No. 5 San Diego State Aztecs defeats Colorado State 65-56 for Steve Fishers 300th Win

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

San Diego, CA- The No. 5 ranked San Diego State Aztecs defeated the Colorado State Rams Saturday afternoon 65-56 for Steve Fishers 300th career win as an Aztec. Coach Fisher now becomes only the 18th coach in Division 1 to have a head coach that has won 300 or more games at their current school.

The Aztecs started the game strong going on a 24-8 run to lead the Rams. The Aztecs would build up their lead to 32-20 over the Ram’s at the half. Xavier Thames leads the Aztecs with 10 points at the half, while Winston Shepard had 9 and Dakari Allen had 6. The Aztecs dominating defense had their way in the first half, holding the Rams without a field-goal for seven minutes. The Rams also became the seventh opponent to be held to 20 points or less in the first half by the Aztecs.

The Aztecs maintained their lead over the Rams in the second half, never trailing on their way to a 65-56 win over Colorado State. The Aztecs did struggle to put the Rams away, as they cut the lead to single digits at 60-54 with 1:03 left in the game, until the Aztecs sealed the game at the free-throw line for the win.

Xavier Thames lead the Aztecs in scoring with 24 points and seven rebounds. Winston Shepard was second in scoring with 17 points and six rebounds.

The Aztecs improved to (19-1) on the season and extended their win streak to 18 games straight. The Aztecs also improved to 8-0 Mountain West conference play for the first time in the program’s 93-year history.

Coach Fisher expects his win total to continue to rise as the coach of the Aztecs, as he told Ruben Meza of AztecsSportsReport.com. 

"“I plan on being here for a while longer…. I might go after 400 before I get out of here.”"