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San Diego State 74-57 San Diego (December 7, 2024) Game Recap

San Diego State 74-57 San Diego (December 7, 2024) Game Recap

SAN DIEGO – Nick Boyd scored 17 points, including five in four seconds early in the second half, and No. 24 San Diego State University defeated San Diego 74-57 on Saturday night in the crosstown rivals’ first meeting in five years.

Miles Byrd and Jared Coleman-Jones each added 13 and Pharaoh Compton scored 12 for the Aztecs (6-2), who won their third straight game.

Bendji Pierre scored 17 points for USD, including five 3-pointers.

Boyd made a layup for a 41-37 lead 4:25 into the second half and was fouled. He missed the free throw and Wayne McKinney III rebounded and passed to Taj DeGourville, who fed Boyd for a 3-pointer.

Takeaways

San Diego: The Toreros held their own until the second half. Although they fell behind by double digits late in the first half, they took a 35-33 lead in the second half on free throws from Deven Dahlke. The Aztecs then retreated behind Boyd and Byrd.

San Diego State: The Aztecs, who entered the Associated Press poll for the first time this season on Monday, played at home for the first time in nearly three weeks. They improved to 33-19 in the series between the local rivals, whose locations are about eight miles apart, and to 22-9 in games at Montezuma Mesa.

Key moment

With 13 1/2 minutes left, Compton had a steal and passed to DeGourville, who made an alley-oop pass to Compton for a slam dunk, giving SDSU a 48-42 lead and bringing the crowd to its feet.

Key statistics

While Pierre made 5 of 11 3-point shots, the rest of the Toreros combined to make just 1 of 21 from behind the arc.

Next

USD hosts Long Beach State on Tuesday night while SDSU hosts Cal Baptist on Wednesday night.

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