Spartans to Play Home Opener Against Bethesda on NBC Sports Bay Area – SJSU Athletics – Official Athletics Website

SAN JOSE, Calif.- The San José State men’s basketball team (0-3, 0-0 MW) will host Bethesda (0-4, 0-0 Big SSIC) for its home opener at the Provident Credit Union Event Center on Monday at 7 p.m. The game can be watched on NBC Sports Bay Area and the Mountain West Network and can be heard on KTRB 860 AM.

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• The Spartans are looking to return to postseason play for the third time in four years which would be the best stretch in program history. 
• Last season, the Spartans competed in the NIT for the first time since 1981.
• The Spartans’ 46 wins over their last three seasons is the most wins since the team won 46 games from 1985-88 while in the Big West conference.
• The Spartans opened the season with three games on the road for the first time since 1994-95, not including neutral site games. The Spartans started the season 0-3 that year.
• The Spartans’ 46 wins over their last three seasons is the most wins since the team won 46 games from 1985-88 while in the Big West conference.
• The Spartans are 4-0 all-time against Bethesda. The Spartans are averaging 98 points per game against Bethesda all-time.
• Colby Garland is averaging 24.3 points per game, ranking first in the Mountain West and No. 9 in the country (as of Nov. 16).
• Garland is averaging 10 made field goals per game, tying him with Texas Tech’s JT Toppin for the best in the nation.
• Garland is the only player in the Mountain West to score 30 points in a game so far this season. 
• Garland became the first Spartan since Adrian Oliver in 2008-09 to score 20+ in each of his first three games of the season.
• Yaphet Moundi has two double-doubles through three games this season. He ranks 5th in the MW with 9.3 rebounds per game.
• Against UCSB, Garland shot 11-13 from the field and 8-9 from the foul line.
• Garland is the first Spartan to score 30 points without attempting a three since Brandon Clarke, who scored 36 against Air Force, on Jan. 14, 2017.
• Garland is also the first Spartan to score 30 on at least 80% shooting from the field since D.J. Brown, who did it against CSU Bakersfield on Jan. 23, 2012.
•  The Spartans will have a completely new starting five for the second consecutive season.
• The Spartans return just three players who saw minutes last season, equating to 19.4 percent of their scoring (Sadraque NgaNga – 6.8 ppg, Jermaine Washington – 4.4 ppg & Pasha Goodarzi – 2.3 ppg).
• SJSU added six new players this offseason from the transfer portal. They include Garland (Longwood), Adrian Myers (Mississippi State), JaVaughn Hannah (Western Michigan), Jaden Goodall (Cal), Moundi (Iona) & Marcus Overstreet (Mercer).
• The Spartans added five freshmen to the squad, including Melvin Bell Jr., Damase Coly, Eren Karakaya, Japhet Moupadele & Douglas Langford.
• The Spartans also add redshirt freshman Ben Roseborough, who missed all of last season with an injury. Roseborough was a three star rated recruit and ranked as the 13th best player in California in his recruiting class.
• Garland averaged 12.1 points and 4.4 assists per game at Longwood last season. Garland, who played his freshman season at Drake, was named to the Missouri Valley All-Bench Team in 2023-24 and played 14 minutes in Drake’s NCAA Tournament game vs. Washington State.
• Coming into this season, Hannah has played in 89 career games with 49 starts, all at Western Michigan. Hannah has 812 career points, 309 career rebounds and was named 2024 MAC sixth man of the year.
• Moundi averaged 9.8 points and 7.4 rebounds in just 20.6 minutes per game last season at Iona. According to KenPom, Moundi ranked 15th nationally in offensive rebound percentage and 18th in defensive rebound percentage last season.
• Bell was rated four stars on ESPN and three stars with a player rating of 88 on 247Sports. Bell was also ranked as the third best player in Illinois in his recruiting class according to ESPN. Bell played at La Lumiere High School which was ranked No. 8 in MaxPreps National Top 10 Basketball Rankings.
• Washington was the lone Spartan freshman to record minutes last season, playing in 34 out of 35 games and drawing seven starts. 
• The Spartans were picked to finish 10th in the Mountain West Preseason poll.

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