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1/9/2026 8:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball

GAME 16 - at SDSU SDSU Notes

By: Holly Cassina / Strategic Communications Coordinator

GAME 16: FRESNO STATE (7-8, 1-3 MW) vs. SAN DIEGO STATE (10-4, 4-0 MW)
January 10, 2026 | 8:10 p.m. PT | San Diego, Calif. | Viejas Arena

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Fresno State men's basketball team is headed to San Diego to face San Diego State in a Mountain West matchup on Saturday at 8:10 p.m. PT.

The Bulldogs are coming off their first win in Mountain West play after defeating San Jose State on Tuesday night. San Diego State is undefeated in conference play with wins over Air Force, San Jose State, Boise State and Nevada.

BULLDOG BONES

Head Coach Vance Walberg is in his second season at the helm of the Bulldog Basketball program and his fourth season as a head coach overall.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 6-26 season going into 2025-26, with a total of two conference wins, against Air Force and Wyoming.
Fresno State started the 2025-26 campaign with seven straight home games; all played at the Save Mart Center.
This is the first time in program history that the Bulldogs have a seven-game home stand to start the season.
The Fresno State men's basketball team looks a little different this season, with 73% of the roster being newcomers to the squad.
Fresno State returns only four athletes this season: Troy Jenkins, Makhan Diouf, Zaon Collins and David "DJ" Douglas, Jr.
Of the four, Collins is the Bulldogs' only returning starter and letterwinner.
DJ Douglas, a transfer from Green Bay, played in six games for the Bulldogs in 2024-25 before his season was cut short due to injury.
Troy Jenkins and Makhan Diouf both redshirted for the 2024-25 season and did not see game action.

A BRIEF HISTORY WITH THE AZTECS

The Bulldogs and the Aztecs have a long-running history, dating back to 1940.
Fresno State will face San Diego State in its 128th overall meeting on Saturday.
San Diego State leads 74-53 all-time over Fresno State, and 49-19 over the Bulldogs in San Diego.
Fresno State has the opportunity to snap a 12-game losing streak with a win over the Aztecs.

LAST TIME ON THE FLOOR

The Fresno State men's basketball team earned its first Mountain West victory of the season on Tuesday night, defeating San Jose State 70-55 at Provident Credit Union Event Center.
The Bulldogs led from the opening minutes and never allowed the Spartans to threaten, improving to 7-8 overall and picking up their first win away from home this season.
DeShawn Gory led Fresno State with 16 points and 13 rebounds, recording a double-double and anchoring the Bulldogs inside.
Zaon Collins added 14 points and a team-high seven assists, directing the offense throughout the night.
David Douglas Jr. chipped in 13 points off the bench, including three three-pointers in the second half.
Cameron Faas finished with 11 points on three made threes.
Fresno State outscored San Jose State 42-24 in the paint.
The Bulldogs won the rebounding battle 39-21.
Fresno State recorded 17 assists on 27 made field goals.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Fresno State currently has two players averaging double figures: Jake Heidbreder, and Zaon Collins.
Heidbreder leads the team with an average of 18.1 points per game and has scored in double digits in all but one game this season.
Following closely behind is Collins with 13.6 points per game.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE KING

Freshman Wilson Jacques leads the Bulldogs in double-doubles this season, recording six so far.
Against Long Beach State, Jacques scored 12 points with 13 rebounds on November 8th.
He just closed a five-game double-double streak against CSU Bakersfield (11 points, 11 rebounds), Arkansas (12 points, 14 rebounds), CSUN (10 points, 10 rebounds), UNLV (18 points, 11 rebounds) and Utah State (15 points, 12 rebounds).
Jacques sits in 28th place in the country in double-doubles and leads the Mountain West.

1,000 POINT CLUB

With 18 points scored against Utah Valley on November 15, the senior Jake Heidbreder surpassed 1,000 career points.
So far, the guard has scored 272 points in a Bulldog uniform and owns a .441 shooting percentage, .324 from three, and averages over 37 minutes per game.
Heidbreder is making an impact on a national scale as well, 4th in the country in minutes per game (37:13), 64th in field goal attempts (211), 70th in points per game (18.1), and 76th in three-point attempts (111).

WITH THE ASSIST

Zaon Collins, one of Fresno State's only returners on the 2025-26 roster, has led the Bulldogs in assists in all 15 games so far this season.
He tied a career high with nine assists against Pepperdine.
Currently, the junior guard ranks 60th in the country and first in the Mountain West in the category with 79 total.
He is also second in the conference and 52nd in the country in assists per game with 5.3.

FRESH START

Fresno State welcomes 11 newcomers to the roster this season: three transfers and 8 eight freshmen.
Cameron Faas, Jake Heidbreder and Jac Mani all transferred from NCAA DI basketball programs.
Of the eight freshmen, seven are international students.

WELCOME (BACK) TO THE MOUNTAIN WEST

Transfer Jake Heidbreder is on his third stop in his college career.
Heidbreder started his career at Air Force, where he spent the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.
He then transferred to Clemson after his second year at Air Force, redshirted for the 2023-24 season, and returned to the court for the 2024-25 season.
Heidbreder returns to the Mountain West for his final year of eligibility at Fresno State.

VALLEY ROOTS RUN DEEP

When Vance Walberg was named the Bulldogs' head coach, he emphasized the community, doing things for the Central Valley because Fresno State is the Central Valley's team. That message resonates with not just Walberg but also with his staff. Of the program's six coaches, five have previously lived in the Central Valley.
Walberg has spent more than 20 years coaching in the Valley at Clovis West HS and Fresno City College.
John Welch was a member of Jerry Tarkanian's staff at Fresno State from 1995 to 2002.
Ray Barefield grew up in Fresno and prepped down the street from campus at Hoover HS, graduating in 1989. He is in the school's Hall of Fame.
Chris Stahowski played for and coached alongside Walberg. He also graduated from Fresno State in 2007.
Tory Stamps grew up in Fresno and played at Central HS, graduating in 2012.

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