FRESNO STATE (11-12, 4-6 MW) vs COLORADO STATE (14-7, 5-5 MW )
Wed. Feb 7, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. MT | Moby Arena | Mountain West Network | Fort Collins, Colo.
MEDIA COVERAGE
WATCH: Mountain West Network
STATS: StatBroadcast
LISTEN: Bulldog Sports Network (BSN)
Play-by-play: Matt Norville
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's basketball starts their week on the road traveling to Fort Collins, Colo. to take on the Rams in the Moby Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. MT streaming on the Mountain West Network.
BULLDOG BONES
Jaime White marks her 100th conference win against Utah State
Fresno State won their second true road win against Utah State, 70-50
Bulldogs are 9-3 when scoring 70 or more points
Fresno State is now 8-1 when four or more players score in double-figures
Fresno State saw their lowest number of turnovers in conference play at six in their first meeting with the Rams this season
Fresno State goes into Wednesday's matchup with scoring margin -+0.60 and -0.80 rebounding margin
Fresno State is currently ranked 9th in the Mountain West and will face No. 5 Colorado State
Bulldogs are looking for back-to-back road wins after a win at Utah State, 70-50
Bulldogs are setting their sights for a redemption game after their first meeting this season ended in a six point loss in Fresno
Bulldogs go into Wednesday's match up shooting 39% from the field, 31% from the three and 70% from the foul line
With the win against Utah State, Fresno State has already tied its win total and conference win total from a season ago. (10-22, 3-15 MW)
Three Bulldogs have been tabbed with Mountain West honors so far this season, Taija Sta. Maria (2x, Freshman of the Week, Oct. 6 & Nov. 16 ), Kylee Fox (Freshman of the Week, Nov. 11) and Mia Jacobs (Player of the Week, Dec. 26)
ABOUT THE MATCH UP
Fresno State and Colorado State will meet for the 35th time in program history and for the 16th time at Moby Arena. Colorado State leads the all time meetings 20-14 and hosts the Bulldogs on a three game win streak in the series. The last matchup between the two programs was on Jan. 10 in Fresno where the Rams claimed the win, 61-55. The last time Fresno State won came in the 2020-21 campaign in Fresno, 78-74. The last time Fresno State won on the road against the Rams was on Feb. 5, 2020, 79-61.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Colorado State is coming off a home win against San Diego State, 82-50
Mckenna Hofschild was named to Nancy Lieberman Award top 10 (Jan. 22) and in early January was tabbed as the MW All-Time Assist Leader (Jan. 20)
Hofschild is the current leading scorer in the MW with 275 points in conference play (27.5 avg)
Rams go into Wednesday's matchup shooting 46% from the field, 37% from the three and 80% from the foul line
Colorado State averages 13.4 points off of turnovers and hold a 1.6 ratio for assist/ turnovers and a 9.1 turnover average
The Rams are one of three MW women's teams with a Top 100 NET ranking coming in at 94 (UNLV, 33 & Wyoming, 99)
IT'S A BATTLE ON THE ROAD
Bulldogs' earned their second true road win of the season at Utah State with a 20 point victory over the Aggies, 70-50. Back on the road this week, 'Dogs will travel to Fort Collins, Colorado to take on the Rams. Bulldogs have seen their struggles on the road this season of the four conference road games thus far, Fresno State has not seen a loss of more than seven points. The Bulldogs largest loss on the road came during the non-conference portion of the season at Cal Poly, 84-55.
MAKING HISTORY
Head coach Jaime White surpasses 100 conference wins this past Saturday in Logan. This milestone marks Coach White as the only active women's head coach in the Mountain West and the third active head coach in the Mountain West to have a 100 or more conference wins. Coach White joins the short list of women in the history of the Mountain West to have 100 or more wins and writes her name next to Elaine Elliott, 130 and Kathy Olivier, 106. In her ten seasons as the head coach, Jaime has finished with three 20+ win seasons, finishing 23-10 (13-5 MW) and 22-12 (15-3 MW) in her first two seasons (2014-15, 2015-16) leading the Bulldogs.
'DOGS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Moving on up in the national ranking the Bulldog way. Fresno State sees their highest number of national rankings this week seeing five ranking in the top-25 this week. Mia Jacobs remains in the national rankings with two top-25 marks, No. 22 in double/doubles and No. 19 in three-point attempts
As a team, the Bulldogs are…
No. 7 in Turnover margin (10.0)
No. 10 in Turnovers forced per game
No. 15 in Steals per game (12.5 avg)
No. 24 in 3PFGA per game (27.5 avg)
No. 25 in offensive rebounds per game (16.0)
*As of Feb. 5