MORAGA, Calif. — Fresh off a 73-61 win over UTEP last night, Saint Mary's (5-1) will now prepare for a Friday night home contest against San Jose State at 7 p.m. The contest was added and announced yesterday after SMC's game versus Utah State on the 12th was canceled last Friday. 

GAME INFORMATION
Game No. 7 vs. San Jose State Spartans 
Date/Time: Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:00 p.m. PT
Location: UCU Pavilion (Moraga, Calif.)
Live Stream: WCC Network (Brian Brownfield)
Radio: TuneIn (Alex Jensen)
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Gaels' all-time head to head record: 44-38 (Last meeting: 12/29/18, H, SMC 75 — SJSU 45)

LAST TIME OUT
Tommy Kuhse had a career-high 24 points on Tuesday night as Saint Mary's (5-1) powered past UTEP 73-61 for their fifth straight victory. 

The redshirt senior Kuhse was the go-to guy for the Gaels as he took a personal-high 18 shot attempts and knocked down 10 of them. He also led the team with five assists and added five rebounds. Kuhse is averaging 13.7 points per game after last night's contest, tops on the Gaels' roster. 

Matthias Tass aided SMC's offensive efforts with 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Alex Ducas totaled 11 more as the team's third double-digit scorer and was 5-of-6 from the free throw line. 

Quinn Clinton had eight points and hit two treys to lead the bench's effort while Kyle Bowen also grabbed a team-best seven boards in 23 minutes off the bench. 

ABOUT THE SPARTANS
San Jose State has yet to play a game this season but is scheduled to face Div. II Fresno Pacific tonight in Santa Cruz. The Spartans have been limited in their ability to play games this season due to cancelations and local regulations concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. SJSU was scheduled to face Pacific and Pepperdine in their non-conference slate but both contests were canceled. 

The Spartans went 7-24 last season and 3-15 in Mountain West action. The team did return it's top two scorers from last season however in junior Seneca Knight and senior Richard Washington. The duo combined for 27.4 points in 2019-20 and attempted a total of 352 3-pointers. 

SJSU took a high percentage of their shots from beyond the arc last season with 861 attempted trey's compared to just 670 by their opponents. The Spartans made just under 30 percent of their threes and averaged 69.9 points per game. 

Friday's meeting will be the 83rd meeting between the two schools with SMC holding the all-time advantage, 44-38. Saint Mary's has never lost to San Jose State during the Randy Bennett era with a perfect 7-0 record across 19 seasons. The teams last met on Dec. 29, 2018 where SMC posted their second largest win of the season, 75-45. Matthias Tass scored seven points in the win and grabbed four rebounds while Dan Fotu had two points and a team-best six boards. 

NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Since returning from the Crossover Classic, the Gaels are 3-0 and have shot the ball exceptionally well inside their home arena. Saint Mary's is shooting 52 percent as a team during that span and nearly 48 percent from beyond the arc. 

Notable individual performances at home this year: 
Tommy Kuhse - 15.7 points per game, .513 field goal percentage, 9.3 assists per game
Matthias Tass - 10.7 points per game, .600 field goal percentage, 5.0 rebounds per game
Quinn Clinton - 9.7 points per game, .625 field goal percentage, .571 3-point percentage

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