National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego St. 64, San Jose St. 49
When: 9:30 PM ET, Friday, March 10, 2023
Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials: # Verne Harris, # Larry Spaulding, # Mike Reed
Attendance: N/A
By Field Level Media

Darrion Trammell and Keshad Johnson scored 15 points each to lead the top-seeded San Diego State men's basketball team to a 64-49 win against fifth-seeded San Jose State in a semifinal game at the Mountain West tournament on Friday in Las Vegas.

Micah Parrish paced the reserves with nine points for San Diego State (26-6), which advanced to play third-seeded Utah State in the final on Saturday. The Aggies defeated second-seeded Boise State 72-62 in the second semifinal.

Omari Moore, who came in averaging 17.8 points for San Jose State (20-13), was held to seven on 3-for-13 shooting. Tibet Gorener scored 15 points off the bench as the lone player in double figures for the Spartans, who beat Nevada in overtime in a quarterfinal on Thursday, its first tournament win since joining the MWC in 2013.

The Aztecs gained some early separation with a 7-0 run that gave them a 14-8 lead with 12:15 left in the first half.

Matt Bradley scored with a left-hand drive for a 21-12 lead, and Johnson hit a pullup jumper to make it 23-12. Two free throws by Parrish capped the 9-0 run and made it 25-12 with 2:59 left.

San Diego State maintained the double-digit lead the rest of the half as Trammell stepped into a 3-pointer and sank it with five seconds left to give the Aztecs a 33-20 lead at the break.

Moore was held to five points on 2-for-7 shooting in the first half.

San Diego State didn't let up in the second half.

Lamont Butler converted a three-point play to extend the lead to 38-22, and Johnson scored on a dunk to make it 40-22 with 16:32 left in the game.

The Spartans managed to get back within 14 points twice over the next five minutes, but couldn't get any closer until Sage Tolbert III scored on a dunk to make it 53-40 with 6:53 remaining.

Gorener then made a layup to make it an 11-point game, but Butler sank a 3-pointer on the other end to give the Aztecs some breathing room.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
San Jose St.   San Diego St.
Tibet Gorener 15 Scoring Keshad Johnson 15
Alvaro Cardenas 6 Assists Lamont Butler 4
Ibrahima Diallo 8 Rebounds Nathan Mensah 8
Trey Anderson 3 Free Throws Made Darrion Trammell 5
Garrett Anderson 1 Steals Aguek Arop 1
Trey Anderson 3 Blocks Keshad Johnson 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
San Jose St. 49 34.5 5-19 6-10 9 38 3 3 13
San Diego St. 64 40.7 6-16 14-19 12 32 5 3 8