That most of the focus is on the tremendous newcomers to this years San Diego State basketball team is certainly understandable. Freshmen Kawhi Leonard and Chase Tapley — both big-time high school stars — are playing well beyond their years. Transfers Malcolm Thomas and Tyrone Shelley are contributing at both ends of the court.
But most agree that it will be one of Steve Fisher’s holdovers, junior point guard D.J. Gay, that will hold the key to the Aztecs’ success this 2009-10 season.
Somebody has to pull all the newcomers together and keep them on the same page. And Gay has been that guy, never more so than he was Saturday night in orchestrating a surprisingly easy 63-46 victory over Arizona at Viejas Arena in front of a sellout crowd of 12,414.
SDSU improved to 8-2 in winning its fifth-straight and at the same time posted a marquee non-conference victory over a team that had defeated them seven times in a row. Arizona (4-5) is young like the Aztecs and still trying to get its considerable talent to jell, but this victory was nonetheless a big confidence booster for State, which won for only the third time in its last 16 games against BCS-conference competition.
“I’m happy with the way we played, especially at the defense end of the court,” said Fisher, whose team held the Wildcats to just 35.6% shooting Continue Reading →
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