Bulldogs start road trip at Wyoming

Game 18: Fresno State (5-12, 1-5 MW) at Wyoming (5-14, 0-7 MW)
Jan. 18, 2020 • 3 p.m. PT • Laramie, Wyo. (Arena-Auditorium)
Online: Mountain West Network (Keith Kelley/Robert Gagliardi)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones)
Series History: Fresno State leads 18-11 (overall) • Wyoming leads 9-5 (games in Laramie)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 71, Wyoming 60 (2/27/219 • Fresno, Calif. • Save Mart Center)
Next Up: at Colorado State (Jan. 22); vs. Boise State (Jan. 25); at Air Force (Jan. 28)
Fresno State's 2019-20 NCAA NET & Ken Pom Rankings: No. 174 & No. 140

Opening Tip

Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson is in his second season after winning 23 games in his first season back home in the San Joaquin Valley.
Hutson was named the 2018-19 Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year.
Hutson, a Bakersfield native, had spent 12 seasons (San Diego State and UNLV) as one of the most respected assistant coaches in the country.

Fresno State travels to Front Range to face Wyoming
Fresno State will visit the Wyoming Cowboys on Saturday at 3 p.m. PT at Arena-Auditorium. The game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network and 940 AM ESPN Radio. This will be the 50th game for Justin Hutson as the head coach back home in the Valley at Fresno State.

Fresno State & Wyoming: All-Time Series History
Fresno State has won seven of the last ten meetings with Wyoming, including three of the last four in the series and two straight games played in Laramie, Wyo. Fresno State leads the all-time series 18-11, including a 9-5 record against the Cowboys since the Bulldogs joined the MW in 2012. The 'Dogs have earned four wins in their last five trips to Arena-Auditorium and swept the season series last year in Hutson's first season at Fresno State.

Fresno State Starts in Mountain West Play
Since the Bulldogs joined the MW in 2012, here are Fresno State's starts through the first six games, followed by the final conference record:
2012-13: 1-5 (5-11 MW, 7th out of 9)
2013-14: 1-5 (9-9 MW, tied for 5th out of 11)
2014-15: 4-2 (10-8 MW, 6th out of 11)
2015-16: 3-3 (13-5 MW, 2nd out of 11 • MW Tournament Champion)
2016-17: 3-3 (11-7 MW, 4th out of 11)
2017-18: 3-3 (11-7 MW, tied for 4th out of 11)
2018-19: 5-1 (13-5 MW, 3rd out of 11)
2019-20: 1-5

20-point games by Fresno State freshmen (Last 15 Seasons)
6 - Paul George, 2008-09
4 - Jarred Hyder, 2019-20
4 - Kevin Olekaibe, 2010-11
3 - Orlando Robinson, 2019-20
3 - Greg Smith, 2009-10

Youth Movement
Through the first 10 weeks of the season, Fresno State has fielded six of the 22 freshmen who have appeared in games so far for Mountain West teams. Fresno State leads the league with freshmen averaging 98.7 minutes per game, which is nearly half of the Bulldogs' minutes per game average (47.9 percent). Fresno State's freshmen have accounted for 1,667 of the team's 3,500 total minutes played (47.2 percent) this season. Fresno State freshmen Orlando Robinson (13.2 ppg) and Jarred Hyder (10.7 ppg) lead the way for Fresno State's now six freshmen, who have scored 535 of the Bulldogs' 1,168 points for an average of 31.5 points of the team's 68.7 points per game (45.8 percent).

A proven winner and consistent contender in the Mountain West

Fresno State has won the third-most MW games in the last three-plus seasons (36), which is since the start of the 2016-17 season.
Fresno State is one of four programs (Boise State, Nevada and San Diego State) with over 55 MW wins in the last five-plus seasons.
Fresno State is the only program to earn a MW Tournament first-round bye in each of the past five seasons.
Fresno State is one of two programs, along with San Diego State, with a .500 record or better in MW play in each of the last six seasons.
Fresno State is the only team to win at least 10 MW games in each of the last five seasons.

Between the Baselines

Fresno State opened the season by playing seven of its first 10 games away from the Save Mart Center (six road games + one neutral site game).
Fresno State leads the MW in blocked shots per game (3.8 bpg).
Fresno State is second in the MW in 3-pointers made per game (9.1/gm).
Fresno State is 21-5 when leading at halftime during Hutson's tenure.
Fresno State's scoring margin against Division I opponents is minus-0.5.

Bulldog Bones

Fresno State senior forward Nate Grimes leads the Mountain West in blocked shots (1.7 bpg) and ranks fourth in rebounding (9.4 rpg), which is tied for 41st in the nation, and tied for 49th nationally with six double-doubles this season (20 in his Bulldog career).
In the last six games, Fresno State freshman forward Orlando Robinson has averaged 19.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks & 1.7 assists per game.
Justin Hutson is 25-5 all-time as a Division I head coach (5-3) or assistant coach (20-2) when coaching against one of his former teams.
During the Justin Hutson era, Fresno State has outscored autonomy-five conference schools – TCU, Northwestern, Miami, Cal (twice) and Oregon
– by a combined score of 438-427 (+11).
To open MW play, Fresno State played back-to-back overtime games for the second time since 2013 (first time in Hutson's tenure). Fresno State had last played back-to-back overtime games during the 2017-18 season.
Fresno State's overtime game against then-No. 25 Utah State was the Bulldogs' first overtime contest when playing an Associated Press Top 25 opponent since 2015 (then-No. 25 Wyoming).
Fresno State has used 10 starting line-ups in its first 17 games.

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