No. 16 Aztecs win offensive struggle 51-27

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dwayne Polee II was the game's only player in double figures with 13 points and No. 16 San Diego State survived another awful shooting performance to win 51-27 Thursday night against Cal State Bakersfield, which missed its first 20 shots.

The 27 points by Bakersfield (0-4) were the lowest in Division I this season.

San Diego State (3-0) made just 14 of 57 shots, or 24.6 percent.

The victory came one day after SDSU coach Steve Fisher signed a three-year contract extension through the 2017-18 season.

Fisher joked then that he might appoint himself as shooting coach after the Aztecs made only 32.7 of their field goals in a 53-49 victory against No. 25 Utah on Tuesday.

Fisher will certainly have the Aztecs working on their shooting before they face BYU in the Maui Invitational on Monday.

The Roadrunners of the Western Athletic Conference had an equally rough night, shooting just 21.4 percent (12-of-56). CS Bakersfield didn't score until Brent Wrapp made a layup with 7:43 left in the first half to make it 12-2. Wrapp made two more layups in the half, which ended with SDSU leading 22-12.

The Roadrunners closed to 22-16 on layups by Aly Ahmed and Jaylin Airington before SDSU went on a 6-0 run that included a 3-pointer by Aqeel Quinn, and began to pull away.

Wrapp, Ahmed and Kevin Mays led Bakersfield with six points apiece.

The teams were awful from behind the 3-point line as well, combining to miss 40 of 44 — Bakersfield was 1 of 20 (5 percent) and SDSU 3 of 24 (12.5 percent).

SDSU's Skylar Spencer blocked four shots.

TIP-INS

CS Bakersfield: The Roadrunners started a lineup that went 6-foot-9, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0. Aly Amed, who's 6-9, committed two fouls in the first few minutes and took a seat.

San Diego State: The Aztecs wore turquoise uniforms in honor of Native American Heritage Month. ... Freshman Malik Pope made his SDSU debut. Due to leg injuries, he hadn't played since he was a junior in high school. He blocked two shots.

UP NEXT

CS Bakersfield hosts Delaware on Sunday.

San Diego State plays BYU on Monday in the Maui Invitational.