San Diego State opens Mountain West play with an 84-62 win over Fresno State

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Magoon Gwath scored a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds and No. 24 San Diego State University beat Fresno State 84-62 on Wednesday night in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.

The Aztecs (5-2) have won 11 straight times against the Bulldogs (3-5), including seven straight in Fresno.

Gwath, a 7-foot-0 freshman forward, shot 10 of 13 from the floor, made three of the Bulldogs’ seven 3-pointers and blocked two shots. BJ Davis scored 13 points and Wayne McKinney III added 12.

Mykell Robinson had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Fresno State. The Bulldogs shot 27% (18 of 66) from the floor.

Takeaways

San Diego State: The Aztecs, 2-1 against ranked teams, have won three of their last four games. They host two non-conference games against San Diego and Cal Baptist before traveling to San Jose to face California on December 21st.

Fresno State: It was the Bulldogs’ lowest score since a 74-56 loss at Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 16. The Bulldogs have lost three straight games and will play their next two road games against Santa Clara and BYU.

Key moment

Alex Crawford scored the final five points of the first half to cut Fresno State’s deficit to five (29-24). Elijah Price scored a layup to open the second half to make the score 29-26, but San Diego State responded with a 13-3 run and continued to prevail from there.

Important statistics

San Diego State shot 37% (11 of 30) in the first half but 58% (22 of 38) after halftime. Fresno State missed 10 of its first 13 field goal attempts in the second half.