Single-game and all-session tickets for the upcoming Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas are on sale at SJSUSpartans.com/tickets. Head to the web site and make your plans to see the Spartans in their opening-round game on Wednesday, March 7, at 4:00 pm PT. inside the Thomas & Mack Center. The ticket office can be reached by telephone at (408) 924-7589.

Mountain West win at last
SJSU sent its seniors out the right way on Wednesday night with the team’s first win during Mountain West play, a 64-62 victory over Utah State. The game featured 15 lead changes, but it was SJSU with more points in the end after Isaiah Nichols buried a jumper with 57 seconds left. His shot put SJSU up 64-60 and the Spartans held on for the victory after Utah State’s last-second shot was ruled before the buzzer. The win snapped a 21-game losing streak to Utah State, which dated back to the 2008 season.

Series between SJSU and Air Force
SJSU and Air Force are deadlocked at 6-6 in the all-time series. SJSU’s three-game win streak against Air Force was snapped earlier this year when the Falcons won 78-71 inside the Event Center. SJSU erased an 18-point deficit in the game and took multiple leads, but Ryan Swan’s 19 points led the Air Force to a victory.

Nichols makes late-season noise
Sophomore guard Isaiah Nichols has played 25 minutes and 27 minutes, respectively, in the last two games and has made a great impact for the Spartans. Nichols scored nine points on three 3-pointers against SDSU. He only made one basket in the last game against USU, but it was the basket to clinch SJSU’s first Mountain West win of the year–a jumper from one step inside the three-point line in the left corner. Nichols had been averaging 13.2 minutes per conference game before getting 25-plus minutes of burn in the last two games.

Welage takes over as all-time leaders in threes
After coming up empty against SDSU, Ryan Welage drilled his 154th career 3-pointer in his last game against Utah State and took over as SJSU’s all-time leader in made threes in a career.

Spartan opponents load up from downtown
USU attempted a Mountain West record 43 threes against SJSU on Wednesday night. It continued a trend where Spartan opponents are living beyond the arc. In the last four games, SJSU opponents are averaging 39.0 three-point attempts per game and hit 34.6 percent. Guarding against easy points in the paint, the Spartans have been playing the 3-point percentages against their opponents. Air Force comes into Saturday with the Mountain West’s lowest 3-point field goal percentage at 32.2 percent.

Fisher extends career-scoring high again
Redshirt freshman Keith Fisher III extended his career-scoring high twice in one week with a 23-point performance at Colorado State on February 10, followed by 26 points at Wyoming. Fisher has finished seven of the last 10 games in double-figure scoring. Over the last five games, he’s averaging 15.4 points and 8.2 rebounds.

Hillsman makes fourth straight start
Jaycee Hillsman has started the last four games for the Spartans after playing as a reserve in 16 consecutive games prior. During his time back in the starting lineup, he’s been averaging 13.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists–all above his season averages. Hillsman is averaging 36.6 minutes per game during the stretch when he averages around 25 minutes over the course of the conference season. He led SJSU with 19 points last game in the win over USU and has finished in double-figure scoring in three of the last four games.