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San Jose State returns to the hardwood on Wednesday vs. Indiana State

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State men’s basketball returns to the hardwood on Wednesday evening to host the Indiana State in a nonconference game as the second of four straight home games played inside the Event Center. SJSU looks to snap a five-game losing skid, while Indiana State looks to make it four wins in a row.

Here’s what you need to know about San Jose State vs. Indiana State.

Game #7
Indiana State (3-1) vs. San Jose State (1-5)
Wednesday, Nov.28, 7:00 pm PT
Event Center (5,000)
San Jose, Calif.

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 women’s basketball schedule page to follow the action.

Video Streams
The Mountain West Network is your all-access passport to Spartan Athletics. For live and recorded video/audio of SJSU men’s basketball home and Mountain West road contests, the Mountain West Network is your home. Go to Mountain West Network logo at top of the Spartans Athletics home page or go to www.sjsuspartans.com/video.

New Look Spartans
SJSU’s top five scorers are all newcomers led by the junior transfer trio of Brae Ivey (13.5), Michael Steadman (13.3) and Craig LeCesne (11.8). Christian Anigwe (6.5) and Seneca Knight (6.0) round out the list.

Last Time Out
SJSU dropped their last game vs. Santa Clara by a final of 71-63. Although SJSU saw an improvement in rebounding margin (+15) and turnovers (11), they shot just 38.1 percent from the field and were unable to hold off the Broncos.

Success on the Boards
The Spartans rank second in the Mountain West in offensive rebounds (12.8) and fifth in defensive rebounds (27.3). Against Weber State (11/15), SJSU pulled down 48 total boards, the fourth-most in the Mountain West this season. The Spartans won the rebounding battle vs. Santa Clara 45-30.

Steady Steadman
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman is off to a hot start at his new home at SJSU. He currently ranks 3rd in the conference in total rebounds per game (9.8) and 28th nationally. He was named to the Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament team after averaging 11.7 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Steadman is coming off one of his best games of the season, dropping a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds vs. Santa Clara. It is his second double-double of the season.

Full Offseason for Prioleau
Spartans head coach Jean Prioleau is entering his second season at the helm of SJSU men’s basketball and is coming off his first full offseason with the program. Prioleau was hired on August 4, 2017, and given just three months to prepare for his debut season. Now with a full offseason under his belt to prepare the team, Prioleau and staff are excited about the team’s potential.

Staff Shakeup
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. He also promoted director of basketball operations, Ryan Cooper, to assistant coach.

Scouting Indiana State
The Sycamores of Indiana State are currently 3-1 and on a 3-game win streak–Green Bay (78-74), McKendree (80-63) and Western Kentucky (63-54). They boast a pair of dynamic scorers in Jordan Barnes (20.3 ppg) and Tyreke Key (19.3 ppg). Indiana State is led by Greg Lansing in his ninth season at the helm.

Luck of LeCesne
Junior transfer Craig LeCesne currently boasts a five-game streak of double-digit scoring: Southern Utah (15), Weber State (10), CSU-Bakersfield (13), Central Michigan (13) and Santa Clara (13).

San Jose State gets embarrassed at home as Santa Clara picks up first win of the season 71-63

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By: Ana Kieu 

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Just like the football program, the men’s basketball program for San Jose State Spartans hasn’t fared well. 

San Jose State got swept by all three of their opponents at the Junkanoo Jam in Bimini, The Bahamas and returned home to host Santa Clara inside the Event Center on Saturday afternoon. Santa Clara entered the game as a winless team, so this increased San Jose State’s chances of getting their second win of the season.

Spartans head coach Jean Prioleau announced his starting lineup, which consisted of Michael Steadman, Brae Ivey, Oumar Barry, Noah Baumann and Craig LeCesne–all of whom are talented big men. 

As expected, San Jose State won the tip and unleashed their power on Santa Clara. The Spartans went on a 10-2 run to open the first half. This led the Broncos to call a timeout.

Santa Clara refused to get stomped over and responded with a few 3-pointers to cut San Jose State’s lead to 4, 18-4, at the 10:59 mark of the half. The Broncos’ persistence didn’t stop there as they trailed by just 3, 23-20, at the media timeout with 7:49 left in the half. Spartan fans were thankful for Steadman and Ivey, who led the Spartans with 7 points apiece.  

Baumann hit a 3 and Steadman made 2 layups to help the Spartans get back on top with a 7-point lead, 30-23, with 4:19 left in the half. Still, the Broncos were persistent and quickly responded as Henrik Jadersten made a layup of his own to reduce the Spartans’ lead to 5, 30-25, just moments before the final media timeout of the half. The Spartans, however, held onto that 5-point advantage and Spartan fans thanked Steadman, who led the Spartans with 11 points and 6 rebounds, for keeping the home team in the game.

But the Spartans’ lead was short-lived as the Broncos went on a 6-0 run to end the half. The Broncos tied the game at 35 apiece, thanks to Tahj Eaddy’s game-tying 3. Not only that, Eaddy followed up with a layup and a free throw to put the Broncos up 38-35 at the half. 

Despite the 3-point deficit, San Jose State had some things to be proud of. Steadman had already tied his career-high with 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Ivey added 7 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds for the Spartans. 

At the first media timeout of the second half, the scoreboard showed that it was still a 3-point game for either team to rise above at the end of the game. LeCesne hit a 3 and the Spartans trailed the Broncos 45-42 at the 16:50 mark of the half.

The Broncos led by 5, 51-46, at the 11:58 mark of the half. Of course, the Spartans weren’t happy with the deficit, but Steadman continued to impress the Spartan fans by increasing his stats to 17 points and 9 rebounds. 

Both teams exchanged shots for crucial points that kept the game close throughout the half. The Spartans trailed by 8, 69-61, with 1:29 left in the half. The Broncos then extended their lead to 10, 71-61, with 47.6 seconds left on the clock. Steadman put in a jumper to give the Spartans an extra 2 points, but Steadman’s attempt made no difference. 

The Spartans lost to the Broncos 71-63. 

The Spartans host the Indiana State Sycamores on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:00 pm PT.

Cardinal beat the Blue Raiders 67-54, salvage seventh place in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament

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By Daniel Dullum
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Friday, November 23, 2018

Stanford salvaged the third game of their participation in the Battle 4 Atlantis, defeating Middle Tennessee 67-54 in the seventh-place contest at Imperial Arena in The Bahamas.

Earlier in the tournament, Stanford lost to No. 25 Wisconsin and Florida.

KZ Okpala led the Cardinal (3-3) with 22 points, with Daejon Davis adding nine points, four assists and 10 rebounds. Cormac Ryan contributed nine points and eight boards. Bryce Wills added five assists.

The Cardinal took a permanent lead midway through the first half, and held a 32-23 advantage at the half. Stanford shot 48 percent from the field in the second half when the Cardinal built an 18-point lead.

Stanford outscored Middle Tennessee 35-31 in the second half.

Antonio Green led the Blue Raiders (3-4) with 21 points, and Jayce Johnson added 14 points and five rebounds. James Hawthorne grabbed eight rebounds and scored eight points for Middle Tennessee, which shot 36 percent from the field.

Middle Tennessee was a 6.5 point favorite.

Stanford’s demanding road schedule continues when the Cardinal travel to Lawrence, Kan., to face No. 2 Kansas on Saturday, Dec. 1.

Cal Bears basketball podcast with Michael Duca: Cal comes home Monday night after double defeat in Brooklyn

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Cal Bears Basketball podcast with Miguel:

#1 The Cal Men’s basketball team isn’t exactly the biggest teams in size with no players over 6’8

#2 The Bears (1-3) with the smaller size had struggled on defense

#3 In the game against Temple last Tuesday in Brooklyn for the Legends Classic Cal lost 75-59

#4 Temple scored 19 of the game’s first 24 points in a double digit lead setting the tone

#5 Cal is back at Haas Monday night November 26th against Santa Clara Broncos (0-4) should be a game that the Bears should be able to handle as the Broncos are still looking for their first win

Michael Duca does the Cal Bears basketball podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Florida routs the Cardinal 72-49 in Battle 4 Atlantis consolation round

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By Daniel Dullum
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Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018

Florida hammered Stanford 72-49 Thursday in the consolation round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament at Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Stanford will play Middle Tennessee in the seventh-place game at 7 p.m. on Friday. Middle Tennessee suffered an 84-53 loss to Butler.

Cormac Ryan 12 points on 4 of 9 3-pointers to lead the Cardinal (2-3) as their only double-figure scorer. Josh Sharma and Bryce Willis scored six points each, followed by KZ Okpala and Marcus Sheffield with five points each as Stanford struggled offensively all day.

Sharma was Stanford’s top rebounder with five.

Deaundrae Ballard popped in a career-high 19 points to lead the Gators (3-2), followed by KeVaughn Allen with 13 points and 11 by Noah Locke, as Florida rebounded from an opening-round loss to Oklahoma.

Kevarrius Hayes led the Gators with eight rebounds and Keyontae Johnson was next with seven.

The Gators shot 52 percent against Stanford, including 7 of 15 from 3-point range. Florida held a 32-13 halftime lead after holding the Cardinal to 5 of 23 field goal shooting and forcing 13 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

Badgers hand Cardinal 62-46 loss in Battle 4 Atlantis tournament

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By Daniel Dullum
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Wisconsin held off a late Stanford run and defeated the Cardinal 62-46 Wednesday in quarterfinal play of the Battle 4 Atlantis men’s basketball tournament at Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

The loss evened Stanford’s record at 2-2.

Ethan Happ led the Badgers (4-0) with 16 points and 12 rebounds, Nate Reuvers blocked nine Cardinal shots, and Wisconsin earned a semifinal date with Oklahoma (4-0) on Thanksgiving Day.

Wisconsin also got 16 points from D’Mitrik Trice and 14 points from Brad Davidson – both sophomores.

Stanford pulled to within 44-42 following an Okpala 3-pointer that capped a 10-2 run with 6:51 left in the second half. From there, the Badgers used an 18-4 run over the final 6:02 of the second half to put the game away.

Wisconsin won despite shooting 43 percent from the field. The Badgers did not make a 3-pointer until the game’s final minute.

Stanford, meanwhile, fared much worse, hitting 27 percent from the field – 11 percent behind the 3-point arc (2 of 18). Happ did the job defensively, holding KZ Okpala to 2-of-12 field goal shooting and 11 points, well short of the 22.7 points per game he was averaging.

Okpala wasn’t the only Cardinal having problems offensively. Cormac Ryan was 1-of-9 and Daejon Davis was 3-of-13. Stanford scored 26 points in the paint, and 11 of its shots were blocked by Reuvers and Happ.

Stanford faces Florida in a consolation round game, starting at 4 p.m. PST.

Cal Bears podcast with Morris Phillips: Canceled games give Bears time to regroup; Cal Men’s BB in Brooklyn tonight; Women’s BB moved to Stanford

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On the Cal Bears podcast with Morris:

#1 It’s been a week of cancellations for Cal sports. The Men’s basketball games were canceled Friday, the Big Game was canceled Saturday, and the Women’s basketball game was moved to Stanford on Sunday.

#2 The Women’s game on Sunday saw the Bears defeat Pacific 81-69 in a game that was free of admission courtesy of Cal and the site host Stanford

#3 The Men’s BB team are in Brooklyn facing St John’s for a 4 PM tipoff today in the Legends Classic. For one of the Bears’ first games away from smoke-filled Berkeley.

#4 The Bears beat Hampton Pirates 80-66 in their last game in Virginia. The Bears got on a 10-0 run thanks to scoring from Paris Austin, Darius McNeill, Conner Vanover in the first half.

#5 A look at Cal Football’s next game against Colorado. Cal looks to be the heavy favorites for this upcoming game as Colorado has lost six games straight as this one will be played Saturday at Cal.

Morris Phillips does the Cal Football podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal podcast with Joey Friedman: Stanford hopes to pick up win vs. Wofford tonight after UNC loss

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stanforddaily.com photo: Stanford Cardinal Daejon Davis (1) listens to Stanford head coach Jerod Haase during last game vs. UNC as the Cardinal host Wofford at Maple Pavilion tonight

Stanford Cardinal Basketball podcast with Joey Friedman:

#1 UNC (3-0) was dominant in the first half of their win over Stanford 90-72. Did Stanford head coach Jerod Hasse have a tough time to create plays to break UNC down?

#2 UNC led by a commanding 52-26 score as the Tar Heels Kenny Williams led with a lay up and a three pointer ‘

#3 The Cardinal (2-1) got off to a bad start so bad that Hasse had to call a time out in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the game.

#4 The Cardinal KZ Okpala led with 16 poiunts hitting 6 of 13 from the field and went 1 for 2 on three pointers.

#5 The Cardinal host Wofford tonight at Maple Pavilion

Joey Friedman is a beat writer for Stanford Cardinal Men’s basketball at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cal Basketball podcast with Michael Duca: Cancelation of Thursday’s game gives Cal chance to breath for next game Monday in Brooklyn

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photo by dailycalifornian.com: Outside of Haas Pavilion on Thursday afternoon after it was announced that the gym was infiltrated by smokey air caused by the Paradise Camp Fires giving Berkeley a 240 AIQ rating well over NCAA standards. The game between Detroit Mercy and Cal was canceled and will be rescheduled.

By Michael Duca

BERKELEY–Infiltrated poor smokey air in Haas Pavilion canceled the Legends game between Detroit Mercy Titans and the Cal Bears on Thursday night. The Bears will continue their Legends Classic series in Brooklyn on Monday night at the Barclay Center facing St. John’s and either VCU or Temple on Tuesday night Nov 20th.

The Air Quality Index for Berkeley exceed 200 and increased to 240 in the afternoon. By 4:30 the Cal’s Athletic’s Departement said in a statement, “With the air quality levels having risen to the very unhealthy range in the Berkeley area and a significant amount of smoke having infiltrated Haas Pavilion, Thursday night’s men’s basketball game between Cal and Detroit Mercy has been canceled,”

NCAA rules state that if the air quality exceeds 200 the NCAA recommends that the competition is canceled. Cal and Detroit Mercy are discussing plans when to reschedule the game.

Michael Duca and Morris Phillips cover Cal basketball for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal Basketball podcast with Joey Friedman: Cardinal get ready to open two-game road trip Friday

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On the Stanford Cardinal Basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 How important is it to get that first win of the season for the Stanford Cardinal?

#2 Although the Cardinal got the win last Tuesday, it was a close game as Joey wrote a close-paced game recap.

#3 Josh Sharma fouled twice and was sent to the bench and Josh Stanback got playing time twice, but couldn’t help on either offense or defense.

#4 KZ Okpala tied the game for Stanford with two free throws, then Jaden Delaire hit a three-pointer with 1:30 left in the first half.

#5 The Cardinal play next in Wilmington at 1:00 pm against NC. Also, they play on the road on Thursday, Nov. 12th.

Joey does the Stanford BB podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com