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San Jose State’s next opponent? No. 10 Nevada

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State men’s basketball will play a nationally televised game against No. 10 Nevada Wednesday evening at the Lawlor Events Center. The game will be broadcasted on CBS Sports Network with Rich Waltz and Pete Gillen on the call. As always, Justin Allegri will have the Spartans’ radio call on KLIV 1590 AM. Tip-off between the Wolf Pack and Spartans is set for 8:00 pm PT.

Game #14
San Jose State (3-10, 0-1) at No. 10 Nevada (14-1, 1-1)
Wednesday, January 9, 8:00 pm PT
Lawlor Events Center
Reno, Nev.

Live Stats
Fans can view live stats of all SJSU men’s basketball games, home and away, by accessing the “Live Stats” feature at www.sjsuspartans.com. Click on the link on the men’s basketball schedule page to follow the action.

What Would a Win Mean?
The Spartans are looking for their first win over a ranked team since 1999 when they defeated No. 19 Alabama 60-59 in overtime. A win would also be the fourth of the season, tying last season’s overall total.

Sharpest Shooter in the West (or Anywhere Else, Really)
Sophomore Noah Baumann ranks third in the nation in 3-point FG percentage. He is touting a 55.4% clip on 31-of-56 shooting. He is also averaging 2.4 3’s per game, which ranks in the top 10 in the Mountain West. He has hit at least 1 3-point bucket in 11 straight games.

Steady Steadman
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman has made a big impact this season on and off the court. The 6’10″ forward is averaging a team-high 13.8 points per game and ranks fourth in the MW with 9.2 rebounds per game. He also ranks 40th nationally in rebounds per game and 37th in defensive rebounds per game. He has six double-doubles on the season, ranking third in the conference and 23rd nationally and has scored in double figures in 12 of 13 games, including 11 straight.

Staff Shakeup
Head coach Jean Prioleau made some changes to his staff in the offseason as he brought in former NC State All-American Julius Hodge as an assistant coach and promoted director of operations Ryan Cooper to assistant coach.

Oh My, Oumar! 
Senior center Oumar Barry is playing his best basketball as a Spartan as of late. Against Bethune-Cookman, he finished with a then-career-high 13 points and seven rebounds. He followed that up with his most dominating performance at SJSU as he recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds, his first-career game with double digit rebounds. Barry also blocked two shots and was 7 of 10 at the free throw line to help the Spartans to a victory.

Barry followed up with another double-double against Stanford (15 points, 10 rebounds). After playing 38 career games without recording a double-double, he now has two in the last four games.

Barry’s then scored a career-high 18 points before fouling out with 4:36 to play at Cal and led the team with 11 points at Saint Mary’s. In his last five games, he is averaging 14.2 points per game.

Series History With Nevada
Nevada holds a 59-50 advantage in the series and has won nine of the last 10 games. SJSU’s last win was on February 18, 2014 in a 66-64 win in Reno, Nev. Prior to that, SJSU’s last win was on January 10, 2008.

The Wolf Pack welcomes the Spartans to Reno with a 14-1 record and a No. 10 national ranking in the AP rankings. After reaching as high as No. 6 in the poll after winning 14 straight games, Nevada suffered their first loss to New Mexico 85-58. Despite the loss, the Wolf Pack still sits atop the MW standings and is 7-0 at home on the season.

Nevada leads the MW in scoring offense at 80.4 points per game. They also lead the conference in turnover margin with +2.9, which does not bode well for the Spartans, who rank last in the category at -3.9. The outstanding trio of forward Jordan Caroline and twins Caleb and Cody Martin are among the best players in the MW. Caroline is just below averaging a double-double at 18.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.

Cal Bears basketball podcast with Michael and Morris: Cal needs to figure out UCLA and USC

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photo by bruinnation.com: The UCLA Bruins Moses Brown throws down as Cal Bears defender Justice Sueing could just watch during Saturday night’s game at Pauley Pavilion

On the Cal Bears basketball podcast with Morris and Michael:

We thought we’d have some good news to talk about regarding the down Pac-12 conference with two of the more down teams in that conference USC and UCLA. One of them, the UCLA Bruins, started to turn it around before Cal got to town. UCLA fired head coach Steve Alford, and all of sudden, the Bruins have become unstoppable.

UCLA turned it around immediately. They came off those four losses. UCLA lost to Liberty in a 30 point blowout loss. There was Ohio State they played Stanford and they all beat up on Cal. The Bears got 92 points against Stanford and the Bruins. No matter what they did in this last game, they just couldn’t get past UCLA.

Morris and Michael do the Cal Bears podcasts every week podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Trojans hand Cardinal second Pac-12 setback 77-66

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By Daniel Dullum
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Sunday, January 6, 2019

Southern California earned its fourth consecutive men’s basketball win Sunday, knocking off Stanford 77-66 at Galen Center in Los Angeles.

Nick Rakocevic led the Trojans (9-6 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) with 23 points, with Bennie Boatwright adding 22. USC won its first two conference games of the season for the first time since 2010.

Rakocevic also grabbed 10 rebounds, giving him his seventh double-double of the season. Rakocevic and Boatwright combined for 45 points, 17 rebounds, three assists, three blocks, two steals and only two turnovers.

The Cardinal (7-7, 0-2), meanwhile, have lost three of their last four contests.

Cormac Ryan led Stanford with 18 points — all on 3-pointers he hit in the second half. Daejon Davis and KZ Okpala contributed 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Cardinal.

The Trojans jumped to a 13-point run to open the game and led until Okpala drained a 3-pointer with 12:45 remaining, giving Stanford a 49-46 lead. Southern Cal later pulled away with an 11-0 run, taking a 68-55 lead with 2:22 to play.

The Cardinal return home Wednesday to host Arizona. Tipoff set for 8:00 pm.

NCAAB podcast with Michelle Richardson: Johnson’s 15 points leads UNC in win over Pitt; Alabama defeats Kentucky 77-75; VA Tech gets huge win 77-66

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On the NCAAB podcast with Michelle:

#1 The No. 15 Tar Heels’ Cameron Johnson scored 15 points in NC’s 85-60 win over Pitt.

#2 Alabama beat Kentucky 77-75 first time that Alabama beat Kentucky since 2013

#3 Virginia Tech defeated Boston College 77-66 on Sunday. Jarius Hamilton led BC with 31 points for the win.

Michelle does the NCAAB podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL podcast with Daniel Dullum: Fans love the outdoor game as ratings way up; The 3 Sharks who are going to the All-Star game; Ovechkin says no All-Star game for him; plus more

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nhl.com photo: Notre Dame stadium hosted the Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks last Tuesday Jan 1st to a sold out crowd of over 76,000 fans

On the NHL podcast with Daniel:

1 Winter Classic ratings up

2 Three Sharks selected to All-Star Game

3 Alex Ovechkin said he won’t attend All-Star Weekend

4 Golden Knights topple Anaheim, earn fifth straight win

5 FOX Sports brought back glowing puck for Kings-Oilers game

Daniel does the NHL podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda hold on to edge Reign 2-1

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By Marko Ukalovic

Less than 24 hours later, the San Jose Barracuda were able to get the bad taste of the loss to San Diego out of their mouths. Two second period goals were enough to take down the Ontario Reign in a 2-1 victory on Saturday evening at Citizens Business Bank Arena. San Jose is now 3-0 against their Pacific Division rival.

The first 20 minutes was a deadlock at zero as San Jose outshot Ontario (10-15-3-2) 16-12 as Cuda goalie Antoine Bibeau (7-5-3) looked impressive, making some key saves in the opening frame.

San Jose (20-7-1-3) drew first blood early in the second period. Evan Weinger moved in on net from along the left wing and snapped a shot past Reign goalie Cal Petersen (2-4-3) on the short-side for his seventh goal of the season at the 2:26 mark. Jeffery Viel and Keaton Middleton received assists.

Ontario tied the game up as Kale Clague slapped in a shot from the right point that beat a screened Bibeau for his third goal of the season at the 8:25 mark. Kurtis MacDermid and Michael Amadio received assists.

The Cuda regained the lead 22 seconds before the end of the middle frame. After a bad Ontario change, Nick DeSimone snapped a pass from San Jose’s zone to Anti Suomela and he streaked up the right wing before he found a trailing uncovered Alex True in the slot and True wired the pass in from the high slot past Petersen for his 11th goal of the season at the 19:38 mark.

Despite being outshot 12-5 by Ontario, San Jose went into the second intermission with a one-goal lead.

San Jose spent the first half of the third period on the penalty kill as they were able to kill off separate penalties taken by Jayden Halbgewachs and Suomela. The number four penalty kill in the AHL held their own as the Reign would not be able to find the back of the net the rest of the game as the Cuda netminder stoned away all nine shots that he faced in the final frame.

Bibeau made 32 saves on 33 shots to earn his seventh victory of the season. Petersen stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced in suffering the defeat.

GAME NOTES: San Jose 0/2 on the power play. Ontario was 0/3.

Defenseman Jacob Middleton, who was called up to the Sharks earlier this week, made his NHL debut tonight against the best team in the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The announced attendance was 9,462.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda return home on Wednesday to take on the Reign at 7:00 pm at SAP Center.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Any truth to a Aaron Dell trade before the NHL trade deadline?

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On the Sharks podcast with Len:

#1 Awful lot of talk about trading Sharks goalie Aaron Dell. How serious is the talk and can the Sharks afford to let him go in a deal?

#2 If a deal were to go through do you see Antoine Bibeau getting the call from AHL’s SJ Barracuda to back up Marty Jones?

#3 What would you attribute as the main reason why the Sharks would consider dealing Dell?

#4 The Sharks did have a 5-1 lead over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night in Colorado, but saw the Aves nearly tied up the game, coming within a goal in a 5-4 win for the Sharks.

#5 The Sharks host one of the hottest teams in the league, the Tampa Bay Lightning, at SAP Center on Saturday night.

Len does the Sharks podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal podcast with Joey Friedman: Brown and Hands lead UCLA to 92-70 win over Stanford Thursday

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On the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 UCLA (8-6) blew out Stanford (7-6) 92-70 for a 22 point win on Thursday at Pauley Pavilion.

#2 The win was UCLA’s head coach Murry Bartow’s first since replacing former UCLA head coach Steve Alford.

#3 It was the first time in UCLA basketball history that the Bruins fired and replaced a coach during the season.

#4 Moses Brown led the Bruins with 17 points and nine rebounds and Jaylen Hands had 15 points.

#5 Stanford will try and come back with a win against USC on Saturday.

The Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey Friedman is every Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL podcast with Matt Harrington: Pens shutout Jets 4-0; OT win for Wings, who defeat Preds 4-3; Canes get goal help in 4-2 win over CBJs; plus more

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On the NHL podcast with Matt:

#1 How shocking was the shutout of the Pittsburgh Penguins (23-12-6) over Winnipeg (25-13-2) 4-0? For the Pens, Olli Maatta (1), Matt Cullen (4), Dominick Simon (4), and Kris Letang (10).

#2 The Detroit Red Wings (16-20-7) defeated the Nashville Predators (24-15-3) 4-3 in overtime. The Wings got scores from Andreas Athanasiou (15), Thomas Vanek (7), Tyler Bertuzzi (10), and Dylan Larkin (10) in OT.

#3 The Carolina Hurricanes (18-27-5) defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets (24-14-3) 4-2. For the Canes, Michael Ferland (12), Dougie Hamilton (5), Greg McKegg (1), and Sebastian Aho (16) were Friday night’s goal scorers.

#4 Tyler Seguin (14) and (15) was all the Dallas Stars needed for offense as Seguin scored in the first period and in overtime for a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals Friday night.

#5 Later tonight, the San Jose Sharks (22-13-7) host the Tampa Bay Lightning (32-7-2). How do you see these two teams matching up at SAP Center?

Matt Harrington is a San Jose Sharks beat writer and does the NHL podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Gulls take down Barracuda 4-3

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By Marko Ukalovic

The San Diego Gulls continued their dominance over the San Jose Barracuda as they scored three unanswered goals to hang on for a 4-3 victory on Friday evening at Pechanga Arena. It was San Diego’s fifth win in a row and fourth in a row over San Jose.

San Jose (19-7-1-3) drew first blood when Dylan Gambrell set up Vincent Praplan late in the first period. Praplan beat Gulls goalie Kevin Boyle (12-5-0) for his fourth goal of the season at the 16:28 mark. Kyle Wood received the secondary assist.

San Diego (16-11-1-3) tied it up with 11 seconds left in the opening frame. Maxim Letunov lost the puck in the Gulls zone when he blew a tire. It led to a 2-on-1 odd man rush where Troy Terry finished off a nice give-and-go with Joe Blandisi as he snapped home the puck past Cuda goalie Josef Korenar (13-2-1) for his 13th goal of the season. He now has six points in five games against San Jose.

Korenar stopped Ben Thomson on a break away half way through the second period.

Adam Cracknell gave the Gulls the lead when he was set up with a pretty touch pass from Chase De Leo on the left wing and snapped a wrister past Korenar for his fourth goal of the season at the 14:52 mark. Thomson received the secondary assist.

Terry gave San Diego a two-goal cushion with second goal of the night to open the third period. Once again, Blandisi fed a wide-open Terry, skated in from his left to his right and slid the puck past the five-hole of Korenar for his 14th goal of the season at the 1:32 mark. Terry now has five goals in five games against San Jose.

Gambrell gave life to San Jose with a power play goal. Nick DeSimone fed a pass over to the point to Gambrell who blasted a shot off the goal post into the back of the net for his ninth goal of the season at the 13:16 mark. With the goal, Gambrell is currently on a six-game point streak.

Blandisi put the game away with a power play goal late in the period. Andrej Sustr set up Blandisi, who had a three-point night, scored his seventh goal of the season at the 16:21 mark. Trevor Murphy received the secondary assist.

Jon Martin completed the scoring with a power play goal right as the horn sounded to end the game. Martin scored his fifth goal of the season at the 19:59 mark. Alex True and Gambrell received assists.

Boyle made 27 saves on 30 shots to earn his seventh victory in a row. Korenar made 22 saves on 26 saves in suffering only his second regulation loss of the season.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 2/3 on the power play. San Diego was 1/4.

Defenseman Jacob Middleton was called up to the San Jose Sharks earlier in the day to help fill a roster position with Radim Simek out with an upper body injury.

Francis Perron was out of the lineup due to a lower body injury. He will miss the rest of the road trip this weekend.

Perron, Middleton and Korenar will represent the Cuda at the 2019 AHL All-Star Game as they were selected to the Pacific Division team earlier this week. The game will be played in Springfield, Massachusetts on January 28th.

The announced attendance was 10,253.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda conclude their road trip up in Ontario as they take on the Reign on Saturday, January 5 at 6:00 pm at Citizens Bank Arena.