⚔️ The Official Newsletter For San José State Athletics

Good morning! Happy New Year! What a year 2023 was, we’re so excited to spend 2024 with all of you.

What are we pouring into today’s Brew?

🎥 2023 rewind
🏀 Conference basketball
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Best Of 2023. We saw Mountain West Championships, a WCC Tournament Championship, an NCAA Championship Runner-Up, All-Americans, NCAA Regional Appearances, broken records, professional draft picks, and much more — 2023 was a good one in San José.

🎥 Watch the SJSU Athletics Best of 2023 video right here!

📝 Read more about the athletics accomplishments from 2023.

🔼 Cardenas Full Card. Three Spartans scored double-digits in last night’s game at Wyoming. Alvaro Cardenas led the group with 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and a steal. He went 4-for-5 from three-point range. Tibet Görener made three three-balls and had 16 points. He’s 13 three’s away from tying the career record. Adrama Diongue recorded a career-high four blocks. The final score was 73-75, thanks to a Wyoming shot at the buzzer.

🎥 Hear from Coach Miles after the game.

🔼 Let’s Get It Started. The women’s basketball team starts Mountain West play tonight as they host Fresno State. They finished the non-conference portion of the schedule with five wins, the most since the 2019-20 season. Jyah LoVett has had eight games scoring double digits. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 pm. If you can’t make it out, you can watch live on NBC Sports Bay Area or listen on 90.5 FM KSJS.

🎥 Hear from Coach Phillips before game time.

🔼 Winner, Winner. Spartan men’s golfer Avinash Iyer won the Grapevine Amateur over the break! The Spartan finished 13-under-par with a bogey-free 64 in the final round to win by four shots. He beat out 101 other amateur golfers in the three-day tournament.

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Alonzo Carter was named a finalist for the 2023 FootballScoop Running Backs Coach of the Year! He coached a group that rushed for 150 yards or more in nine games this season. The Spartans ran for 313 yards against No. 25 Fresno State. The team had a total of 2,393 rushing yards this season, the most for the Spartans in this century. Kairee Robinson led the way, finishing with the single-season record of 18 touchdowns.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

Today’s question…

Which home football game had a record 3.4 millions viewers and was the first nationally-televised game on CBS since 1982?

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THIS WEEK IN SPARTAN ATHLETICS

Tuesday 1/2

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Wyoming | Loss, 73-75

Wednesday 1/3

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Fresno State @ 7:00pm | NBC Sports Bay Area | Tickets

Friday 1/5

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics at Mean Girls Super 16 Gymnastics Championship @ 1:00pm

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Boise State @ 7:30pm | FS1 | Listen | Tickets

Saturday 1/6

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Utah State @ 12:00pm | Mountain West Network 

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: San José State vs. Oregon State

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!