Fresno State Athletics
Wednesday, November 28
Fresno, Calif.
7 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
Pacific
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Bulldogs host Tigers to tip off homestand
11/27/2018 4:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Tickets for Wednesday's game start at $10, with free admission available for fans following or liking Fresno State Athletics on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (one ticket per device).
Game 6: Pacific (5-3) at Fresno State (3-2)
Nov. 28, 2018 • 7 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV: 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: Pacific leads 81-78 (overall) & Fresno State leads 50-30 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 70, Pacific 68 [OT] (12/17/16 • Stockton, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 1 • 12 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.)
Opening Tip
The Fresno State men's basketball team will host the Pacific Tigers on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. Â The game between Fresno State (3-2) and Pacific (5-3) will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Â Tickets for the game start at $10, with free admission available for fans following or liking Fresno State Athletics on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
About the Pacific Tigers
The Pacific Tigers (West Coast) are 5-3 on the season, including home wins in two of its last three games and losses at Nevada (83-61) and UNLV (96-70). Â Pacific is led in scoring by Roberto Gallinat (14.3 ppg). Â Fresno State has won four of the last six meetings in the series, including the last two.
Bulldogs cruise past Hawai'i for 3rd place
Fresno State cruised to a 79-64 win over the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors on Sunday afternoon inside Titan Gym to finish in third place of the eight-team 2018 Wooden Legacy. Â Fresno State (3-2) went 2-1 during the tournament, which featured three games in four days, as the Bulldogs also crushed Northwestern 78-59 and fell 78-76 to Miami on a last second dunk. Â Fresno State senior guard Deshon Taylor scored a game-high 20 points with five assists for the Bulldogs, who also had Braxton Huggins (13), New Williams (12) and Sam Bittner (11) in double figures.
'Dogs dominate Northwestern, 78-59
Fresno State soundly defeated Northwestern 78-59 in the 2018 Wooden Legacy quarterfinals last Thursday.  Fresno State handed Northwestern its first loss of the season with the 'Dogs having five players in double figures – led by senior guard Braxton Huggins, who had a game-high 17 points.  Fresno State shot 50 percent from the field and held NU to a 35.3 percent clip from the floor.  The win marked the Bulldogs' fourth victory over an autonomy five conference opponent since 2008 and first since a 63-58 win at Oregon State on Nov. 25, 2016.  Fresno State's 19-point win over Northwestern also was the Bulldogs' largest ever margin of victory when beating a Big Ten opponent (previous record: 14 points in a 72-58 road win at Michigan State in the NIT on March 20, 1983).
Protecting the Yard
Nov. 28, 2018 • 7 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV: 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: Pacific leads 81-78 (overall) & Fresno State leads 50-30 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 70, Pacific 68 [OT] (12/17/16 • Stockton, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 1 • 12 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.)
Opening Tip
- First-year Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is back home in the Valley. Â Hutson, a Bakersfield native, spent the last 12 seasons (San Diego State and UNLV) as one of the most respected assistant coaches in country.
- Fresno State has won at least 20 games in each of the past three seasons (four of the past five seasons).
- Last season, Fresno State (21-11, 11-7 MW) finished fourth in the MW standings and earned its third straight Top 4 seed for the MW Tournament.
- Fresno State is one of two MW teams (Boise State) to have earned a first round bye in each of the past four seasons.
- Fresno State is ranked No. 64 in the NCAA's inaugural NET rankings.
- Fresno State is rated No. 21 in the HaslamMetrics ratings.
- Fresno State has outscored three autonomy five conference schools (TCU, Northwestern & Miami) by a combined score of 223-214 this season.
- Fresno State is now 40-3 in its last 43 games when shooting at least 50 percent from the field.
- Fresno State has made at least nine 3-pointers in every game this season. The Bulldogs are 19-3 in the last 22 games making at least 10 3pt-FGs.
- Fresno State senior guard Deshon Taylor is one of 33 players in program history with at least 1,000 career points while playing at Fresno State.
- Fresno State senior guard Braxton Huggins (19.3 ppg/3.3 rpg) was named to the 2018 Wooden Legacy All-Tournament team and Deshon Taylor (19.0 ppg/4.3 apg) earned second-team honors. (Stats from Wooden Legacy). Nate Grimes was the leading rebounder (10.3 bpg) and blocker (2.0 bpg) in the three-game tournament.
- Fresno State is in the middle of a 12-game stretch of playing games exclusively in the state of California. Fresno State is 2-1 so far through the first 3 games of the span.
The Fresno State men's basketball team will host the Pacific Tigers on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. Â The game between Fresno State (3-2) and Pacific (5-3) will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Â Tickets for the game start at $10, with free admission available for fans following or liking Fresno State Athletics on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
About the Pacific Tigers
The Pacific Tigers (West Coast) are 5-3 on the season, including home wins in two of its last three games and losses at Nevada (83-61) and UNLV (96-70). Â Pacific is led in scoring by Roberto Gallinat (14.3 ppg). Â Fresno State has won four of the last six meetings in the series, including the last two.
Bulldogs cruise past Hawai'i for 3rd place
Fresno State cruised to a 79-64 win over the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors on Sunday afternoon inside Titan Gym to finish in third place of the eight-team 2018 Wooden Legacy. Â Fresno State (3-2) went 2-1 during the tournament, which featured three games in four days, as the Bulldogs also crushed Northwestern 78-59 and fell 78-76 to Miami on a last second dunk. Â Fresno State senior guard Deshon Taylor scored a game-high 20 points with five assists for the Bulldogs, who also had Braxton Huggins (13), New Williams (12) and Sam Bittner (11) in double figures.
'Dogs dominate Northwestern, 78-59
Fresno State soundly defeated Northwestern 78-59 in the 2018 Wooden Legacy quarterfinals last Thursday.  Fresno State handed Northwestern its first loss of the season with the 'Dogs having five players in double figures – led by senior guard Braxton Huggins, who had a game-high 17 points.  Fresno State shot 50 percent from the field and held NU to a 35.3 percent clip from the floor.  The win marked the Bulldogs' fourth victory over an autonomy five conference opponent since 2008 and first since a 63-58 win at Oregon State on Nov. 25, 2016.  Fresno State's 19-point win over Northwestern also was the Bulldogs' largest ever margin of victory when beating a Big Ten opponent (previous record: 14 points in a 72-58 road win at Michigan State in the NIT on March 20, 1983).
Protecting the Yard
- Fresno State is 53-12 overall at home since the start of the 2014-15 season, including a 25-4 record versus nonconference opponents.
- Fresno State is 42-9 overall at home since the start of the 2015-16 season.
- Fresno State has won 13 of its last 15 home games played on a Wednesday.
- Fresno State has won at least 11 home games in five straight seasons.
- Fresno State is 169-74 (69.5 percent) all-time at the Save Mart Center.
- This season, Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in the Mountain West by the league's media in a preseason poll released in mid-October.
- Before the 2015-16 season, Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll. Â The Bulldogs went on to win the 2016 MW Championship and earn the MW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
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