Semifinal Showdown With Aztecs Friday

No. 5 Boise State (20-11, 11-7 MW) vs No. 1 San Diego State (29-1, 17-1 MW)
Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship Semifinal
Friday, March 6 | 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT
Las Vegas, Nev. | Thomas & Mack Center
TV: CBS Sports Network | Live Audio | Live Stats

Boise State Game Notes

Boise State is set for a semifinal showdown with top-seeded San Diego State Friday, at the Mountain West Championship. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Broncos are playing in their third Mountain West semifinal and first since 2015.

WATCH: Friday's semifinal game will be televised on CBS Sports Network, available locally on SparkLight channel 139, DirecTV 221, DISH Network 158.

Play-by-Play: Rich Waltz
Analyst: Dan Dickau
Reporter: Evan Washburn

LISTEN LIVE: Radio coverage of Friday's game will be broadcast on the Bronco Radio Network, with 670 AM KBOI serving as the flagship station, and online through TuneIn. The pregame show begins at 6:30 p.m. MT.
Play-by-Play: Bob Behler
Analyst: Abe Jackson

ABOUT THE AZTECS: San Diego State is 29-1 on the year, and ranked No. 5 in the nation. The Aztecs won the regular-season conference title and earned the No. 1 seed with a 17-1 record in league play. They advanced to the semifinal with a win Thursday, against Air Force. MW Player of the Year Malachi Flynn leads San Diego State. Flynn is a finalist for the Wooden Award, given to the national player of the year.

SERIES HISTORY: San Diego State leads the all-time series 14-7. The Aztecs swept the season series from the Broncos. Friday will mark the fourth time the teams have met at the Mountain West Championship. The Aztecs have won the three previous tournament meetings (2012, 2013, 2017), all coming in a quarterfinal game.

500 POINTS APIECE: Derrick Alston, Jr. and Justinian Jessup have both reached the 500-point plateau this season. Alston (542 points) and Jessup (502 points) notched the 22nd and 23rd 500-point seasons in program history. It is the fourth time in Boise State history two Broncos have scored at least 500 points in the same season. Anthony Drmic and Derrick Marks did so twice in 2012-13 and 2013-14. Reggie Larry and Matt Nelson both hit the 500-point mark in 2007-08.

20 WINS IN EIGHT OF 10 YEARS: Under head coach Leon Rice, Boise State has hit the 20-win plateau in eight of 10 seasons, including seven of the last eight and six-straight years from 2012-18. The aforementioned streak marked the first time in school history the Broncos won 20 games in six-consecutive seasons. Head coach Bobby Dye and guard Chris Childs led the Broncos to at least 20 wins in 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89, the only previous three-year run. The Broncos had just seven 20-win campaigns since joining Division I before Rice took over.

DEPARTMENT SUCCESS: Boise State is one of five schools nationally to win at least 10 football games and 20 games in both men's and women's basketball.

FLAG BEARERS: Boise State finished Mountain West play 11-7, tying for fifth in the league standings. The Broncos have won at least 11 conference games in five of the last six seasons. In the nine years Boise State has been a member of the Mountain West, San Diego State is the only other league school to record five seasons with at least 11 conference wins.

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Players Mentioned

Derrick Alston, Jr.

Justinian Jessup