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Bulldogs open Mountain West Championships against Spartans
3/8/2025 12:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GAME 32: Mountain West Championships - First Round FRESNO STATE (17-14, 8-10 MW) VS SAN JOSE STATE (10-21, 3-15 MW)Â
Sunday, Mar. 9, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. PT | First Round - Game 3 | Mountain West Network | Thomas & Mack Center | Las Vegas, NevadaÂ
ÂMEDIA COVERAGEÂ
Watch: Mountain West NetworkÂ
Play-by-Play: Nate KreckmanÂ
Analyst: Kelly BurkeÂ
Listen: Bulldog Sports NetworkÂ
Play-by-Play: Matt NorvilleÂ
Twitter (X) @fresnostatewbbÂ
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State women's basketball team heads to Las Vegas to begin the postseason at the Mountain West Championships at the Thomas & Mack Center beginning Sunday, Mar. 9. Fresno State will play the third game of the opening round on Sunday with tip-off set for 7 p.m. PT streaming live on the Mountain West Network.Â
BULLDOG BONESÂ
- Fresno State concludes the regular season with a 17-14, 8-10 MW recordÂ
- Fresno State will play in the third game of the opening round of the Mountain West Tournament, Bulldogs are the No. 6 seed and will face off against No. 11 San Jose StateÂ
- Fresno State will see their fourth consecutive opening round appearanceÂ
- 'Dogs have never held the sixth seed going into the tournament
- A win against the Spartans, returns the Bulldogs to a quarterfinal appearance against No. 3 Colorado State on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. PT
- Fresno State rolls into the tournament on their longest losing streak this season with four gamesÂ
- Mia Jacobs became the 29th Bulldog to join the 1,000 point club with 1,018 pointsÂ
- Mia Jacobs recorded her 17th double-double of the season last Saturday, most in the Mountain West, this season, and tied for seventh most in Division I. Despite the loss, Fresno State is 13-4 (.765) when Jacobs notches a double-double compared to 4-10 (.286) when she does not.
- Head coach Jaime White is 12-10 in all games at the MWCÂ
- Coach White has played in four championship games in her tenure as head coachÂ
- Fresno State was predicted to finish in 9th place in the preseason pollÂ
- Bulldogs head into the tournament on a four game losing streak, the longest this seasonÂ
- With a 19 game absence Taija Sat. Maria has returned to the court, totaling 30 points, 22 assists and 13 reboundsÂ
SERIES HISTORYÂ
Fresno State and San Jose State will meet for the second time at the MW Tournament and the 92nd time in program history. The last time the programs met at the tournament was in 2020, where Fresno State held the No. 1 seed and saw a championship appearance. 'Dogs defeated the Spartans, the four seed, in the semifinal game, 94-68.Â
- Bulldogs hold a four game series advantage over the Spartans after back-to-back season sweeps
- Fresno State has defeated San Jose State by more than 13 points in the last three meetings and averages an 11 point advantage
- Fresno State leads the all-time meetings, 66-25 and the neutral meetings, 3-0Â
- Fresno State has never lost to San Jose State in a postseason appearance, dating back to WAC Championships
THE SEASON AT GLANCEÂ
Fresno State has played to their best overall and conference win record in the last three seasons. Bulldogs have played similarly to the 2020-21 campaign this season, boasting plenty of firsts since then.
For the first time in over two seasons Fresno State…
- defeated New Mexico at The Pit (2020)
- swept Boise State on the season (2021)Â
- Held more than 10 conference wins (2021)Â
Bulldogs have also hit their respective individual milestones. Mia Jacobs surpassed 1,000 career and program points, earned three times as many double-doubles as last season, was named to the Becky Hammon Midseason Mid-Major Watchlist and is 3x MW Player of the Week. Kylee Fox hit 500 career points earlier.Â
BRACKET BREAKDOWNÂ
Fresno State will play the third game in the opening round of the Mountain West as the No. 6 seed. A win against No. 11 San Jose State moves the Bulldogs to a back-to-back quarter final appearance. Fresno State will then face No. 3 Colorado State on Monday, Mar. 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT. A win against Colorado State will put the 'Dogs in their first semifinals game since 2021, Fresno State also saw their last championship game appearance the same year.Â
AT THE PEAKÂ
In the Mountain West Fresno State ranks…
- 3rd in team free throw % (366-489) .748 in 31 games
- 4th in team 3-point FG% (249-731) .341 in 31 games
Mia Jacobs ranks…
- 2nd in scoring with 569 points (18.4 avg)Â
- 2nd in rebounding with 305 rebounds (9.8 avg)Â
- 3rd in 3PT FG% with 63 3PFGM .382
- 3rd in steals with 62 (2.1 avg)Â
- 7th in minutes played with 1007 (32.5 avg)
- 9th in FG% (172-416) .413
Maria Konstantinidou ranks…
- 14th in blocks with 22 (0.7 avg)Â
- 24th in rebounding with 144 rebounds (4.6 avg)Â
Mariah Elohim ranks…
- 6th in 3PFG% with 66 .335
Saga Ukkonen ranks…
- 19th in assists with 69 (2.3 avg)Â
- 19th in minutes played with 890 (29.7 avg)Â
Kylee Fox ranks…
- 3rd in minutes played with 1031 (33.3 avg)Â
- 16th in assists with 73 (2.4 avg)Â
A LOOK AT THE SPARTANSÂ
- Spartans have dropped both matches to the Bulldogs this seasonÂ
- San Jose hold the longest losing streak going into the tournament at six lossesÂ
- Spartans average 65 ppg while opponents average 72 ppgÂ
- San Jose State is led by Amiah Simmons (15.6 ppg)Â
- Spartans have lost three of their last four games by 20 points or more