Expect a thriller at Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday as San Diego State travels to meet UNLV in Mountain West action. It gets started at 4:00 EST and you can catch it on NBCSN.
San Diego State and UNLV are close together in the Mountain West, holding down 1st and 2nd place, respectively. Furthermore, San Diego State currently sits at #13 in the AP, allowing UNLV an opportunity to improve its 2-2 record against ranked teams. The 14th ranked Rebels are 21-4 overall including 5-2 in the Mountain West. Meanwhile, the Aztecs have a record of 20-3 and are 6-1 in the conference.
UNLV has the upper hand in this game. UNLV has a 12-0 record at home, creating a home-court advantage against the San Diego State 5-2 record on the road. According to the RPI rankings, the Rebels are the better team, with a rank of #11 to the Aztecs #22. UNLV has also won four of its last five games and is playing with purpose.
Digging into season averages, UNLV comes out ahead in one category, scoring, where the Rebels outperform the Aztecs, 80 pts/game to 72 pts/game.
UNLV has already played San Diego State this season, back on January 14th, and lost 69-67. Last year, the Rebels had a record of 0-3 against the Aztecs, with an average four point margin of defeat. In four seasons, UNLV has a record of 3-9 against San Diego State, and 2-5 at home.
StatSmack! UNLV is better than San Diego State
- Diaper Dandies love us. UNLV has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than San Diego State (7 vs 1).
- We're so much better than you, we get lazy. UNLV has come back to win after being down at half against San Diego State 6 times since 2000.
- UNLV players are more experienced than San Diego State players (16,389 minutes played vs 10,524 minutes played).
- Anthony Marshall is ranked 8th in the Mountain West in rebounds, ranked 2nd in the Mountain West in assists, ranked 4th in the Mountain West in steals, and ranked 7th in the Mountain West in blocks
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