Tbe first time the two teams met, the Fresno State women’s basketball team was in the process of a turnaround.
The Aztecs and the Bulldogs met on Jan. 9. Fresno State was concluding a six-game, month-long road stretch in which it had lost three of its last five games.
Fresno State (15-6, 7-1 MWC), which at the time had lost all five of its games away from the Save Mart Center, debuted in the Mountain West with an 80-72 win over the Aztecs.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs and Aztecs will meet again, this time at home, where Fresno State has won 20 games in a row — currently the nation’s third-longest active home win-streak.
And this time, the stakes are higher. San Diego State and Fresno State willplay for first-place atop the Mountain West Conference standings.
Since playing the Aztecs in their Mountain West opener, the Bulldogs have gone 7-1 (all in conference play) and have won five in a row. Their only loss since was a 78-71 loss on the road to Wyoming.
Fresno State grabbed a narrow 72-66 victory against UNLV on the road on Wednesday.
The Aztecs (16-5, 7-1 MWC) have won seven straight since losing to the Bulldogs in their conference opener.
They’ve been dominant in doing so. San Diego State has won its last seven Mountain West matchups by an average of 17 points.
Senior guards Courtney Clements (16.8 points per game) and Chelsea Hopkins (14.4) lead the Aztecs in scoring.
Ki-Ki Moore is averaging s team-best 17.3 points per game for the Bulldogs.
Saturday’s game at the Save Mart Center tips off at 5 p.m. The CBS Sports Network will televise the game.