eight of 10 games this season.
• Fresno State has outrebounded its opponent in nine of 10 games this season.
• Fresno State is the only team to rank among the top four in the MW in scoring offense (3rd, 81.8 ppg) and scoring defense (4th, 67.9 ppg).
• Fresno State also ranks second in the MW in field goal shooting percentage, shooting 50.5% per game.
'Dogs host Golden Lions on Wednesday night
Fresno State (8-2) will host Arkansas Pine-Bluff (0-10) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. The game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deprotes. Tickets are available starting at $10 at the Save Mart Center Box Office (northwest entrance) and through www.ticketmaster.com. Fresno State is one of six Mountain West teams currently in the Top 100 of the NCAA Ratings Performance Index through games played on Dec. 10.
About the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions
The Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions are 0-10 on the season. This is the second all-time meeting between the schools with Fresno State owning an 82-55 home victory over APB on Nov. 21, 2006 at the Save Mart Center.
Fresno State looks to build on win streak
Fresno State enters Wednesday's game versus Arkansas Pine-Bluff on a six-game winning streak. The 'Dogs are seeking their second seven-game winning streak in Terry's tenure -- previously winning nine straight games from Feb. 17-March 12, 2016. A win on Saturday would give Fresno State its longest nonconference win streak in Terry's tenure and longest since opening the 2006-07 season by winning the first seven games of the season. It would be the 18th time in program history that Fresno State has been on at least a seven-game winning streak. The longest winning streak in school history is 13 (Jan. 24-March 7, 1981), when the Bulldogs were coached by Boyd Grant en route to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
Taylor rising as one of the mw's best guards
- Fresno State junior guard Deshon Taylor leads all MW guards in scoring (20.0 ppg) and ranks No. 2 overall in the MW (tied for 44th in the nation overall and 15th in the nation for all junior scorers).
- Deshon Taylor has scored at least 10 points in 26 straight games, and at least 15 points in 24 of his 25 career starts at Fresno State.
- Deshon Taylor has made 35 of his last 77 (45.5 percent) 3-point attempts (last 16 games). He has made multiple 3-pointers in 15 of his last 20 games and three or more 3-pointers in eight of the last 19 games.
• Deshon Taylor has made:
~ 18 consecutive free throws (spanning the last two games)
~ at least 10 free throws in four games this season (eight in career)
~ 48 of his last 54 free throw attempts (88.9 percent, five-game span)
~ 73 of his 84 free throws this season (86.9 percent, 10 games)
~ 111 of his last 124 free throw attempts (89.5 percent, last 17 games)
~ 165 of his last 181 free throw attempts (91.2 percent, last 22 games)
~ at least one 3-pointer in nine of 10 games this season.
Fresno State's consistency leads to success
Fresno State is one of three Mountain West teams to have finished .500 or better in league play in each of the past four seasons. Fresno State, Boise State and San Diego State have won at least nine conference games in each of the last four seasons. During the four-year stretch, Fresno State has averaged 10.8 conference wins per season, with at least 10 MW wins for three straight seasons, including a 13-5 mark during the 2015-16 season.
• REFERENCE: "Fresno State" (never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply "Fresno"); ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS
