The Daily Aztec

The game clock hit zero. The final score read “Florida Gulf Coast University 81, San Diego State 71.” As the Eagles rushed to midcourt to celebrate, SDSU senior guard Chase Tapley found FGCU senior guard Sherwood Brown to congratulate him on the win. “I just told him, ‘Don’t stop now, keep going. We were in [...]

Game of runs The San Diego State women’s basketball team began Saturday’s Reese’s Mountain West Championship game with a 7-0 lead. The Fresno State Bulldogs countered, using runs of their own to defeat the Aztecs, ending the first half with a 12-0 run to take a 45-34 halftime score. To begin the second half, the [...]

Defense is the name of the game Points are not something that come easy to the San Diego State women’s basketball team’s opponents. Just ask the University of Nevada and the University of New Mexico. In Friday’s semifinal game of the Reese’s Mountain West Championship, the Aztecs held the Lobos to just 39 points, a [...]

It took less than eight minutes of action for the San Diego State’s women’s basketball team to confirm the winner of the Reese’s Mountain Championship quarterfinal. Behind senior guard Chelsea Hopkins’ 14 assists and the scoring duo of sophomore forward Erimma Amarikwa and senior forward Courtney Clements, who each scored 15 points, the Aztecs tamed [...]

Aztecs struggle shooting  The San Diego State men’s basketball team shot 20 of 64 from the field (31.3 percent) in the 60-50 loss to the University of New Mexico in the semifinals of the Reese’s Mountain West Championship. “We tried to spread the floor, but they do a good job of, when there is dribble [...]

Tapley and Thames come alive in the second half At halftime of Wednesday’s Reese’s Mountain West Championship against Boise State University, senior guard Chase Tapley only had five points, while junior guard Xavier Thames scored seven points. In the second half, Tapley and Thames took control of the game. Tapley scored 12 second-half points, while [...]

The San Diego State women’s basketball team started Saturday’s Mountain West championship game with a 7-0 lead. It wasn’t a 19-0 or 12-0 lead, but still impressive. Fresno State used runs of its own to defeat the Aztecs, ending the first half on a 12-0 run to take a 45-34 halftime lead. To begin the [...]

San Diego State men’s basketball junior guard Jamaal Franklin and senior Chase Tapley were named to the All-Mountain West team, the league announced Monday. Franklin was selected to the first team for the second consecutive season, joining Brandon Heath and Kawhi Leonard as the only Aztecs to be named to the first team twice. Franklin [...]

It was Senior Night at Viejas Arena, but junior guard Jamaal Franklin and sophomore forward JJ O’Brien didn’t mind stealing the spotlight. Franklin and O’Brien each scored 12 points, helping the Aztecs to defeat the Air Force Academy Falcons, 58-51. Senior guard Chase Tapley started off the fireworks with an alley-oop dunk to give the [...]

Baseball season just started on Montezuma Mesa, but fans are already excited about the performances on the field by the San Diego State baseball team. After sweeping then No. 12 University of San Diego in the three-game series, the Aztecs suffered a five-game losing streak before getting back in the winning column with three straight [...]

Wednesday’s conference game against the University of Wyoming was about more than halting a two-game losing streak and trying to keep pace in the Mountain West Conference standings for the San Diego State basketball team. The Aztecs wanted redemption. It was about showing the SDSU fans and critics that their nine-point first half against the [...]

Maryland defeats No. 2 Duke It seems no team in college basketball is safe. University of Maryland freshman guard Seth Allen hit two free throws with 2.8 seconds left in the game to give the Terrapins an 83-81 win against the No. 2 Duke University Blue Devils. The win snapped a six-game losing streak against [...]