Boise State Welcomes First-Place San Diego State

WHAT'S NEXT
Boise State women's basketball will host first-place San Diego State on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. MT. The game will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network and 670 KBOI AM.

SCOUTING THE AZTECS
San Diego State is currently first in the MW standings, boasting a 22-4 overall record and a 16-1 conference record. The Aztecs', who have already clinched the regular season championship, sole loss came on Jan. 7 at Grand Canyon with a 57-44 defeat. San Diego State tops the conference in field goal percentage (43.6%), 3-pointers per game (8.4) and winning percentage (84.6%). Individually, Nala Williams leads the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4). The Aztecs have won the last four-straight games over Boise State, leading the all-times series 17-13.

LAST TIME
San Diego State defeated Boise State 83-54 in the last matchup in San Diego, California, on Dec. 20. Libby Hutton led the Broncos on the scoring front with 14 points, followed by freshman Izzie Harms with 10. Naomi Panhaniban, Kennedy Lee and Kendall Mosley all reached double-digit points for the Aztecs as they scored 18, 16 and 11 points, respectively.

STRONG STARTERS
Boise State has started the same five players in every game this season, the only team in the MW to do so.

BIG 5
Starters Dani Bayes, Hansen, Libby Hutton, Pasco and Tatum Thompson have each surpassed 200 points this season. The Broncos were the first MW team to have five players pass the 100-point threshold, as well as the 150-point mark.

300+
Tatum Thompson, Bayes, and Pasco have scored 411, 362 and 359 points this season, respectively. Boise State stands as the only team in the MW to have three players surpass the 300-point mark.

STRONG RETURNERS
Bayes, Hansen, Pasco and Tatum Thompson have all surpassed 1,000 career points, all of which were achieved as Broncos.

13 MW WINS
Boise State earned its 13th MW win for the first time since 2019-20 with a 71-48 victory at San Jose State on Feb. 21. It marked head coach Gordy Presnell's fourth season with 13+ conference wins, third in the MW, in his tenure at Boise State.

14+ MW WINS
The Broncos are looking for their 14th conference win for the first time since 2018-19 when the Broncos collected 19. The feat would mark Presnell's second time doing so in the MW and this time overall since being at Boise State.

23+ WINS
Boise State earned its 22nd win of the season for the first time since 2019-20 when the Broncos collected 29. It marked the seventh time overall, fifth time in the MW, that the team has done so under Presnell. If the Broncos earn another win, Presnell will have seven seasons overall, five in the MW, with 23+ wins.

THIRD QUARTER SCORING
Boise State has outscored its opponents 557-431 in the third quarter this season.

BOARDS
The Broncos are 16-0 while outrebounding the opponent.

SCORE LEADERS
In the 28 games that Boise State has played, a Bronco has been the game-high scorer in 21. Tatum Thompson leads with seven games as the leading scorer, followed by Pasco with five, Bayes with four, Hutton with four and Hansen with one.

COACH P
Presnell ranks 18th all-time in NCAA D1 women's basketball history with 791 victories. He ranks fourth among active D1 head coaches.

LONG RANGE SHOOTING
Boise State has converted 38.8% (198-of-510) of its 3-point field goal attempts, leading the Mountain West and ranking second nationally.

FROM DEEP
Pasco has made 70 3-pointers this season, leading the MW. She also tops the conference in 3-pointers per game at 2.5 Pasco currently shoots 45.2% from three, the tenth-highest in the nation.

BUCKETS
Tatum Thompson sits first in the conference individual rankings for field goal percentage at 47.5%.

HELPING HAND
Hansen leads the MW with 120 assists and 4.3 assists per game. As a team, the Broncos lead the conference with 16.1 assists per game.

SCORING OFFENSE
The Broncos are averaging 71.0 points per game, the highest mark in the MW.

CHARITY STRIPE SUCCESS
Boise State leads the MW in free throws made per game with 12.7.

FOR THREE
Bayes holds the 12th-highest, 2nd in the MW, single-game three-point percentage nationally this season. She shot 77.8% (7-of-9) against UC Davis on Nov. 14. Bayes' mark also ties for the second-best single-game percentage in program history.

TOP FIVE ALERT
Bayes has moved into the top five in program history in career 3-pointers made with 203. She sits in fourth, trailing Pasco in second with 265.

WINNING ON THE ROAD
The Broncos earned their sixth road victory of the season at San Jose State, the first time doing so since the 2019-20 season.

NINE-STRAIGHT
Boise State's nine-game conference win streak ended on Feb. 11 with a 75-69 loss to Fresno State. The streak was the longest the team has achieved in a single season since 2007-08 and the first time that the Broncos have done so since joining the MW in 2011-12.
*NOTE: Only regular season games over a single season are included in the winning streak; the conference tournament is excluded.

CAREER MILESTONES
Bayes and Tatum Thompson both surpassed the 1,000 career points milestone against Grand Canyon on Jan. 3, with Tatum Thompson also eclipsing 500 career rebounds in the same game.
Hansen notched her 1,000th career point against New Mexico on Feb. 7.

BACK-TO-BACK
Boise State put up back-to-back +15 wins over conference opponents for the first time since the 2019-20 season. The Broncos defeated Wyoming 77-40 on Jan. 14 and Utah State 76-60 on Jan. 17.

REBOUNDS
The Broncos grabbed more rebounds (44) than the Cowgirls had points (40) on Jan. 14. The last time this was done against a conference opponent was Jan. 20, 2024, when Boise State had 49 rebounds as it defeated Utah State 76-41.

TAKES A TEAM
Twelve different Broncos scored against Wyoming on Jan. 14, the most scorers in a single game this season.

OFF THE BENCH
Boise State's bench scored a season-high 37 points against Wyoming on Jan. 14.

SCORING OUTBURST
Boise State scored 83 points against San Francisco on Nov. 9 and tallied 91 points against UC Davis on Nov. 14, marking the first time since Feb. 18 and 20, 2021, at Utah State that the Broncos scored at least 80 points in back-to-back games.

NOT SO FAST
Boise State held North Dakota 0.0% (0-of-20) from three-point range in its 65-45 win at the Paradise Jam tournament on Nov. 27. The performance ties the program record for the lowest opponent three-point percentage with the most attempts (20).

HOME SWEET HOME
The Broncos have started their season 7-0 at home for three-consecutive seasons and 8-0 for two-consecutive seasons.

HOME STREAK
Boise State won 10-consecutive home games, spanning from Feb. 18, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. This marks the program's first such home winning streak since the combined 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons when the Broncos won 14 straight.

GOING THE EXTRAMILE
Boise State has won 22-straight nonconference games at ExtraMile Arena, the 14th-highest nationally.

PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Tatum Thompson was named the 2025-26 Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year.
Pasco joined her on the preseason all-conference team.

FOLLOW THE BRONCOS
Live stats are available on BroncoSports.com. Games will be televised by Mountain West Network. On radio, Garrett Jones is the voice of the Broncos on KBOI 670 AM.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fans can purchase season and single-game tickets for the 2025-26 season by visiting BroncoSports.com.

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Players Mentioned

Dani Bayes

Izzie Harms

Libby Hutton

Tatum Thompson

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