Texas State 90, San Jose State 67 Attendance: 2,087 March 9, 2013 Spartan Center San Jose, Calif.
Starters • •
Bobcat starters: Phil Hawkins, Deonte’ Jones, Reid Koenen, Joel Wright and Matt Staff. Spartan starters: Stephon Smith, Chris Cunningham, Louis Garrett, D.J. Brown and Xavier Jones.
Series Notes •
The all-time series is tied at 1-1.
Career/Season Highs • • • •
Vonn Jones improved his career steals total to 104 to tie for seventh on the all-time chart. Matt Staff improved his career blocked shots total to 98 to remain in third place all-time in the Bobcat record charts. He is tied for fourth on the single season charts with 42 blocked shots. Staff th recorded his 17 double figure scoring game of the season. Joel Wright recorded his 26th double digit scoring game and fifth double-double. Wright moves from No. 14 on the Texas State single season points chart to No. 11 with 532. Deonte’ Jones registered his eighth double digit scoring game and fourth in the last five games.
Game Leaders • • •
Joel Wright finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Matt Staff recorded 15 points, nine in the second half. Deonte’ Jones had 12 points.
Game Notes • • • •
Texas State improves to 10-21, 5-13 in the WAC. San Jose State falls to 9-19, 3-14 in the WAC. The Bobcats started the game 5-for-5 from the floor. Texas State shot a season-high 75 percent from the floor in the first half. Texas State shot a season-high 64.7 percent from the floor for the game. The victory gave Texas State the No. 7 seed in the WAC Tourney.