San Diego State has won 20 of its last 22 against UNLV, including a victory when the teams met New Year's Eve in Las Vegas
leads 41-37 after once trailing 26-6. The Aztecs have won nine of the last 10 and 20 of 22 since 2014, including 76-67 in Las Vegas on Dec. 31.They opened the season 10-0 for the first time in 32 years , lost seven of the next nine and are 4-1 in their last five. They have wins at New Mexico and home against Nevada. Their last trip to San Diego was fruitful, leading by 31 at USD and winning 95-78. Oklahoma transfer EJ Harkless is second in the Mountain West in scoring at 18.
had a season-high 22 turnovers — nearly double its average — in the first meeting and hasn’t had more than 13 since. Their magic number is 72 points; they’re 14-0 when holding opponents to 72 or fewer. Colorado transfer Elijah Parquet was out injured in the first game but returned Jan. 21. The Rebels are 2-6 without him, 14-1 when he starts.They are up to No. 22 in both Kenpom.
historically has not played well in afternoon tips or on a major network, and this game features both. But they’ve won both games in that scenario this season, 76-67 at UNLV on Dec. 31 on CBS and 80-75 at Wyoming a week later, also on CBS. The Aztecs have won 12 of their last 13 Mountain West games at Viejas Arena and 30 of their last 34. The Kenpom metric gives
an 81 percent chance of winning, with a predicted score of 76-66. Jaedon LeDee appears to be returning to early season form, averaging 9.8 points over his last five games and hitting double figures against Utah State for the first time since Dec. 12 and only the second time in the last 21 games after opening the season with 11, 23 and 14 points.