Full set of game notes (25 pages) - pdf
Big Sky Conference standings
GAME PREVIEW
• Fresh off a gut wrenching one-point loss at Idaho on Thursday night, Sacramento State (4-11, 1-1) will conclude its brief road trip on Saturday afternoon at Eastern Washington (7-9, 2-1). Tip-off at Reese Court is set for 2:05 p.m.
• On Thursday, Sacramento State held a late 11-point lead, but Idaho finished the final 7:27 of the game on a 15-3 run to win, 69-68. The Hornets missed 12 of their final 13 field goal attempts, including two misses on the final possession.
• The Hornets were inches away from starting the Big Sky season with a 2-0 record for just the third time since joining the league in 1996.
• Six of the Hornets' last 10 games have been decided by five points or less (including four of the last five), and Sacramento State is 2-4 in those outcomes.
• The Hornets are still searching for their first win away from home, which includes an 0-6 mark on the road and an 0-4 neutral site record.
• Dating back to last year, Sacramento State has lost seven straight road games.
• The Hornets have played the entire season without senior guard and team co-captain Marcus Graves (back) who had started 62 straight games. One of the team's best players, Graves averaged 13.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 0.9 steals per game a year ago.
• Sacramento State has scored at least 68 points in four straight games after doing so just once during its first nine games against a Div. I opponent.
• Eastern Washington is guided by first year head coach Shantay Legans. The Eagles have won two straight, including a 77-64 road win at North Dakota and Thursday's 81-74 home victory against Portland State.
• The Eagles are led by senior swingman Bogdan Bliznyuk who is third in the Big Sky with 19.5 points per game on .495 shooting. No other Eagle is averaging more than 9.1 points per game as Bliznyuk accounts for over 25 percent of the team's offensive production.
• Sacramento State is 14-33 vs. Eastern Washington, and 3-20 when playing in Cheney.
• Overall, the Hornets have dropped six straight to the Eagles, which includes Big Sky Tournament losses last season and in 2015. Of those six losses, four came by eight points or less. Sacramento State's last win in the series came at home (90-77) on Jan. 17, 2015.
• The Hornets' last win in Cheney came on Jan. 12, 2013, at 60-53 victory. Since then, the Eagles have won four straight home games against Sacramento State.
MULTIMEDIA OPTIONS
• Free video streams will be provided for every game (home or away) the rest of the season at www.WatchBigSky.com.
• Every game this year will be broadcast live on KTKZ 1380 AM The Answer with 21st-year play-by-play man Steve McElroy calling all the action.
• Fans outside the Sacramento area can listen to all games via www.hornetsports.com. The game can be found by clicking here.
• Links for all multimedia options, including live stats, can be found next to each game on the men's basketball schedule at www.hornetsports.com.
For Sacramento State's complete set of game notes, please click here.


April 11, 2018
MEN’S BASKETBALL SIGNS CLARK HIGH SCHOOL’S JAMES BRIDGES

February 21, 2018
MEN'S BASKETBALL BEGINS FINAL REGULAR SEASON ROAD TRIP THURSDAT AT NAU

February 17, 2018
STRINGS ACHIEVES HUGE MILESTONE; MEN’S HOOPS FALLS TO WEBER STATE

February 16, 2018
MEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS WEBER STATE ON SATURDAY FOR WHITEOUT THE NEST


February 9, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS PLAYS AT MONTANA ON SATURDAY NIGHT

February 7, 2018
MEN'S BASKETBALL LOOKS FOR SERIES SWEEP OF MONTANA STATE ON THURSDAY

February 3, 2018
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS AT HOME TO IDAHO

February 2, 2018
MEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS IDAHO ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 PM


January 26, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS CONCLUDES ROAD TRIP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT PORTLAND STATE

January 20, 2018
MEN’S BASKETBALL DROPS SECOND GAME OF ROAD TRIP TO IDAHO STATE

January 19, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS PLAYS AT IDAHO STATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT

January 18, 2018
LATE RUN DOOMS MEN’S BASKETBALL IN LOSS TO WEBER STATE

January 17, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS OPENS ROAD TRIP ON THURSDAY AT WEBER STATE

January 12, 2018
MEN'S BASKETBALL TO HOST MONTANA STATE ON SATURDAY FOR KIDS DAY

January 11, 2018
MONTANA USES BIG SECOND HALF TO BEAT MEN’S BASKETBALL, 78-66

January 10, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS BACK IN THE NEST ON THURSDAY VS. MONTANA AT 7 P.M.

January 3, 2018
MEN'S HOOPS PLAYS FIRST BIG SKY ROAD GAME THURSDAY AT IDAHO

January 2, 2018
STRINGS RECEIVES BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADES

January 1, 2018
STRINGS NAMED THE NATIONAL MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE WEEK


December 29, 2017
MEN'S HOOPS OPENS BIG SKY PLAY AT HOME SATURDAY VS. PORTLAND STATE

December 23, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS AT HOME TO UC SANTA BARBARA, 82-72

December 22, 2017
MEN'S HOOPS HOSTS UC SANTA BARBARA ON SATURDAY IN FINAL NON-LEAGUE GAME

December 21, 2017
MEN’S HOOPS FALLS TO PORTLAND, 80-75, IN GOLDEN 1 CENTER MATCHUP

December 20, 2017
MEN'S HOOPS PLAYS PORTLAND AT THE GOLDEN 1 CENTER ON THURSDAY AT 5:30 PM

December 18, 2017
MEN'S HOOPS BACK AT HOME TUESDAY VS. CSUN

December 9, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS AT BOISE STATE


December 3, 2017
MEN'S BASKETBALL TO PLAY SAINT MARY'S ON THE ROAD MONDAY NIGHT

November 24, 2017
BACK AND FORTH GAME GOES FULLERTON’S WAY IN 68-63 WIN OVER MEN’S HOOPS


November 23, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL DROPS FIRST ROUND WOODEN LEGACY GAME TO SAN DIEGO STATE

November 21, 2017
UC DAVIS USES LATE RUN TO EVENTUALLY BEAT MEN’S BASKETBALL

November 20, 2017
MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYS UC DAVIS ON TUESDAY AT THE GOLDEN 1 CENTER

November 17, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS ON THE ROAD AT SAN FRANCISCO

November 16, 2017
MEN'S BASKETBALL BACK ON THE ROAD FRIDAY NIGHT AT SAN FRANCISCO


November 8, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL SIGNS DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL GUARD ELIJAH McCULLOUGH

November 7, 2017
MEN'S HOOPS OPENS REGULAR SEASON FRIDAY AT COLORADO STATE


October 23, 2017
GRAVES OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH INJURY

October 17, 2017
MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASES ITS 2017-18 SCHEDULE


September 18, 2017
BOISE’S CENTURYLINK ARENA TO HOST BIG SKY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FROM 2019-22

August 24, 2017
HORNSBY SIGNS CONTRACT TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY IN GERMANY
