Season Tips Off Tuesday

Boise State vs Life Pacific
Tuesday, Nov. 5 | 8 p.m. MT
Boise, Idaho | ExtraMile Arena
Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats

Boise State men's basketball kicks off the 2019-20 season Tuesday, against Life Pacific. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. MT, at ExtraMile Arena. It is the first all-time meeting between the two schools. The Warriors (2-0) are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Live video of the game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, available through BroncoSports.com. The radio call can be heard on the Bronco Radio Network, including flagship station 670 KBOI, and online through TuneIn.

DOUBLEHEADER: Tuesday's game is part of a season-opening doubleheader as Boise State women's basketball hosts Lewis-Clark State at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men's game. All fans who arrive to the women's game before halftime will receive admission to both games for the price of a women's basketball ticket.

SEASON STARTERS: Boise State is 30-21 all-time in season openers, including a 7-2 mark during Leon Rice's tenure as head coach. The Broncos are 41-10 all-time in their home opener, with a 26-7 record in season openers played at home.

RECORDS LOOMING: Justinian Jessup enters his senior season with 227 career three-pointers - No. 5 in Boise State history. Jessup needs 49 triples this season to break Anthony Drmic's career record of 275. With 73 three-pointers, Jessup will become the first player in Mountain West history to reach 300. The conference's current record holder is BYU's Jimmer Fredette (2007-11) with 296. Jessup has made at least 87 each of the last two seasons.

ALSTON HONORED: Boise State redshirt junior Derrick Alston, Jr. was selected to the All-Mountain West Preseason Team, as voted on by media members who cover the conference. Alston was an honorable mention selection last season after averaging 13.4 points per game, including a team-best 16 points per game in Mountain West play.

QUANTUM LEAP: Derrick Alston was Boise State's second-leading scorer last season at 13.4 points per game. This came one year after averaging 0.6 points in 11 games as a redshirt freshman in 2017-18. Alston's 12.8 points-per-game leap was the largest jump from one season to the next for any returning Boise State player in program history. His jump from 2017-18 to 2018-19 was the second most for any returner in NCAA Division I last season, behind only Oakland's Jaevin Cumberland who logged a 16.1 ppg jump.

CLEANING THE GLASS: Boise State excelled at defensive rebounding percentage in 2018-19 for the second consecutive year, finishing the season at 78.6 percent – the No. 14 mark in Division I. The Broncos were the top defensive rebounding team in the country in 2017-18, grabbing 83.7 percent of their opponents' misses.

BRONCOS PICKED FIFTH: Boise State was projected to finish fifth in the Mountain West, by a preseason poll of media members who cover the league. The Broncos were slotted behind Utah State, San Diego State, New Mexico and Nevada.

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Players Mentioned

Derrick Alston, Jr.

Justinian Jessup