SDSU will look to sweep the season series from Utah for the first time since 1982 on Saturday.

Feb. 18, 2010

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State Game Notes | SDSU Broadcast Flip Card

Utah (12-13/5-6 MWC) at San Diego State (19-7/8-4 MWC)

Television: The Mtn., CBS College Sports - Ari Wolfe, Dave Bollwinkel
Radio: AM 600 KOGO - Ted Leitner (play-by-play).

San Diego State Looks for School-Record 5th Consecutive 20-Win Season and First Season Sweep of Utah Since 1982 on Saturday Night at Viejas
San Diego State (19-7 overall; 8-4 Mountain West) looks to secure its fifth consecutive 20-win season and complete a series sweep of Utah (12-13; 5-6 MWC) for just the second time in school history on Saturday night at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl. Game time is set for 6 p.m. PT.

The game will be televised by The Mtn. (San Diego Cox Cable channel 320, DirecTV channel 616, Orange County Cox Cable channel 265, Las Vegas Cox Cable channel 334), with Ari Wolfe and Dave Bollwinkel on the call, and simulcast on CBS College Sports (San Diego Cox Cable channel 321, San Diego Time Warner 415, DirecTV channel 613, Dish Network channel 152). The contest can also be heard on AM 600 KOGO with Ted Leitner providing the description.

The Aztecs continued their stellar play on Tuesday night, running their win streak to three games, all by double digits, with a 68-51 thumping of TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. The Aztecs led the final 35:09 of the game and the Horned Frogs got no closer than eight points after intermission. San Diego State shot a season-high 60.9 percent from the field, while holding its opponent to less than 40-percent field-goal shooting (39.6 percent) for the 13th time this season.

As the season moves forward, junior forward Billy White inches closer to 100 percent following the high ankle sprain he suffered against New Mexico on Jan. 5. The preseason all-MWC selection scored 17 points and added a game-high nine rebounds. It marked his fourth consecutive game in double figures and the nine boards were his second-highest total of the season.

Freshman forward Kawhi Leonard continued to make his case for not only MWC freshman of the year honors, but also a position on the all-Mountain West Conference first team. He had a game-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. SDSU's leading scorer both on the season and in league games, Leonard is now averaging 15.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and is shooting 51.1 percent from the floor in MWC games. He is ranked among the MWC top 10 for league games only, in a remarkable seven categories and is the only player ranked in the top five of both scoring and rebounding.

But SDSU's real strength comes from its balance. A team that plays just one senior and starts two freshmen has four players averaging 10.2 points or more (Leonard, White, junior guard D.J. Gay and junior forward Malcolm Thomas) and seven players averaging seven points or more (freshman guard Chase Tapley, junior guard Tyrone Shelley and senior guard Kelvin Davis).

Utah enters the game 12-13 overall and 5-6 in league play following an impressive 66-61 victory over UNLV at the Huntsman Center. The Utes have won two of their last three games and have league road wins at both UNLV and TCU this season.

San Diego State and Utah are meeting for the 68th time, with the Utes controlling all-time series, 53-14. San Diego State defeated Utah in Salt Lake City, 70-68, on Jan. 19. The teams have met multiple times in the same season on 29 previous occasions and only once has SDSU completed a season sweep of the series (1982).