Led by the men’s and women’s basketball teams, San Diego State is coming off a strong week across its athletic spectrum.
While the SDSU men were winning close games against San Jose State and Wyoming at home, the women scored a 59-46 win at New Mexico on Saturday — capturing a second straight victory over a team ahead of them in the Mountain West standings.
The Aztecs (16-7, 5-5) began the fourth quarter on a 17-2 run. They also held the hosts to 27 points below their season average; UNM went 3 for 29 from 3-point range and shot 23% overall from the floor. Freshman guard Naomi Panganiban led the Aztecs with 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting.
Forward Kim Villalobos scored 12 points while playing in a school-record 142nd game. Forward Cali Clark had 13 points and 17 rebounds, the most rebounds by an Aztec in a game in six years. The Aztecs play at Fresno State Wednesday and return home to Viejas Arena Saturday to host Wyoming in a 1 p.m. matinee.
Elsewhere at SDSU:
• Justin Hastings shot a 4-under 209 and the Aztecs’ men’s golf team finished second in the Southwestern Invitational at Lake Sherwood, a three-day, 14-team tournament that drew 10 nationally ranked teams. Hastings finished second in the individual standings. The 32nd-ranked Aztecs finished one stroke behind Texas, which is ranked fifth in the nation. Chanachon Chokprajakchat tied for 10th at 1 under while Aztecs Tyler Kowack (Canyon Crest Academy) and Nathan Sampson tied for 31st at 5 over.
• Alli Mann was named the Mountain West Swimmer of the Week and Freshman of the Week for scoring three individual victories and two second-place finishes in a pair of meets against the University of San Diego. Mann also set the Aztec Aquaplex record with a time of 49.73 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle. Diver Valentina Lopez Arevalo won the platform event at the Lumberjack Diving Invitational at Flagstaff, Ariz., for the fourth straight year. She also finished fourth in the 1-meter and 3-meter events.
• Junior Jenna Fee Feyerabend finished fourth in the pentathlon at the DeLoss Dodds Indoor Invitational track meet at Kansas State. Senior Sophia Wolf won the 800 meters with a school-record 2:07.09. Charlize James won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.36 seconds and Xiamara Young was first in the triple jump at 41 feet, 2 ½ inches. Hannah Walle finished second in the long jump and 60-meter dash and Anna Mager was third in the 400 meters.
• Megan Holcomb and Sammi Byers each scored three goals Sunday as the 18th-ranked Aztec women’s water polo team (4-4) defeated Cal State Fullerton 15-8 in the Triton Invitational at UC San Diego. The hosts (4-6) lost three straight after upsetting No. 7 Arizona State 16-15 in the opening round.
Meanwhile, the UCSD women’s swimming team (6-1) wrapped up the dual meet portion of its season by winning 13 of 14 events in a 187-100 victory at the University of San Diego.
In other sports:
• Both Point Loma Nazarene basketball programs posted two wins last week. The men (20-4, 13-1) ran their winning streak to 10 straight games with wins of 76-54 over Azusa Pacific and 70-65 at Jessup. PLNU, which is in first place in the PacWest, got 36 total points from guard Tyce Paulsen last week on 10-for-17 shooting from 3-point range. Forward Luke Haupt had 33 points and 14 rebounds in the two games while Zackry Paulsen had 22 points and 14 rebounds.
The PLNU women (17-5, 12-2) moved back into a tie for the conference lead with a 66-64 home victory over Azusa Pacific. PLNU then won 57-48 at Jessup. Forward Eily Tippins scored 26 points with 10 rebounds in the two wins. Maddie Mersch had 21 points in the two games.
• UC San Diego’s women’s basketball team (10-12, 6-4) lost 65-63 in overtime to Hawaii.
• USD’s men’s basketball team lost 78-62 to Loyola Marymount on Saturday, falling to 4-20 overall and 1-10 in the West Coast Conference. Steven Jamerson II had 11 points and 15 rebounds in the Toreros’ 10th straight loss.
• Truitt Reilly scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but the Toreros’ women’s basketball team (4-17, 0-12) lost 67-60 at Washington State.
• USD’s 10th-ranked men’s tennis team scored wins at Baylor and SMU over the weekend to stay perfect at 6-0. Junior Oliver Tarvet, who is ranked No. 15 in the nation, remained undefeated in singles.
• San Diego City College’s men and Palomar College’s women maintain their leads in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference college basketball standings.
SDCC, ranked 11th in the state, is 17-5 overall and 9-1 in conference play after Logan Huston scored 18 points in a 73-56 win at Mesa. The Palomar women (15-6, 7-0 and ranked 15th in the state) have won seven straight games. Kylee Trujillo scored 31 points in wins over MiraCosta and Mesa last week as the pressing Comets came away with 28 steals in the two games.
