By Richy Zajic — Content Editor
Men’s basketball rolled into Tuscon to take on the No. 19 Wildcats, and got pounced on, with a final score of 87-39.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the game against Arizona (3-0).
First of all, shooting has continued to be a problem for the Spartans (1-2) this season. It is not that they can’t create the shots, they just are not knocking them down.
San Jose State shot an abysmal 23 percent from the field and an even worse 11 percent from 3-point range.
This obviously needs to improve if the Spartans are going to win games against any team, much less the No. 19 team in the nation.
On the other side of the coin, SJSU’s defense could not stop the Wildcats from getting quality looks and running up the points.
It was truly two opposite ends of the spectrum as far as shooting goes, as Arizona shot 48 percent from the field and an impressive 44 percent from deep.
What has been the achilles’ heel for the Spartans in the last few years, proved to still plague them in this matchup — turnovers.
SJSU coughed the ball up 18 times, and when playing against an elite team like Arizona that obviously translates to more buckets.
On top of everything else going for the Wildcats, freshman forward Zeke Nnaji added fuel to the fire by having an outstanding game.
Nnaji finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds and was clearly the player of the game.
The Spartans’ stat leader was junior forward Eduardo Lane who tallied nine points and four rebounds.
Although this was a solid game for Lane in his young SJSU career, it is certainly a problem when not a single Spartan cracks double digit points.
The Spartans’ next game will be Sunday, Nov. 17 versus Simpson University at home at 4 p.m.
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