Fresno State Athletics
Saturday, December 1
Fresno, Calif.
12 p.m. PT
Fresno State
vs
Cal Poly
Photo by: Keith Kountz
’Dogs host Mustangs at high noon on Saturday
11/30/2018 3:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Tickets for Saturday's game start at $10 at the Save Mart Center Box Office.
GAME 7: Cal Poly (2-4) at Fresno State (4-2)
Dec. 1, 2018 • 12 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV: Mountain West Network (Matt Norville/Marc Q. Jones)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Matt Norville/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Octavio Duarte)
Series History: Fresno State leads 33-8 (overall) & 21-2 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 83, Cal Poly 63 (12/9/17 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Weber State (Dec. 5 • 7 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.)
Opening Tip
The Fresno State men's basketball team will host the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday at 12 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. The game between Fresno State (4-2) and Cal Poly (2-4) will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Tickets for the game start at $10 at the Save Mart Center Box Office.
About the Cal Poly Mustangs
The Cal Poly Mustangs (Big West) are 2-4 on the season, including a thrilling 75-74 overtime neutral site win over USC Upstate in the Portland Classic on Nov. 24 in the Mustangs' last game. Cal Poly is led in scoring by Donovan Fields (15.8 ppg). Fresno State leads the all-time series 33-8, including a 21-2 record against Cal Poly in games played in Fresno.
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. 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. 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).
• REFERENCE: "Fresno State" (never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply "Fresno"); ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS
Dec. 1, 2018 • 12 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV: Mountain West Network (Matt Norville/Marc Q. Jones)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Matt Norville/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Octavio Duarte)
Series History: Fresno State leads 33-8 (overall) & 21-2 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 83, Cal Poly 63 (12/9/17 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Next Up: vs. Weber State (Dec. 5 • 7 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.)
Opening Tip
- First-year Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is back home in the Valley. 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 has outscored three autonomy five conference schools (TCU, Northwestern & Miami) by a combined score of 223-214 this season.
- Fresno State is 40-3 in its last 43 games when shooting at least 50 percent from the field.
- Fresno State has made at least eight 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)
The Fresno State men's basketball team will host the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday at 12 p.m. PT inside the Save Mart Center. The game between Fresno State (4-2) and Cal Poly (2-4) will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio and 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Tickets for the game start at $10 at the Save Mart Center Box Office.
About the Cal Poly Mustangs
The Cal Poly Mustangs (Big West) are 2-4 on the season, including a thrilling 75-74 overtime neutral site win over USC Upstate in the Portland Classic on Nov. 24 in the Mustangs' last game. Cal Poly is led in scoring by Donovan Fields (15.8 ppg). Fresno State leads the all-time series 33-8, including a 21-2 record against Cal Poly in games played in Fresno.
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. 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. 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).
• REFERENCE: "Fresno State" (never: FSU, CSUF, Fresno State University, or just simply "Fresno"); ABBREVIATION: Fresno St. or FS
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