Freshman guard Jeremy Hemsley and freshman forward Zylan
Cheatham scored 11 points apiece for San Diego State (13-6, 6-0
Mountain West Conference). Senior forward Skylar Spencer had 11
rebounds.
Junior forward Karachi Edo had 15 points and 14 rebounds for
Fresno State (12-7, 3-3 Mountain West Conference). Junior
forward Torren Jones scored 13 points. Senior guard Marvelle
Harris, who went in averaging 19.8 points per game, was held to
12 points on 4-of-20 shooting.
San Diego State staged an early 8-0 run to take a 15-6 lead. The
Aztecs went up 29-19 on a layup by Kell and carried a 34-26 lead
into the break.
Fresno State cut the deficit to three midway through the second
half, but the Aztecs scored the next five points to go up by
eight. Fresno State rallied once more to tie the game on a
3-pointer by senior guard Cezar Guerrero with one second
remaining, sending the game to overtime.
Kell made three free throws and a big 3-pointer in overtime to
help the Aztecs prevail.
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