First-place Aztecs, Tritons look to extend conference leads at home

First-place Aztecs, Tritons look to extend conference leads at home

The women’s basketball teams at San Diego State and UC San Diego have widened their respective conference leads heading into Saturday afternoon’s home games. The Aztecs (16-3, 10-0) will be seeking a 13th straight win against Nevada (7-13, 3-7) at 1 p.m. at Viejas Arena. SDSU opened a 1 ½-game lead in Mountain West play with a 46-44 win at third-place Colorado State (17-5, 8-3) on Wednesday coupled with UNLV’s (14-7, 9-2) 68-57 loss at New Mexic…

Defense carries Aztecs as Terry-Hutson’s young group embraces being ‘the hunted’

After keeping their quest for Mountain West perfection alive, the Aztec women’s basketball team will look to improve on its offensive performance from the one against Colorado State on Jan. 28.  Although they prevailed by a score of 46-44, they didn’t hit a single three-pointer as they went 0-12 from beyond the arc. However, the 2nd-ranked defense in the conference stood tall, holding the Rams to 31% from the field and allowing only two three-po…