https://sjsuspartans.com/documents/2020/3/14/Team_Season_Stats.pdf
Thank you-San Jose State for your women's basketball website! The Spartans list tomorrow's game @ 4pm (the same time as the men's game in Corvallis vs Oregon State) and has a link for a direct feed.
San Jose State is picked second in their league and finished 19-12 last season. The Spartans return 6 of their top 8 scorers. All six are upperclassmen: four seniors and two juniors. This team averaged close to 75 ppg and returns their two stars, 5-5 junior PG Ayzhiana Basallo and 6-3 senior PF Tyra Whitehead. Basallo played for St Ignatius in San Francisco as a prep and averaged 18.5 ppg in 2019-20. She is an excellent ball handler (assists vs turnovers) and hits 45% of her three point shots (49). Don't foul her because she is automatic (92.5%) from the charity stripe. Whitehead registered 13.9 points per contest while grabbing 10.1 rpg. She must be athletic because she led the Spartans in steals with 68! The #3 scorer w/ 9.4 ppg was 5-9 junior SG Raziya Potter from Tracy, CA.
San Jose State has a second skilled ball-handler in 5-5 senior, Danae Marquez, who amazingly executed 101 assists while commiting only 53 TOs. She also was 2nd in steals w/ 48. She hails from Clovis West HS and averaged 6.7 ppg. She is the 2nd best returning three point shooter, connecting on 48 last season. The SF is 6-0 senior Cydni Lewis (6.5 ppg) from Mater Dei HS who was second in shot blocks with 28.
The sixth man will likely be 5-8 senior SG Courtesy Clark (2.3 ppg). Two freshmen could play roles for the 2020-21 campaign. Sophia Jones is a 5-8 PG from Miami, Fla. Alani Fluker is a 6-1 PF from San Antonio, TX.
I would imagine a veteran team like this that takes care of ball and averages 10.5 steals per game will cause Cal's frosh-soph squad some major difficulties. Opponents out-rebounded the Spartans by between 6-7/ g.
If the Bears can score in the 60s or above, they may have an opportunity for an upset. The key match-up for the game maybe the two 5-5 PGs: Basallo vs McIntosh. Leilani plays tight defense and brings the ball down the court quickly so she could cause some problems. Local girl, Basallo, will be pumped up to play Cal, however. This initial game should be quite interesting to see which freshmen can step up. GO BEARS!
Thank you-San Jose State for your women's basketball website! The Spartans list tomorrow's game @ 4pm (the same time as the men's game in Corvallis vs Oregon State) and has a link for a direct feed.
San Jose State is picked second in their league and finished 19-12 last season. The Spartans return 6 of their top 8 scorers. All six are upperclassmen: four seniors and two juniors. This team averaged close to 75 ppg and returns their two stars, 5-5 junior PG Ayzhiana Basallo and 6-3 senior PF Tyra Whitehead. Basallo played for St Ignatius in San Francisco as a prep and averaged 18.5 ppg in 2019-20. She is an excellent ball handler (assists vs turnovers) and hits 45% of her three point shots (49). Don't foul her because she is automatic (92.5%) from the charity stripe. Whitehead registered 13.9 points per contest while grabbing 10.1 rpg. She must be athletic because she led the Spartans in steals with 68! The #3 scorer w/ 9.4 ppg was 5-9 junior SG Raziya Potter from Tracy, CA.
San Jose State has a second skilled ball-handler in 5-5 senior, Danae Marquez, who amazingly executed 101 assists while commiting only 53 TOs. She also was 2nd in steals w/ 48. She hails from Clovis West HS and averaged 6.7 ppg. She is the 2nd best returning three point shooter, connecting on 48 last season. The SF is 6-0 senior Cydni Lewis (6.5 ppg) from Mater Dei HS who was second in shot blocks with 28.
The sixth man will likely be 5-8 senior SG Courtesy Clark (2.3 ppg). Two freshmen could play roles for the 2020-21 campaign. Sophia Jones is a 5-8 PG from Miami, Fla. Alani Fluker is a 6-1 PF from San Antonio, TX.
I would imagine a veteran team like this that takes care of ball and averages 10.5 steals per game will cause Cal's frosh-soph squad some major difficulties. Opponents out-rebounded the Spartans by between 6-7/ g.
If the Bears can score in the 60s or above, they may have an opportunity for an upset. The key match-up for the game maybe the two 5-5 PGs: Basallo vs McIntosh. Leilani plays tight defense and brings the ball down the court quickly so she could cause some problems. Local girl, Basallo, will be pumped up to play Cal, however. This initial game should be quite interesting to see which freshmen can step up. GO BEARS!
