Over three seasons together in SDSU’s back court, seniors Quenese Davis and Jene Morris (right) have helped transform the Aztec women’s basketball team from bottom-of-the-barrel losers into conference champions.
Davis, who will graduate as the school’s all-time leader in assists, and Morris, the school’s No. 5 all-time scorer and all-time Mountain West Conference leader in steals, helped carry SDSU to a share of the MWC title and the second-round of the NCAA Tournament last season — with Morris scoring a career-high 35 points in a first-round victory over De Paul.
The Aztecs (17-10) have struggled at times this season to recapture last season’s magic, but led by their dynamic duo, still have a shot to run the table in next week’s MWC Postseason Tournament.
Before that, however, the pair of stars — who both came to SDSU from the Bay Area – sat down with 619Sports.net on the eve of their final regular season home game, Saturday afternoon (Viejas Arena, 2 p.m.) against Air Force.
Coco Davis Stepped Up Against Air Force With A Career-High 10 Assists
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Good basketball teams all have star players. Championship basketball teams all have something more important. Call them under-appreciated. Call them unsung. Or even the dreaded “role players.”
Just make sure that when you call them, they’re there.
The San Diego State women’s basketball team has a couple of very good ones, whatever you want to call them. Against Air Force here Wednesday night, power forward Jessika Bradley dominated on the inside with 13 points, five rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals, while off-guard Coco Davis set a career-high with 10 assists to go along with six rebounds. Together they helped to keep the Aztecs together in a 68-48 victory which closed out the first half of Mountain West Conference play.
SDSU (14-6, 6-2) sits atop the conference standings along with TCU (also 6-2 MWC). Both BYU and New Mexico are 5-3 and just one game back. The Aztecs will host New Mexico Saturday afternoon (12:30 p.m.) at Viejas Arena.
“For us to continue to be successful and to get the job done in the second half of the conference season, we’re going to need contributions from a lot of different players,” said SDSU Coach Beth Burns. “It was nice in this game to see everybody step up.”
The Aztecs, of course, are led by preseason conference Player of the Year Jene Morris and fellow first-team all-MWC center Paris Johnson. Senior point guard Quenese Davis, second-team all-conference a year ago and the school’s all-time assists leader, completes the triumvirate. Those three are the cover girls on the SDSU Media Guide, but Bradley and Davis — who’s Quenese’s younger sister — are equally important to SDSU’s success.
Bradley, a junior transfer from Baylor, leads the Aztecs in rebounding this season, averaging nearly eight boards a game and contributing the same number of points. When she’s helping to control the paint, as she did Wednesday, things open up even more for Johnson, who scored 17 points to lead SDSU against the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Coco Davis normally plays somewhat in the shadow of her big sister. But against Air Force (3-18, 0-8) she stepped center stage and allowed SDSU to pick apart the Falcons’ matchup zone defense with her pinpoint passing to the interior. SDSU scored 48 points in the paint, jumping Continue Reading →
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