San Diego State appears to remain perfect all-time compared to UCSD – San Diego Union-Tribune

SDSU vs UCSD

When: Wednesday, 7 p.m

Where: Viejas Arena

On air: YurView (Channel 4 on Cox and Spectrum) and streamed on Mountain West Network; 760-AM

Series history: SDSU is 14-0, but since UCSD began its transition to Division I, it's only the last three: 78-57 and 62-46 at Viejas Arena and 63-62 last year at LionTree Arena.

Tritons update: They are finally full members of Division I after an extensive four-year transition period during which they were ineligible for the Big West and NCAA tournaments. They were picked ninth in the Big West and finished second at 15-5 (21-11 overall). Eric Olen was the conference coach of the year, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (13.8 points) was the newcomer of the year and Tyler McGhie (13.9 points) was the sixth man of the year. Also back is starting point guard Hayden Gray, who had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists against SDSU last year. They will be joined by seven newcomers, led by Torrey Pines High School graduate Chris Howell of Saint Mary's. The roster includes five Division II transfers and four foreigners (from Austria, Argentina, New Zealand and Serbia). The most notable departures were all-conference guard and leading scorer (18.3 points per game) Bryce Pope to USC and forward Francis Nwaokorie to Loyola Chicago. Still, Big West coaches picked the Tritons to finish third this season behind UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara.

Aztec update: They have won 17 straight opening games against unranked opponents, including two against UCSD. The last unranked team to beat them in an opening game was UC Santa Barbara in 2004. In total, they have won 11 straight opening games since losing to No. 9 Syracuse on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum. Preseason all-conference guard Reese Waters remains out with a stress fracture in his foot, but everyone else is healthy and available. Coach Brian Dutcher started Nick Boyd, BJ Davis, Miles Byrd, Magoon Gwath and Jared Coleman-Jones in the 80-39 exhibition win over Division II Cal State San Marcos. The game could be decided on the boards against the smaller, less athletic Tritons, especially on the offensive boards. Another key will be defending the 3-point line against UCSD's five-out offense. Dutcher said, “If you come across a night where they make a lot of 3s, it could be a long night.” SDSU announced that YurView will broadcast four non-conference home games locally, including Dec. 7 against USD and on Dec. 11 vs. Cal Baptist.

Next: Nov. 12 vs. Division III Occidental at Viejas Arena (7 p.m., YurView)