LAS VEGAS — No. 20 San Diego State held Mountain West Participant of the Yr Omari Moore to seven factors, far beneath his common of 17.8 per sport, as San Jose State misplaced 64-49 within the Mountain West Convention Event semifinals on Friday night time.
A win would have introduced the Spartans (20-13) one win away from reaching the NCAA Event for the primary time since 1996, after they received the Large West with a 13-17 total report. As a substitute, the top-seeded Aztecs (26-6) superior to the championship sport for the sixth consecutive 12 months, the place they are going to face the winner of the late semifinal between Utah State and Boise State.
Due to reaching the 20-win mark for the primary time since 1980-81, the Spartans are more likely to play within the postseason for the sixth time in program historical past. San Jose State has by no means received a single postseason sport in its 5 earlier appearances — three NCAA Tournaments, one Nationwide Invitational Event (NIT) and one School Basketball Invitational (CBI).
In 2022, Mountain West groups performed in each the NIT and the newly-formed The Basketball Traditional, which Fresno State received. San Jose State hasn’t appeared in any postseason event since 2011.
The Aztecs shot 40.7% from the ground, hitting 22 of 54, together with 6 of 16 from 3-point vary.
Sophomore Tibet Gorener scored 15 factors to guide San Jose State, the one participant in double figures. Moore completed 3-for-13 from the sphere (1-for-4 from 3-point vary) and sophomore Alvaro Cardenas, who averages 10 factors per sport, was held to 4 factors on 2-for-10 capturing (0-for-4 from 3-point vary).
The Aztecs held the Spartans to 19 of 55 capturing (34.5%), together with 5 of 19 from 3-point vary (26.3%). The Aztecs are 41-1 all-time within the Mountain West event, with essentially the most event wins by any staff in league historical past.
After briefly falling behind by one early within the sport, the Aztecs erupted for an 18-4 run to take a 25-12 lead with 2:59 left within the first half and weren’t threatened from there.
Data from the Related Press was used on this report.