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Bulldogs head to Logan
2/7/2025 5:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GAME 25: FRESNO STATE (15-9, 6-5 MW) vs UTAH STATE (2-20, 1-9 MW)
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 | 1 p.m. PT/ 2 p.m. MT | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum | Logan, UT.Â
MEDIA COVERAGEÂ
Watch: Mountain West NetworkÂ
Stats: Bulldogslive.comÂ
Live updates via Twitter (X):Â @fresnostatewbb
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's basketball travels to Logan to close out the season series with Utah State on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Tip off is set for 1 p.m. PT/ 2 p.m. MT streaming live on the Mountain West Network.Â
BULLDOG BONES
ABOUT THE MATCH UP
Fresno State and Utah State will meet for the 39th time in program history and for the 17th time in Logan. Fresno State extended their all-time series lead after the first meeting this season to 31-7.
Bulldogs have won the last three matchups and look to have a season sweep over the Aggies.
The teams met less than a month ago in Fresno (Jan. 15). Fresno State played for another 20+ point win over Utah State in the last three contests.
FROM BENCH TO COURT
Fresno State has seen four players come off the bench in the last four games, Rayna Williams, Danae Powell, Holly Griffiths and Malaya LeSueur.
In two of the last four games the bench has produced 10+ points.
Danae Powell continues to lead the charge off the bench with the most points. With the most minutes off the bench at 19.9 Powell averages 4.1 ppg.
Rayna Williams has been a constant presence on the court playing in all 24 games this season. The freshmen averages 12 min per game and works the defensive end with 0.4 blocks per game
NCAA STARTING LINEUP
Mia Jacobs earned more national attention earlier this week after being named to the NCAA WBB's starting lineup of the week on Feb. 5.
Jacobs was featured alongside Georgia Amoore (Uni. of Kentucky), Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt), Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame) and Maddy Skorupski (Oakland).
Fresno State junior forward Mia Jacobs led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week with wins over Nevada (65-59) on the road and at home against San José State (99-85), recording back-to-back double-doubles this week, marking her 13th and 14th of the season.
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Jacobs averaged 29.5 points and 13 rebounds, while also adding 2.5 assists and one assist per game. She shot 58.1 percent from the field (18-for-31) and 71.4 percent from three (10-for-14) in two games and is now fourth in the nation in double-doubles this season with14.
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At Nevada on Jan. 29, Jacobs filled the stat sheet with 23 points, 15 rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block. She followed that up on Saturday with a career-high 36 points at San Jose State, adding 11 rebounds and four steals.
Jacobs added in her 15th double-double of the season against San Diego State with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Perth native now enters her longest double-double streak of her career at four. With 15 on the season the forward ties for third in the nation with Kendall Bostic, Illinois (Big Ten)
BACK ON THE FLOOR
Taija Sta. Maria made her first appearance on the court in 20 games, Sta. Maria's last appearance for the Bulldogs was on Nov. 4 against Southern Utah.
Despite sitting out for 20 games Sta. Maria remained in the top ten among the Mountain West in minutes played. The guard averaged 32 minutes in the first four games of the season, and that proved to hang on through eighteen games.
MILESTONE TRACKER (as of Feb. 7)
Player     Stat     Total   Need for Milestone
Mia Jacobs   Points   457   43 to 500 in a season
Mia Jacobs  Points   906   94 to 1,000 at Fresno St.
Kylee Fox   Points   479   21 to 500 at Fresno St.
Mariah Elohim Points  822   178 to 1,000 in a career
Jaime White  Games  192   8 to 200 wins at Fresno St.Â
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 | 1 p.m. PT/ 2 p.m. MT | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum | Logan, UT.Â
MEDIA COVERAGEÂ
Watch: Mountain West NetworkÂ
Stats: Bulldogslive.comÂ
Live updates via Twitter (X):Â @fresnostatewbb
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's basketball travels to Logan to close out the season series with Utah State on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Tip off is set for 1 p.m. PT/ 2 p.m. MT streaming live on the Mountain West Network.Â
BULLDOG BONES
- Fresno State drops to 15-9, 6-5 MW
- With 15 wins this season, Fresno State matched their season total of wins from the 2023-24 season (15-18)
- One more conference win will match last year's MW record (7-11)
- For the first time this season all five starters finished in double figures - Mia Jacobs (36), Maria Konstantinidou (18), Mariah Elohim (15), Kylee Fox and Saga Ukkonen (11)
- Mia Jacobs was named to the NCAA WBB Starting Lineup with the company of Hannah Hidalgo, Georgia Amoore, Mikayla Blakes and Maddy Skorupski
- Fresno State's Mia Jacobs has four games this season with at least 30 points and 10 rebounds, including her last game against San José State. That is the most in DI this season and the most by a MW player in a single season all-time.
- Fresno State looks for their second season sweep against Utah State
- Bulldogs have defeated Utah State by no less than 20 points in the last three meetings
- Kylee Fox is 21 points away from reaching 500 points as a Bulldogs (479)
- Fresno State will visit Logan for the 17th time
- Bulldogs lead the all-time meetings 31-7 and in Logan, 12-4
- Fresno State shot a new season-high 51% from the field (29-of-56) and from the three (15-of-28)
- With a win against Nevada, Fresno State has now seen two months with five wins and three losses- November and January
- Only three players from the bench played against Nevada totaling 16 points, the highest bench total with the lowest players played
- Fresno State defeated Nevada after spending only four minutes and nineteen seconds with the lead.
- Mia Jacobs remains in the mix as one of the top three scorers in the MW, alongside Fertig (19.1, Wyoming) and Ronisek (18.5, Colorado), Jacobs takes the No. 2 spot to start the week averaging 19.0 ppg
- Kylee Fox is 5th in minutes played averaging 32.7 min per game
- Fresno State's longest starting five lineup is 8-5 in the last twelve games this seasonÂ
ABOUT THE MATCH UP
Fresno State and Utah State will meet for the 39th time in program history and for the 17th time in Logan. Fresno State extended their all-time series lead after the first meeting this season to 31-7.
Bulldogs have won the last three matchups and look to have a season sweep over the Aggies.
The teams met less than a month ago in Fresno (Jan. 15). Fresno State played for another 20+ point win over Utah State in the last three contests.
FROM BENCH TO COURT
Fresno State has seen four players come off the bench in the last four games, Rayna Williams, Danae Powell, Holly Griffiths and Malaya LeSueur.
In two of the last four games the bench has produced 10+ points.
Danae Powell continues to lead the charge off the bench with the most points. With the most minutes off the bench at 19.9 Powell averages 4.1 ppg.
Rayna Williams has been a constant presence on the court playing in all 24 games this season. The freshmen averages 12 min per game and works the defensive end with 0.4 blocks per game
NCAA STARTING LINEUP
Mia Jacobs earned more national attention earlier this week after being named to the NCAA WBB's starting lineup of the week on Feb. 5.
Jacobs was featured alongside Georgia Amoore (Uni. of Kentucky), Mikayla Blakes (Vanderbilt), Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame) and Maddy Skorupski (Oakland).
Fresno State junior forward Mia Jacobs led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week with wins over Nevada (65-59) on the road and at home against San José State (99-85), recording back-to-back double-doubles this week, marking her 13th and 14th of the season.
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Jacobs averaged 29.5 points and 13 rebounds, while also adding 2.5 assists and one assist per game. She shot 58.1 percent from the field (18-for-31) and 71.4 percent from three (10-for-14) in two games and is now fourth in the nation in double-doubles this season with14.
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At Nevada on Jan. 29, Jacobs filled the stat sheet with 23 points, 15 rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block. She followed that up on Saturday with a career-high 36 points at San Jose State, adding 11 rebounds and four steals.
Jacobs added in her 15th double-double of the season against San Diego State with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Perth native now enters her longest double-double streak of her career at four. With 15 on the season the forward ties for third in the nation with Kendall Bostic, Illinois (Big Ten)
BACK ON THE FLOOR
Taija Sta. Maria made her first appearance on the court in 20 games, Sta. Maria's last appearance for the Bulldogs was on Nov. 4 against Southern Utah.
Despite sitting out for 20 games Sta. Maria remained in the top ten among the Mountain West in minutes played. The guard averaged 32 minutes in the first four games of the season, and that proved to hang on through eighteen games.
MILESTONE TRACKER (as of Feb. 7)
Player     Stat     Total   Need for Milestone
Mia Jacobs   Points   457   43 to 500 in a season
Mia Jacobs  Points   906   94 to 1,000 at Fresno St.
Kylee Fox   Points   479   21 to 500 at Fresno St.
Mariah Elohim Points  822   178 to 1,000 in a career
Jaime White  Games  192   8 to 200 wins at Fresno St.Â
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